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Sheffield Wednesday vs Huddersfield — League One 2018

Sheffield Wednesday
Sheffield Wednesday
Preview
15:00
Huddersfield
Huddersfield
1/1/2027League OneLeague One · Round 23Hillsborough
Big match
52%
Sheffield Wednesday
model favours
52%24%24%

Sheffield Wednesday score first in only 30% of matches

brightest fact of this match

1–1
likely score
53%
over 2.5 goals
55%
both teams score

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 50+ matches

Sheffield Wednesday52%
×Draw24%
Huddersfield24%
✓ Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 6 more than always backing the home side
Model
49.7%
Always home
44.4%

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
1.73
Huddersfield
1.09

Sheffield Wednesday creates 59% more chances

Season form · 51 home / 50 away

creates per match

Sheffield Wednesday
2.04
Huddersfield
1.46

allows per match

Sheffield Wednesday
0.73
Huddersfield
1.42

finishing

Sheffield Wednesday+0.00on par
Huddersfield+0.00on par

Total goals

53%Over
  • Over53
  • Under47

3+ goals likely

Both teams score

55%Yes
  • Yes55
  • No45

Both teams likely to score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Sheffield Wednesday ↓

Huddersfield →
0
1
2
3
4
0
0–06%
0–17%
0–24%
0–31%
0–40%
1
1–010%
1–111%
1–26%
1–32%
1–41%
2
2–09%
2–110%
2–25%
2–32%
2–41%
3
3–05%
3–16%
3–23%
3–31%
3–40%
4
4–02%
4–12%
4–21%
4–30%
4–40%

Most likely 1–1 (11%) · grid covers 97% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5
94%6%1.5
77%23%2.5
53%47%3.5
31%69%4.5
15%85%

Double chance

Sheffield Wednesday or draw
76%
Sheffield Wednesday or Huddersfield
76%
Draw or Huddersfield
48%

Winning margin

Sheffield Wednesday wins by 2+
29%
Huddersfield wins by 2+
9%

Team goals

Sheffield Wednesday 1+ goals
82%
Sheffield Wednesday 2+ goals
52%
Sheffield Wednesday 3+ goals
25%
Huddersfield 1+ goals
66%
Huddersfield 2+ goals
30%
Huddersfield 3+ goals
10%

Draw no bet

Sheffield Wednesday (draw refunded)
69%
Huddersfield (draw refunded)
31%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
43%
Both score & under 3
11%

Model probabilities, not odds. For information only.

How is this calculated?

Every number below comes from this match — nothing is made up.

1

Recent form of each side

Sheffield Wednesday at home — creates 2.04, concedes 0.73 · 51 matches

Huddersfield away — creates 1.46, concedes 1.42 · 50 matches

⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.

2

Expected goals for this match

Sheffield Wednesday attack 2.04 + Huddersfield defence 1.42 → ÷2 → 1.73

Huddersfield attack 1.46 + Sheffield Wednesday defence 0.73 → ÷2 → 1.09

Each side's attack is blended with the other's defence, then averaged.

3

Chance of every scoreline

From those two numbers a Poisson distribution gives the probability of each exact score — the grid shown above.

4

The answer to "why 52%?"

Sheffield Wednesday scores more
52%
level
24%
Huddersfield scores more
24%

Sheffield Wednesday at 52% 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 52% 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

  • Both teams score in only 30% of Sheffield Wednesday’s matches
  • Huddersfield fall short of their xG (1.3 vs 1.8 expected)

Based on historical data — not a prediction.

Style Matchup

Contrasting styles
Sheffield Wednesday
Balanced
Huddersfield
Attack-heavy
50%Possession52%
69%Pass accuracyBiggest gap73%
12.8Shots12.6
—xG1.81
Pass acc.ShotsxGBox shareShot acc.Defense
Sheffield WednesdayHuddersfield

Head-to-head

6 previous meetings

1
Sheffield Wednesday
3
Draws
2
Huddersfield
Avg goals: 1.7BTTS: 17%
0–40–01–10–20–0

Playing styles from match stats. Historical H2H record. Not a prediction.

Form
Wednesday
WDLWL
Huddersfield
LLWLW

Probable lineups not yet announced

Starting lineups are usually confirmed ~1 hour before kickoff

Preview: Sheffield Wednesday host Huddersfield

January 1, 2027: Sheffield Wednesday take on Huddersfield in League One. Track every goal, card, and substitution live on Scoreo as the action unfolds.

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