Sheffield Wednesday welcome the visitors Birmingham City in the English Championship – Round 26. The match will be held on Tuesday, January 1st, at the Hillsborough (Sheffield).
The three-match Sheffield Wednesday’s record reads away wins over Preston North End (17th in the table) and Middlesbrough (5th) and a draw against West Bromwich (3rd). The hosts got 7 points in these matches, which enabled them to climb to the 16th line in the standings, increasing their breakaway from the relegation zone by 9 points.
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Birmingham City’s latest December run was also quite good – the guests racked up 7 points in 3 previous rounds. Note that in all these clashes, the team kept a clean sheet; in one, they failed to find the net themselves, but their goal-difference is rather solid, 37 to 27, after 25 rounds.
In their 12 home encounters, the ‘Owls’ could not score to the present vice leader Norwich only and allowed in all but 2 matches against Preston and Bolton Wanderers (21st place in the standings). Overall, they made 31 goals and missed 41. Their visitors are also aggressive in their attacks, especially in outings wherein they failed to net just 3 times. Birmingham played ‘to nil’ only in 4 trips though. Even the worst league-scorer Bolton, counting only 17 goals so far, have once found the back of their net. 4 of 6 Tuesday opponents’ head-to-heads saw both teams score. Either side are not sitting in defense but rushing forward and score in the end. At this, they commonly make mistakes in defense and allow quite often. The coming meeting will most likely be combative, and each team will manage to make a goal.
Prediction for the match: Both teams to score – Yes.
