Match details. League One, Regular Season - 11. Kick-off is Sat 17 Oct, 15:00 Lagos time. It is played at Hillsborough Stadium, Sheffield.
What's at stake. Sheffield Wednesday are 8th on 15 points after 8 games, level on points with Oxford United, 3 points clear of Stevenage. A win would take them above Oxford United. AFC Wimbledon are 12th on 12 points after 9 games, level on points with Mansfield Town, 1 point clear of Leyton Orient. A win would take them above Mansfield Town.
Form. Sheffield Wednesday have won five, drawn three and lost two of their last ten, 1.8 points a game. Their last five, newest first: D W W D D. AFC Wimbledon have won three, drawn four and lost three of their last ten, 1.3 points a game. Their last five, newest first: L D D D W.
The numbers. Sheffield Wednesday score 1.5 and concede 0.8 a game in their last six at home, with three clean sheets and four games without a goal. Sheffield Wednesday average 7.8 shots (3.2 on target), 6.9 corners and 1.8 cards a game, with 56% of the ball. AFC Wimbledon score one and concede two a game in their last five away, with one clean sheet. AFC Wimbledon average 6.2 shots (1.9 on target), 5.6 corners and 1.6 cards a game, with 44% of the ball.
Head to head. In the last two meetings Sheffield Wednesday have won one, drawn one and lost none. Two of the two went over 2.5 goals and both teams scored in two. The last time they met, on 2 Apr 2022, it finished Sheffield Wednesday 2-1 AFC Wimbledon: Sheffield Wednesday had 16 shots to 7, 72% of the ball, three yellow cards.
Where it pulls both ways. The prices and the records disagree: the odds board makes it 60% against the records' 34%.
The read. No firm call: Sheffield Wednesday are the better side, but not at this price. A draw is live. A tight game. Their goals for and against make Sheffield Wednesday the likelier winners; Sheffield Wednesday are the stronger side on form and the table. Their goals for and against point to a tight game. Their records put over 2.5 goals at 41%.
The bets. Best bet: Under 3.5 Goals at 1.46, 73% on the records (Sheffield Wednesday: under 3.5 goals in 5 of 7; AFC Wimbledon: under 3.5 goals in 7 of 8). The safer one: AFC Wimbledon Under 1.5 Goals at 1.31 (75%). Backup: Sheffield Wednesday or Under 2.5 Goals at 1.18. It often rescues the bet, but it is no guarantee. Predicted score: Sheffield Wednesday 1-1 AFC Wimbledon (12% chance).
Every score's chance from both teams' checked games, never cut or rescaled. The lit square is the likeliest score that fits the read (a tight game).