Championship

Championship | Gameweek 22

Dec 29, 2020 at 7pm UK

Hillsborough Stadium

Sheff Weds
2 - 1
Middlesbrough

Paterson (30'), Shaw (40')
Bannan (45+3'), Palmer (88')

FT(HT: 2-0)

Watmore (49')
Saville (42'), Morsy (45+3')

Reaction

General view of Sheffield Wednesday's Hillsborough Stadium taken August 2018

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The Match

Match Report

Neil Thompson was in charge of the Owls after Tony Pulis left the club on Monday night.

Preview

Sports Mole previews Tuesday's Championship clash between Sheffield Wednesday and Middlesbrough, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

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 Middlesbrough win with a probability of 46.22%. A draw had a probability of 28.8% and a win for Sheffield Wednesday had a probability of 24.95%.

The most likely scoreline for a Middlesbrough win was 0-1 with a probability of 15.15%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 0-2 (9.66%) and 1-2 (8.26%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (12.95%), while for a Sheffield Wednesday win it was 1-0 (10.15%). The actual scoreline of 2-1 was predicted with a 5.5% likelihood.

Result
Sheffield Wednesday	Draw	Middlesbrough
24.95%	28.83%	46.22%

Both teams to score 41.4%

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

35.84%

64.16%

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

16.7%

83.3%

Sheffield Wednesday Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

57.46%

42.54%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

21.1%

78.9%

Middlesbrough Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

72.06%

27.94%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

36.43%

63.57%

Score Analysis

Sheffield Wednesday 24.94%

Middlesbrough 46.22%

Draw 28.82%

Sheffield Wednesday	Draw	Middlesbrough
1-0 @ 10.15% 2-1 @ 5.54% 2-0 @ 4.34% 3-1 @ 1.58% 3-0 @ 1.24% 3-2 @ 1.01% Other @ 1.09% Total : 24.94%	1-1 @ 12.95% 0-0 @ 11.88% 2-2 @ 3.53% Other @ 0.46% Total : 28.82%	0-1 @ 15.15% 0-2 @ 9.66% 1-2 @ 8.26% 0-3 @ 4.11% 1-3 @ 3.51% 2-3 @ 1.5% 0-4 @ 1.31% 1-4 @ 1.12% Other @ 1.6% Total : 46.22%

How you voted: Sheff Weds vs Middlesbrough

Sheffield Wednesday

17.5%

Draw

15.9%

Middlesbrough

66.7%