Sheffield Wed V Blackburn – Form Teams & Schemes

Sheffield Wednesday and Blackburn Rovers go into this relegation six-pointer on 47 points, remaining outside of the drop zone by virtue of goal difference.  Huddersfield Town 22nd, who entertain Peterborough, in 23rd, could well pounce at one of these big names expense and even leap-frog Barnsley who are away at promotion chasing Crystal Palace.

A massive thank you to Sheffield Wednesday for the free tickets for this one (as well as ex Owls Vadaine Oliver and Todd Jordan who are pulling up roses at the Imps) and so to pay for our supper, for our sins, with a statistical preview as a prelude to a view from The Leppings Lane report on the game itself. If it is anything to go by I have never seen the Owls lose at Hillsborough, with every game being against Arsenal ( I was a season ticket holder for 14 years after the seats came in until moving up to Lincoln to start another story)  thank you for reading the Form of the Foe courtesy of Neil Gentleman-Hobbs 

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Saturday  6th April K.O 3pm

GROUND GUIDE

Pos Name P W D L F A GD PTS 1 Cardiff City 39 24 6 9 64 40 24 78 18 Wolves 40 13 9 18 51 58 -7 48 19 Blackburn 39 11 14 14 46 52 -6 47 20 Barnsley 39 13 8 18 50 60 -10 47 21 Sheffield Wed 39 13 8 18 44 54 -10 47 22 Huddersfield 40 12 11 17 40 66 -26 47 23 Peterborough 40 13 7 20 57 65 -8 46 24 Bristol City 40 11 7 22 55 71 -16 40

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Likely Teams & schemes

 

Dave Jones favours 4-4-2

(aka the double 6)

1 Kirkland

2  32 Llera 4 Gardner (C) 3 Johnson

19 Pugh  23 Olofinjana

22 Holden                                                15 Helan 

9 Madine 24 Lita

Gary Bowyer favours 4-4-1-1

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29 Sandomierski 

19 Kane 16 Dann 31 Hanley 24 Morris

35 Bentley 36 Jones 13 Murphy 12 Pederson

39 Kazim-Richards

9 Best 

The Head to Head Form Guide

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Home /Away	G	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Rank
Owls – Home	20	7	3	10	24	32	-8	24	21
Rovers – Away	19	3	9	7	23	30	-7	18	19
Away / Home	G	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Rank
Owls -Away	19	6	5	8	20	22	-2	23	11
Rovers – Home	20	8	5	7	23	22	1	29	12
Overall	G	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Rank
Owls	39	13	8	18	44	54	-10	47	21
Rovers	39	11	14	14	46	52	-6	47	19
Form By Month
	G	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Rank
Owls Jan	4	2	1	1	5	4	1	7	6
Rovers Jan	4	1	2	1	6	4	2	5	12
Owls Feb	4	2	2	0	6	3	3	8	8
Rovers Feb	6	2	2	2	4	6	-2	8	8
Owls Mar	5	2	0	3	4	5	-2	6	13
Rovers Mar	4	0	2	4	4	6	-2	2	23
Owls Apr	1	0	1	0	1	5	0	1	8
Rovers Apr	1	0	0	1	0	3	-3	0	18
The Last 5’s
	G	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Rank
Owls Home	5	2	1	2	5	6	-1	7	15
Rovers Away	5	0	1	4	1	10	-9	1	22
Owls Away	5	2	2	1	5	4	1	8	5
Rovers Home	5	1	3	1	5	5	0	6	18
Owls Overall	5	2	1	2	5	6	-1	7	12
Rovers Overall	5	0	2	3	4	9	-5	2	21

  Ker-ching £££  

Owls	Crowd Stats	Rovers
29,697	Highest Home Gate	20,735
18,922	Lowest Home Gate	12,230
23,706	Average Home Gate	14,820
474,129	Total Turnstile Clicks	296,416

Heroes & Villains

Heroes	Goals	Heroes	Goals
Antonio	8	Rhodes	21
Johnson R	6	Rochina	5
Llera	5	Gomes	4
Barkley	4	Kazim-Richards	3
O’Grady	6	3 lads on	2
Heroes	Assists	Heroes	Assists
Antonio	9	Pedersen	10
Llera	3	Rhodes	3
Johnson J	3	Kazim-Richards	3
Buxton	3	Rochina	3
Madine	2	6 lads on	2
Villains	Yellows	Villains	Yellows
Llera	8	Kazim-Richards	9
Prutton	7	Murphy	8
Buxton	7	Lowe	8
Helan	5	Hanley	5
Johnson J & R	5	Olsen/Dann	5
YELLOWS	81	YELLOWS	61
Villains	Reds	Villains	Reds
Matlock	1
Buxton	1
Reds	2	Reds	0

Keeper corner

  Chris Kirkland

Games	Sub	Conceded	Saves	Mins Played	Clean sheets	Mins per goal	Yc’s	Rc’s
39	0	53	141	3510	10	66	2	0

 – Grzegoz Sandomierski 

Games	Sub	Conceded	Saves	Mins Played	Clean sheets	Mins per goal	Yc’s	Rc’s
0	1	2	3	38	0	19	0	0