Accrington ST vs Sheffield Wednesday — Friendlies Clubs 2026
Sheffield Wednesday score first in only 30% of matches
brightest fact of this match
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on goals from last 4+ matches
Accrington ST28%Sheffield Wednesday39%✓ Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 6 more than always backing the home side
The model picks a winner (home or away) for each finished match using only pre-kickoff data, then checks it against the real result: 49.7% correct across 578,261 matches, vs 44.4% for always backing the home side.
Home picks 50% correct · Away picks 48.9% correct
Football matches only. Past performance is not indicative of future results.
Expected goals in this match
What is xG?
Every shot is scored 0–1 by how likely it is to be a goal from that spot — a chance in the middle of the box ≈ 0.4, a long shot from a tight angle ≈ 0.03, a penalty ≈ 0.76. Add them up over a match and that is the xG.
The scoreline can lie: you can win 1-0 on a fluke while creating half the chances. xG shows who was really closer to scoring — and over a season it predicts results better than goals alone.
Sheffield Wednesday creates 27% more chances
Season form · 9 home / 4 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Under76
- Over24
Fewer than 3 goals likely
Both teams score
- No68
- Yes32
One side may not score
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
Accrington ST ↓
Most likely 0–0 (18%) · grid covers 100% of scorelines
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Total goals
Double chance
Winning margin
Team goals
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Combos
Model probabilities, not odds. For information only.
How is this calculated?
Every number below comes from this match — nothing is made up.
Recent form of each side
Accrington ST at home — creates 1.00, concedes 0.89 · 9 matches
Sheffield Wednesday away — creates 1.00, concedes 0.50 · 4 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
Accrington ST attack 1.00 + Sheffield Wednesday defence 0.50 → ÷2 → 0.75
Sheffield Wednesday attack 1.00 + Accrington ST defence 0.89 → ÷2 → 0.95
Each side's attack is blended with the other's defence, then averaged.
Chance of every scoreline
From those two numbers a Poisson distribution gives the probability of each exact score — the grid shown above.
The answer to "why 39%?"
Sheffield Wednesday at 39% is simply the biggest of the three — that is the pick.
What the model can't see
It reads only the stats of recent matches. It knows nothing about:
- injuries & suspensions
- the matchday lineup
- motivation — cup, relegation, a title race
- weather & pitch condition
- in-game coaching decisions
So 39% does not mean "Sheffield Wednesday will win" — it means "on the available stats, this is the most likely result."
Statistical model based on expected goals (xG). For informational purposes only.
Match Insights
- Sheffield Wednesday have won 3 of the last 4 meetings
- Both teams score in only 30% of Sheffield Wednesday’s matches
Based on historical data — not a prediction.
Probable lineups not yet announced
Starting lineups are usually confirmed ~1 hour before kickoff
Head to Head
4 previous meetings · small sampleAccrington ST host Sheffield Wednesday on Saturday, 1 August 2026 at 11:30. The match is part of the Friendlies Clubs 2026/2027 season.
Accrington ST vs Sheffield Wednesday — Match Preview
Accrington ST face Sheffield Wednesday on August 1, 2026 in this Friendlies Clubs fixture. Get live scores, lineups, and real-time match statistics here when the game starts.
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