FM Preview: Sheffield Wednesday v Charlton Athletic 22 Dec 2012

Last updated : 21 December 2012 By Footymad Previewer

Footymad preview History of the Sheffield Wednesday v Charlton Athletic fixture

Charlton Athletic face a trip to Sheffield Wednesday at Hillsborough on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Addicks will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 12 and win only 5 of the 23 games.

The most recent encounter between these two sides at Hillsborough was less than a year ago, in January 2012, with Charlton Athletic inflicting a narrow 0-1 defeat upon the Owls in a League One match.

Recent encounters between the teams

Season Date Team Result Team Comp
2011/2012 Sat 14 Jan Sheff. Wed. 0-1 Charlton Ath. League One
2011/2012 Mon 05 Sep Charlton Ath. 1 - 1 Sheff. Wed. League One
2010/2011 Sat 15 Jan Sheff. Wed. 2 - 2 Charlton Ath. League One
2010/2011 Sat 30 Oct Charlton Ath. 1 - 0 Sheff. Wed. League One
2008/2009 Sat 17 Jan Sheff. Wed. 4 - 1 Charlton Ath. Championship
2008/2009 Sat 27 Sep Charlton Ath. 1 - 2 Sheff. Wed. Championship
2007/2008 Tue 12 Feb Sheff. Wed. 0 - 0 Charlton Ath. Championship

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Recent respective form guides

Sheffield Wednesday's dreadful home form has resulted in just 1 victory and 1 draw from their last six played. While Owls have scored 6, a worringly large 13 have been leaked at the other end.

Charlton Athletic's away form is none too clever either, collecting 2 wins and 3 draws from the last six. The Addicks's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 5 goals for and 4 against.

Sheffield Wednesday are stuck down in the relegation zone of npower Championship with a return of just 18 points from their 22 games thus far.

Charlton Athletic see themselves just below half way in the npower Championship, showing a record of 29 points from their 22 games played so far,

Current overall team form

Team P W D L F A P
Sheffield Wednesday 6 1 0 5 4 11 3
Charlton Athletic 6 2 3 1 6 5 9

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FootyMad's prediction ...

Charlton Athletic are in reasonable form away from home coming into this match, and the Madmen are quite confident that they should come away with a comfortable victory from this contest. Away win

Sequence statistics

Team Sequences
Sheffield Wednesday Been beaten in each of their previous 4 home matches.
Failed to win in previous 4 home matches.
Not drawn a match in their last 11 .
Charlton Athletic Not won in previous 2 away matches.
No win in the 3 most recent games.

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