On Friday, October 19, one of the most offensive teams in the English second league, Sheffield Wednesday, receives Middlesbrough’s visit to Hillsborough. The match takes place at 19:45 and the hosts could score points with Boro in the event of a victory. Middlesbrough is on the 4th place (goal 14-6), and Sheffield on the 6th place (goal 19-18).
Sheffield, under the command of Jos Lukukay, has an attractive share of victory, but he meets the band with the best defense in the championship. Tony Pulis organized excellent defense of the white-red, who only scored 6 goals this season! Specialists believe the two bands have good chances of promotion in the Premier League, and white-blues have a very productive offensive on their side. It will be interesting to see how Pulis will block Adam Reach, a former Middlesbrough player who scored in the last two games played on Wednesday on his own ground. So far, Wednesday has not lost any match played at home in the new season!
Tony Pulis is coming to make a perfect defensive match.
After six matches on Hillsborough, Sheffield Wednesday has two wins and four draws, having bad luck in the last two stages: “the owls” played well and led to the break but always suffered moments of physical fall in the second half and have received the equalizing goal. “We have to find a way to turn these draws into victories! With more focus on defense, we would have been on top of the leaderboard, “said the Dutch coach of the hosts. So far, they have scored both teams in ALL home matches played by Sheffield Wednesday, a statistic that has pretty much influenced the odds.
Wednesday has received a goal in all matches this season!
This time, however, Sheffield is due to a very good defense, so the blue-and-blue will not be able to fight off the offensive. In the away games, Middlesbrough escaped goallessly in 3 of the four games this season, and Pulis’s main stake will again be a perfect organization in its own. On the other hand, Middlesbrough has been awarded a goal in each of the last 9 visits to Sheffield, and white-reds need a perfect shot to block the offensive bouts of the hosts. Boro comes in this move with a good balance: 4 wins and a draw in the last 5 games.
The last direct duel between the two ended with a white draw, 0-0. Last season, Middlesbrough was defeated at home by Nottingham (0-2), while Sheffield Wednesday won a big victory at Bristol City (2-1). Wednesday has received a goal in all of this season’s games and knows he must temper the pace of the game in order to have a chance at points. A profitable bet could be on the correct score 0-0 at break, because we will witness a reciprocal test in the first 45 minutes.
PREDICTION: Both teams to score / YES @ 1.85
