Wolves – Sheffield Wed Prediction & Picks (28.04.2018)

Wolverhampton Wanderers and Sheffield Wednesday meet at Molineux Stadium, in a match for the 45th day of the Championship. In the last head-to-head for this edition of the league on 15-12-2017, Wolverhampton Wanderers won out in (0-1). The history of direct confrontations played in this stadium is favorable to the home team, which in the last 3 matches won 2 and lost 1. But the last time these two teams played a match in this stadium, on 26-11-2016 , for the Championship, Sheffield Wednesday won by (0-2). F. Forestieri (15 ‘) and K. Lee (29′) scored the match goals for Sheffield Wednesday.

Wolverhampton Wanderers:

The home team is currently in the 1 st position of the league, with 98 points won, after 30 wins, 8 draws and 6 losses. In the penultimate match, they won in a home match against Birmingham City, by (2-0). In the last match, they won in an away match against Bolton Wanderers, by (0-4). For the league, Wolverhampton Wanderers won 23 points out of 30 possible points, after 7 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss in the last 10 home matches. Their attack has scored regularly, since they have always scored at least one goal in the last 10 matches for this competition. In 44 matches in the competition, they suffered the first goal 9 times and only managed 1 comeback.

Wolverhampton comes to this game with a victory in the field of Bolton, by 0-4, registered in this way the fourth success followed in this competition. It is important to underline that the locals already confirmed the conquest of the title of the English second division. On this day, before the fans, coach Nuno Espírito Santo must keep the team in 3-4-3, benefiting the maintenance of possession of the ball and the successive organized attacks, especially on the flanks. Diogo Jota is one of the most dangerous players on the attack front, being the best marker of Wolverhampton, 17 goals scored. Normally, the locals usually create a lot of danger through set pieces. For this game the coach can not count on Ikeme, injured.

Sheffield Wednesday:

The away team is currently in the 15 th position of the league, with 53 points won, after 13 wins, 14 draws and 17 losses. In the penultimate match, they won in an away match against Hull City, by (0-1). In the last match, they won in a home match against Reading, by (3-0). In the last 10 away league matches Sheffield Wednesday has a record of 3 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses, so they have won 12 points out of 30 possible. In their away league matches the most frequent result at half-time was 0-0 (9 out of 22 matches). The team has conceded goals in 8 of the last 10 matches, so they have not presented great defensive solidity, but their offense has scored consistently, as they have scored goals in 8 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In 44 matches in this tournament, they have conceded the first goal 18 times and have only won 1 result. In the last 22 away matches for this competition there is 1 period that stands out: they have scored 9 of their 22 goals between minutes (61’-75 ‘).

The Sheffield Wednesday comes to this game with a win at home against Reading, 3-0, adding the second consecutive victory in this competition. To point out that the visitors did not make a good championship throughout the season, however, they are beds of the places of descent. In this away game, coach Jos Luhukay must maintain his usual tactical scheme, that is, the 3-5-2, with Rhodes being the team’s most offensive reference. On the other hand, Gary Hooper is the best marker of the visiting team until this moment, with 10 goals scored. The Sheffield Wednesday has presented difficulties in the finalization and in the maintenance of possession of the ball, something that has harmed the team in this competition. For this game the foreign trainer can not count on the injured Hutchinson.