Sheffield Wednesday vs Wolves Prediction

League Cup League Cup · Round of 64
FT
Post on X
Hillsborough, Sheffield
AI call Wolves or draw
23%
29%
48%
Home Win Draw Away Win

Sheffield Wednesday vs Wolves prediction: Sportiko gives Sheffield Wednesday a 23% chance of winning, Wolves 48% and the draw 29%. Last updated 25 Aug 2026, 20:39.

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Timeline

0–1 3'
Sil Swinkels Own Goal
Jarvis Thornton Yellow Card
8'
32'
Boubacar Traoré Yellow Card
0–2 45+1'
Saheed Olagunju assist: Tommy Doyle
HT 0–2
46'
Rodrigo Gomes ⇄ Mateus Mané
62'
Tawanda Chirewa ⇄ Raúl Jiménez
62'
Jordan James ⇄ Marshall Munetsi
Ricardo Santos ⇄ Gabriel Otegbayo
66'
Billy Mitchell ⇄ Louie Barry
67'
William Grainger ⇄ Barry Bannan
67'
Sil Swinkels ⇄ Max Lowe
70'
72'
David Møller Wolfe ⇄ Hugo Bueno
Kieran Morrison ⇄ Devlan Moses
81'
85'
Saheed Olagunju ⇄ Toti Gomes
Harry Gray ⇄ Jamal Lowe
86'
88'
Tommy Doyle ⇄ Fer López
FT 0–2
Sheffield Wednesday

Match Stats

Wolves
49% Ball Possession 51%
Expected Goals (xG)
11 Total Shots 13
3 Shots on Goal 3
6 Shots off Goal 5
2 Blocked Shots 5
4 Shots insidebox 11
7 Shots outsidebox 2
2 Corner Kicks 6
2 Offsides 2
5 Fouls 9
1 Yellow Cards 1
Red Cards
2 Goalkeeper Saves 3
418 Total passes 433
345 Passes accurate 364
83% Passes % 84%
goals_prevented
Sheffield Wednesday
Player Rating Min G A Shots Passes Tackles
4 Ricardo Santos D 7.2 66' 42 (40%) 1
16 Billy Mitchell M 6.9 67' 40 (36%) 5
10 Barry Bannan M 6.9 24' 27 (23%)
2 Liam Palmer D 6.7 91' 42 (34%) 3
22 Gabriel Otegbayo D 6.7 25' 20 (18%) 1
24 Harry Gray M 6.7 86' 1 14 (9%)
11 Louie Barry F 6.7 24' 1 14 (12%)
3 Max Lowe D 6.6 21' 20 (19%)
37 Jarvis Thornton M 6.5 91' 1 35 (29%) 1
20 Kieran Morrison M 6.5 81' 3 25 (16%)
48 Mason Burstow F 6.5 91' 1 21 (12%)
40 Devlan Moses F 6.3 10' 2 (2%)
33 Reece James D 6.3 91' 31 (25%) 1
26 Sil Swinkels D 6.2 70' 41 (37%)
19 William Grainger M 6.0 67' 1 10 (8%) 1
1 Joe Lumley G 5.9 91' 32 (23%)
9 Jamal Lowe F 5' 1 2 (2%)
Wolves
Player Rating Min G A Shots Passes Tackles
59 Saheed Olagunju D 8.2 85' 1 1 51 (41%)
20 Tommy Doyle M 7.5 88' 1 45 (40%) 4
34 Nasser Djiga D 7.3 91' 60 (59%) 1
17 Pedro Lima D 7.2 91' 50 (39%) 4
21 Rodrigo Gomes M 6.9 45' 1 15 (13%) 1
1 José Sá G 6.7 91' 46 (35%)
5 Marshall Munetsi M 6.7 29' 8 (7%) 1
3 Hugo Bueno D 6.7 19' 6 (4%)
10 Adam Armstrong F 6.6 91' 2 20 (17%)
6 David Møller Wolfe D 6.5 72' 37 (28%) 2
9 Raúl Jiménez F 6.3 29' 1 5 (4%) 1
36 Mateus Mané F 6.3 46' 14 (10%)
23 Tawanda Chirewa M 6.3 62' 1 12 (12%) 5
8 Jordan James M 6.3 62' 1 18 (15%) 1
12 Boubacar Traoré M 6.2 91' 1 44 (39%) 1
28 Fer López M 3' 1
24 Toti Gomes D 6' 1 (1%)
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Wolves or draw
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Home
23%
10%
Draw
29%
45%
Away
48%
45%

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Head to Head: Sheffield Wednesday vs Wolves

No head-to-head history found between these teams.

Sheffield Wednesday — Recent Form

Date Opponent Result Score
22 Sep A Salford City W 1 - 2
19 Sep H Stockport County D 0 - 0
12 Sep H Wigan D 0 - 0
05 Sep A Peterborough W 1 - 2
01 Sep A Wycombe W 1 - 2

Wolves — Recent Form

Date Opponent Result Score
20 Sep H West Brom W 1 - 0
16 Sep A Everton L 1 - 0
13 Sep A Sheffield Utd W 0 - 1
06 Sep A Birmingham D 2 - 2
01 Sep A West Ham L 4 - 2

League Cup Standings

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Wolves

Formation: 4-2-3-1 Coach: César Peixoto
1
6 Wolfe
59 Olagunju
34 Djiga
17 Lima
8 James
12 Traoré
23 Chirewa
20 Doyle
21 Gomes
10 Armstrong

Starting XI

# Player Pos
1 José Sá G
17 Pedro Lima D
34 Nasser Djiga D
59 Saheed Olagunju D
6 David Møller Wolfe D
12 Boubacar Traoré M
8 Jordan James M
21 Rodrigo Gomes M
20 Tommy Doyle M
23 Tawanda Chirewa M
10 Adam Armstrong F

Substitutes

36 Mateus Mané F
5 Marshall Munetsi M
9 Raúl Jiménez F
3 Hugo Bueno D
24 Toti Gomes D
28 Fer López M
70 Josh Gracey G
38 Jackson Tchatchoua D
7 André M

Sheffield Wednesday

Formation: 4-2-3-1 Coach: H. Pedersen
1 Lumley
33 James
26 Swinkels
4 Santos
2 Palmer
16 Mitchell
37 Thornton
19 Grainger
24 Gray
20 Morrison
48 Burstow

Starting XI

# Player Pos
1 Joe Lumley G
2 Liam Palmer D
4 Ricardo Santos D
26 Sil Swinkels D
33 Reece James D
37 Jarvis Thornton M
16 Billy Mitchell M
20 Kieran Morrison M
24 Harry Gray M
19 William Grainger M
48 Mason Burstow F

Substitutes

22 Gabriel Otegbayo D
10 Barry Bannan M
11 Louie Barry F
3 Max Lowe D
40 Devlan Moses F
9 Jamal Lowe F
27 Connal Trueman G
7 Yan Valery D
30 Ernie Weaver D

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