Huddersfield host Sheffield Wednesday in League One. Both sides have made decent starts to the campaign and currently sit inside the division's top four.
This is something of a reunion for two clubs who used to meet regularly in the Championship. That history doesn't tell us much about this level, with both teams still finding their feet in League One.
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Two unbeaten runs, but with different shapes
Sheffield Wednesday have had a tidy start, winning four of their seven league games and losing just the once, away at Bradford. Their attack peaked with a 7-2 win over Bromley, but the last two league outings have both finished goalless, against Wigan and Stockport County, so things have tightened up in front of goal recently.
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Huddersfield: 20 completed matches; Sheffield Wednesday: 20 completed matches.
Huddersfield
- Win
- 40% 8 / 20
- Draw
- 35% 7 / 20
- Loss
- 25% 5 / 20
- Scored
- 36
- Conceded
- 28
- Difference
- +8
Sheffield Wednesday
- Win
- 40% 8 / 20
- Draw
- 30% 6 / 20
- Loss
- 30% 6 / 20
- Scored
- 23
- Conceded
- 25
- Difference
- -2
| League | Home | Away | Date | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| League One | Bromley | Huddersfield | 19.09.2026 | 2-1 |
| League One | Mansfield Town | Huddersfield | 12.09.2026 | 0-0 |
| EFL Trophy | Doncaster | Huddersfield | 08.09.2026 | 1-3 |
| League One | Huddersfield | Notts County | 05.09.2026 | 1-1 |
| League One | Huddersfield | Oxford United | 01.09.2026 | 3-1 |
| League One | Cambridge United | Huddersfield | 29.08.2026 | 1-2 |
| League One | Milton Keynes Dons | Huddersfield | 22.08.2026 | 1-1 |
| League One | Huddersfield | AFC Wimbledon | 15.08.2026 | 3-0 |
| League Cup | Preston | Huddersfield | 08.08.2026 | 1-1 |
| Friendlies Clubs | Huddersfield | Blackburn | 01.08.2026 | 1-1 |
| League | Home | Away | Date | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EFL Trophy | Salford City | Sheffield Wednesday | 22.09.2026 | 1-2 |
| League One | Sheffield Wednesday | Stockport County | 19.09.2026 | 0-0 |
| League One | Sheffield Wednesday | Wigan | 12.09.2026 | 0-0 |
| League One | Peterborough | Sheffield Wednesday | 05.09.2026 | 1-2 |
| League One | Wycombe | Sheffield Wednesday | 01.09.2026 | 1-2 |
| League One | Sheffield Wednesday | Bromley | 29.08.2026 | 7-2 |
| League Cup | Sheffield Wednesday | Wolves | 25.08.2026 | 0-2 |
| League One | Sheffield Wednesday | Bradford | 20.08.2026 | 0-1 |
| League One | Leyton Orient | Sheffield Wednesday | 15.08.2026 | 1-2 |
| League Cup | Sheffield Wednesday | Bolton | 08.08.2026 | 1-0 |
Huddersfield's record is a touch more mixed: three wins, three draws and one defeat leaves them on 12 points, just two behind their visitors. Their most recent league game ended in a 2-1 loss away at Bromley, breaking a run of matches without defeat.
Neither side has lost more than once in the league this season, which points to a tight contest.
Comparative Team Statistics: Huddersfield vs Sheffield Wednesday
A long history, but not at this level
These two have met plenty of times over the years, almost entirely in the Championship. The last meeting came in February 2024, a 4-0 home win for Huddersfield, and before that a goalless draw in October 2023.
| League | Home | Away | Date | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Championship | Huddersfield | Sheffield Wednesday | 03.02.2024 | 4-0 |
| Championship | Sheffield Wednesday | Huddersfield | 07.10.2023 | 0-0 |
| League Cup | Sheffield Wednesday | Huddersfield | 01.08.2021 | 0-0 |
| Championship | Sheffield Wednesday | Huddersfield | 17.03.2021 | 1-1 |
| Championship | Huddersfield | Sheffield Wednesday | 08.12.2020 | 2-0 |
| Championship | Sheffield Wednesday | Huddersfield | 14.07.2020 | 0-0 |
| Championship | Huddersfield | Sheffield Wednesday | 15.09.2019 | 0-2 |
| Championship | Sheffield Wednesday | Huddersfield | 17.05.2017 | 2-2 |
| Championship | Huddersfield | Sheffield Wednesday | 14.05.2017 | 0-0 |
| Championship | Sheffield Wednesday | Huddersfield | 14.01.2017 | 2-0 |
That record belongs to a different division and different squads, so it shouldn't carry much weight here. It does show a habit of tight, low-scoring games between the two, alongside the odd one-sided result.
Old form between these sides offers little guide to how this League One meeting plays out.
Separated by two points
Sheffield Wednesday currently sit second in League One with 14 points from seven games, with Huddersfield fourth on 12 from the same number of matches. Wednesday have scored a couple more goals, 13 to 11, but both sides have conceded just six all season.
| № | Team | Played | Win | Draw | Loss | GF/GA | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bradford | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 7/4 | 15 |
| 2 | Sheffield Wednesday | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13/6 | 14 |
| 3 | Stockport County | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 17/10 | 13 |
| 5 | Cambridge United | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 13/11 | 13 |
| 6 | Huddersfield | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11/6 | 12 |
| 7 | Burton Albion | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13/12 | 12 |
This looks like a genuine early-season top-four clash rather than a mismatch.
Players carrying the goal threat
Huddersfield's main source of goals has been J. Taylor, who's netted five times in seven appearances, with D. Sanches Fernandes and R. Ledson each supplying three assists.
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x 3Sheffield Wednesday's scoring has been shared more evenly, with J. Lowe on four goals in seven games and L. Barry adding three in just four, while K. Morrison has set up a couple. Wednesday's C. Slattery has picked up three yellow cards this season, and Huddersfield's B. Mumba has already been sent off once in only four appearances.
Mumba's disciplinary record is worth watching if he's involved again.
Match odds and squad lists
Squad and player details
| Name | Country | Age | Position | Height | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D. Kasumu | England | 27 | Midfielder | 180 | 70 |
| A. Collins | England | 27 | Midfielder | 174 | 72 |
| A. Fletcher | England | 31 | Attacker | 185 | 78 |
| R. Ledson | England | 29 | Midfielder | 175 cm | 69 kg |
| L. Sørensen | Denmark | 26 | Midfielder | 185 | 78 |
| M. Wallace | Scotland | 33 | Defender | 188 cm | 75 kg |
| J. Whatmough | England | 30 | Defender | 184 cm | 82 kg |
| B. Mumba | England | 24 | Defender | 176 | 70 |
| L. Gooch | USA | 30 | Midfielder | 173 cm | 69 kg |
| M. Harness | England | 30 | Attacker | 182 cm | 70 kg |
| N. Tzanev | New Zealand | 29 | Goalkeeper | 195 | 90 |
| J. Alnwick | England | 33 | Goalkeeper | 187 | 82 |
| R. Balker | Netherlands | 28 | Defender | 190 | 82 |
| I. Bronkhorst | Netherlands | 29 | Midfielder | 185 | 79 |
| M. McGuane | England | 27 | Midfielder | 178 cm | 73 kg |
| B. Radulović | Serbia | 26 | Attacker | 191 | 79 |
| E. Brierley | England | 22 | Midfielder | 168 cm | n/a |
| J. Taylor | Wales | 23 | Attacker | 170 | 75 |
| J. Low | Wales | 24 | Defender | 196 | n/a |
| D. Sanches Fernandes | Netherlands | 25 | Attacker | 178 | 74 |
| Name | Country | Age | Position | Height | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ricardo | Portugal | 31 | Defender | 198 | 77 |
| Y. Valery | Tunisia | 27 | Defender | 185 | 85 |
| C. Slattery | England | 27 | Midfielder | 177 | 79 |
| L. Cooper | Scotland | 35 | Defender | 186 | 73 |
| B. Bannan | Scotland | 36 | Midfielder | 169 | 61 |
| L. Palmer | Scotland | 35 | Defender | 188 | 81 |
| C. Trueman | England | 30 | Goalkeeper | 186 | 74 |
| J. Lumley | England | 31 | Goalkeeper | 191 | 73 |
| B. Mitchell | England | 25 | Midfielder | 178 | 74 |
| A. Maynard-Brewer | Australia | 27 | Goalkeeper | 187 | 73 |
| J. Lowe | Jamaica | 32 | Attacker | 183 | 79 |
| R. James | England | 32 | Defender | 182 | 71 |
| M. Lowe | England | 29 | Defender | 175 | 74 |
| D. Keillor-Dunn | England | 28 | Midfielder | 180 | 68 |
| D. Bernard | Jamaica | 25 | Defender | 189 | 80 |
| L. Barry | England | 23 | Attacker | 174 | 63 |
| T. Onyango | England | 23 | Midfielder | 190 | 76 |
| J. Liongola | Burundi | 26 | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
| S. Swinkels | Netherlands | 22 | Defender | 190 | 78 |
| C. McNeill | England | 23 | Attacker | 181 | n/a |
Everything here points to a closely matched game between two sides who've started the season well without pulling clear of each other. Wednesday have the better points total, but their attack has gone quiet in the last couple of outings, while Huddersfield arrive off the back of a defeat of their own.
With nothing to separate them clearly and no market to weigh up against that form, this is one to leave alone rather than force a pick.
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