Championship

Championship | Gameweek 30

Feb 16, 2021 at 7pm UK

Bet365 Stadium

Stoke
1 - 0
Sheff Weds

Fletcher (83')
Clarke (90+2')

FT(HT: 0-0)

Hutchinson (41')

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The Potters edged Sheffield Wednesday 1-0 at the Bet365 Stadium thanks to Steven Fletcher's 84th-minute strike.

Feb 16, 22:25

The Match

Match Report

The Potters looked set to make it 10 league games without a win until the 84th minute.

Preview

Sports Mole previews Tuesday's Championship clash between Stoke City and Sheffield Wednesday, 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 Stoke City win with a probability of 36.04%. A win for Sheffield Wednesday had a probability of 33.6% and a draw had a probability of 30.4%.

The most likely scoreline for a Stoke City win was 1-0 with a probability of 13.48%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (7.09%) and 2-0 (7.08%). The likeliest Sheffield Wednesday win was 0-1 (12.87%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (13.51%). The actual scoreline of 1-0 was predicted with a 13.5% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted a 1-0 win for Stoke City in this match.

Result
Stoke City	Draw	Sheffield Wednesday
36.04%	30.36%	33.6%

Both teams to score 41.15%

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

33.75%

66.25%

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

15.24%

84.75%

Stoke City Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

64.99%

35.01%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

28.25%

71.75%

Sheffield Wednesday Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

63.31%

36.69%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

26.52%

73.48%

Score Analysis

Stoke City 36.03%

Sheffield Wednesday 33.59%

Draw 30.35%

Stoke City	Draw	Sheffield Wednesday
1-0 @ 13.48% 2-1 @ 7.09% 2-0 @ 7.08% 3-1 @ 2.48% 3-0 @ 2.48% 3-2 @ 1.24% Other @ 2.18% Total : 36.03%	1-1 @ 13.51% 0-0 @ 12.84% 2-2 @ 3.56% Other @ 0.44% Total : 30.35%	0-1 @ 12.87% 1-2 @ 6.78% 0-2 @ 6.46% 1-3 @ 2.27% 0-3 @ 2.16% 2-3 @ 1.19% Other @ 1.88% Total : 33.59%

How you voted: Stoke vs Sheff Weds

Stoke City

49.2%

Draw

26.6%

Sheffield Wednesday

24.2%