Sheffield Wednesday vs Blackpool Prediction

League One form

Looking just at their League One matches, Wednesday have won four of their last seven, drawn two and lost just once, with only six goals conceded in that spell. That's a tidy defensive record for a side pushing near the top.

Sheffield Wednesday: 20 completed matches; Blackpool: 20 completed matches.

Sheffield Wednesday

20 matches

Win

45% 9 / 20

Draw

25% 5 / 20

Loss

30% 6 / 20

Scored

25

Conceded

25

Difference

0

Blackpool

20 matches

Win

40% 8 / 20

Draw

15% 3 / 20

Loss

45% 9 / 20

Scored

30

Conceded

32

Difference

-2

Blackpool's League One form over the same number of games reads two wins, two draws and three defeats, with 13 goals scored but 13 conceded too. They've shown they can score, home or away, but they've also leaked goals at both ends of the pitch.

Wednesday's tighter defence stands out against Blackpool's more open, inconsistent results.

Comparative Team Statistics: Sheffield Wednesday vs Blackpool

Head-to-head record

Most of the meetings between these two go back over a decade, to their Championship days between 2011 and 2015, so they don't tell us much about either side's current form.

The one recent meeting came in the League Cup back in September 2024, which Blackpool won 1-0 away from home. It's a single result in a different competition, so it shouldn't carry much weight here.

The head-to-head history is largely historical and offers little guide to this fixture.

Table position

Wednesday sit second in League One after seven games, on 14 points with four wins, two draws and a single loss. Blackpool are down in 15th on eight points from the same number of matches.

That's a six-point gap and a big difference in position this early in the season.

Players to watch

Wednesday's goals have been spread around, with J. Lowe scoring four in seven appearances and L. Barry adding three in just four. K. Morrison has chipped in with two assists from midfield.

Sheffield Wednesday:

Best scorers:

J. Lowe - 4

L. Barry - 3

Best assist providers:

K. Morrison - 2

Penalty cards:

C. Slattery x 3

Blackpool:

Best assist providers:

D. Charles - 2

On Blackpool's side, D. Charles has two assists in seven games, suggesting he's been involved in their creative play even during a rocky run. Wednesday's C. Slattery has picked up three yellow cards in seven matches, so discipline could be something to watch too.

How this one could shape up

Wednesday's tight home defence against Blackpool's tendency to score and concede in equal measure sets up an interesting puzzle. If Wednesday keep things as tidy as they have in recent League One games, Blackpool's away form hasn't been convincing enough to suggest an easy route back into it.

That said, Blackpool have shown in patches that they can hurt teams, including a 4-0 win over Peterborough and a 2-1 away win at Stockport. Consistency, not quality in isolated games, looks like their main issue.