Sheffield Wednesday and Southampton Kick Off 2023/24 Championship Season
Sheffield Wednesday vs Southampton - 04/08/2023
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The 2023/24 English Championship season begins this weekend and on the 4th of August we have a meeting between Sheffield Wednesday and Southampton.
The match will be played at Hillsborough Stadium and the hosts won promotion from League One last season while the visitors were relegated from the Premier League.
Sheffield Wednesday come into the match on the back of a 2-1 home defeat at the hands of Luton Town in a friendly.
The Owls played several friendly matches during preseason and failed to win any of their final 5 games.
In addition to the loss against Luton Town, there were defeats to Burnley, Eldense, and Doncaster Rovers. There was also a draw with Real Murcia.
Sheffield Wednesday won promotion to the Championship via the League One playoffs last season.
Sheffield Wednesday finished third in the League One table and were just 2 points behind Ipswich Town, who won automatic promotion.
Sheffield Wednesday beat Peterborough United via penalties in a dramatic playoff semi-final and beat Barnsley 1-0 after extra time in the final.
We must go back to 2021 to find the last time Sheffield Wednesday were in the Championship.
They are undefeated in 5 of their 6 most recent home Championship fixtures but have recorded only 2 wins from those 6 matches.
There have been under 2.5 goals scored in each of Sheffield Wednesday’s last 4 home Championship games.
Southampton make the trip north to Hillsborough Stadium having lost 1-0 to AZ in their final preseason friendly.
It was the second successive defeat for Southampton at the end of their preseason having also lost to Bournemouth of the Premier League.
Southampton won only 1 of their 5 friendly fixtures going into the new campaign.
The Saints finished bottom of the Premier League last season and it was a hugely disappointing display.
Southampton were 11 points from safety come the end of the season and they won only 6 of their 38 Premier League matches.
Leeds United were the team who finished one place above them and they were 6 points clear, which underlines how poor Southampton were for most of the season.
Trends show Southampton have won just 1 of their last 6 matches against Sheffield Wednesday in the Championship.
There have been under 2.5 goals in Southampton's last 3 games against Sheffield Wednesday in the Championship.
Looking ahead to the team news and Sheffield Wednesday have been busy adding free transfers to their squad for the coming campaign.
Juan Delgado and Pol Valentín have arrived from Portugal and Spain respectively while Di'Shon Bernard has joined from Manchester United.
Southampton have added four players to their squad, including Derrick Abu and Ryan Manning on free transfers.
James Ward-Prowse and Roméo Lavia are still with Southampton at the time of writing, despite interest from the Premier League.
Neither team are going to want to lose the first game of the season in a new division and that could result in a cagey encounter. We do not expect to see many goals and this one could easily end 0-0.
Home team
Away team
Pred
Correct score
Avg. goals
Weather conditions
Coef.
Score
Live
coef.
CH
224038
X
0 - 0
1.21
17°
3.50
2.75
3.50
2.45
no
no
no
1 - 2(0 - 1)
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