Sheffield Wed vs Swansea prediction: ENGLAND: Championship betting tips on match 2024-03-28 15:00.
[p]This Championship season’s battle to avoid the drop promises to be one of the tightest in recent memory, and Sheffield Wednesday will be hoping to take a step in the right direction when they take on Swansea City on Good Friday. The Owls have felt particularly blessed on this day, winning their last three home league games played on Good Friday, but that record will be under threat here considering they’ve been victorious just once against Swansea this century (D6, L6).[/p]
[p]The international break would’ve offered the relegation-threatened Owls a chance to emotionally recover from their 6-0 hammering at the hands of Ipswich, which was their heaviest league defeat since suffering an identical fate in September 2008 against Reading. That loss to the Tractor Boys was Wednesday’s second Championship defeat in succession after posting a highly encouraging four-game winning streak just prior. They’ll now come into the round sat 23rd in the table, albeit just a mere point from safety. [/p]
[p]Despite a strong H2H record, the visitors have struggled for league-doubles over their hosts. They ran out comfortable 3-0 winners in the reverse back in September, and were also victorious in their last visit to Hillsborough, meaning they could win back-to-back league games against Wednesday here for the very first time in their history. [/p]
[p]The Swans haven’t always been at their best over Easter, winning just one of their last six Good Friday fixtures (D3, L2). Manager Luke Williams can leverage their South Wales derby win over Cardiff last time out as his main motivator if needed, a victory that gave his team a much-needed seven-point buffer over those in the bottom three. [/p]
[p]Players to watch: Swansea’s Liam Cullen could be called upon to kickstart proceedings, seeing as he’s netted the match opener in five of his six goalscoring outings this season. Iké Ugbo could be Wednesday’s answer to that since he’s scored the game’s final goal in five of his last seven goalscoring appearances.[/p]
[p]Hot stat: Only two of Wednesday’s last 11 matches have seen both teams score. [/p]