Championship

Championship | Gameweek 20

Dec 9, 2023 at 3pm UK

Bet365 Stadium

Stoke
0 - 1
Sheff Weds

Burger (10'), McNally (82'), Clark (88')

FT(HT: 0-0)

Musaba (90+1')
Famewo (9'), Johnson (34'), Bannan (90+6'), Musaba (90+5')

Stoke City sack manager Alex Neil after 16 months in charge

Stoke City sack manager Alex Neil after Saturday's 1-0 defeat to Sheffield Wednesday made it four losses in a row and six games without a win.

Dec 10, 17:15

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Saturday's Championship clash between Stoke City and Sheffield Wednesday, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

Stoke City

All competitions

Last Game: Plymouth 2-1 Stoke
Saturday, December 2 at 3pm in Championship

Goals
for

Top scorers

Sheffield Wednesday

All competitions

Last Game: Sheff Weds 3-1 Blackburn
Saturday, December 2 at 3pm in Championship

Goals
for

Top scorers

We said: Stoke City 1-2 Sheffield Wednesday

Despite their poor start to the season, Sheffield Wednesday will certainly travel with renewed confidence following their recent results and have reason to be optimistic with Rohl at the helm. We fancy the Owls to score a first away win of the season against a Stoke City side who are slipping down the table in the midst of a rut. Read more.

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Stoke City win with a probability of 45.32%. A win for Sheffield Wednesday had a probability of 28.47% and a draw had a probability of 26.2%.

The most likely scoreline for a Stoke City win was 1-0 with a probability of 11.39%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (9.04%) and 2-0 (8.27%). The likeliest Sheffield Wednesday win was 0-1 (8.58%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (12.45%). The actual scoreline of 0-1 was predicted with an 8.6% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole correctly predicted that Sheffield Wednesday would win this match.

Result
Stoke City	Draw	Sheffield Wednesday
45.32% ( 0.12)	26.21% ( 0.01)	28.47% ( -0.13)

Both teams to score 50.91% (

-0.11)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

46.75% (

-0.1)

53.25% (

0.1)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

25.19% (

-0.09)

74.81% (

0.08)

Stoke City Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

76.57% (

0.01)

23.43% (

-0.01)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

42.57% (

0.02)

57.43% (

-0.02)

Sheffield Wednesday Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

66.48% (

-0.15)

33.52% (

0.15)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

29.84% (

-0.16)

70.16% (

0.16)

Score Analysis

Stoke City 45.32%

Sheffield Wednesday 28.47%

Draw 26.2%

Stoke City	Draw	Sheffield Wednesday
1-0 @ 11.39% ( 0.05) 2-1 @ 9.04% ( 0) 2-0 @ 8.27% ( 0.04) 3-1 @ 4.37% ( 0) 3-0 @ 4% ( 0.02) 3-2 @ 2.39% ( -0.01) 4-1 @ 1.59% ( 0) 4-0 @ 1.45% ( 0.01) Other @ 2.81% Total : 45.32%	1-1 @ 12.45% 0-0 @ 7.85% ( 0.03) 2-2 @ 4.94% ( -0.02) Other @ 0.96% Total : 26.2%	0-1 @ 8.58% ( -0) 1-2 @ 6.81% ( -0.03) 0-2 @ 4.69% ( -0.02) 1-3 @ 2.48% ( -0.02) 2-3 @ 1.8% ( -0.01) 0-3 @ 1.71% ( -0.01) Other @ 2.4% Total : 28.47%