Match Info

League One - Round 2

Date: 20 August 2026, Thursday 🏁 Finished

Location: Hillsborough (Sheffield) 🌤️ ...

Referee: Parsons T. (Eng)

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	Sheffield Wednesday		Bradford City

	1	X	2
	2.75	3.4	2.32	Watch
	2.70	3.40	2.45
	2.72	3.3	2.45	Watch
	2.83	3.49	2.56
	2.72	3.36	2.51	Watch
	2.75	3.4	2.45
	2.69	3.38	2.47	Watch
	2.8	3.4	2.45
Avarage Now (Initially)	2.75 ↑ (2.4)	3.39 ↓ (3.45)	2.46 ↓ (2.74)

The most likely Over/Under: 2.50

The best margin for this event is 3.1%, offered by

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Current Win Probability

Sheffield Wednesday
34.2%

Draw
27.7%

Bradford City
38.2%

Initial Probability (when we started the analysis)

38.9%

27%

34.1%

Analysis of Changes in Winning Probabilities:

Sheffield Wednesday has seen a decrease in its chances compared to the initial analysis. (-4.7%)

Bradford City has improved its chances compared to the initial analysis. (+4.1%)

Who will win by Users?

1	X	2
88.2%	11.8%	0%

Sheffield Wednesday - Bradford City Predictions

Users Predictions: 17 users predict this event. Sheff Wed will win (votes: 15 - 88.2%). It will Tie (votes: 2 - 11.8%).
Confidence interval (95%) for Sheff Wed: 72.9% – 100%.

Expected Score (Market Odds): 1:1

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Lineups

Starting Lineups
1. Lumley J. (G) 7. Valery Y. 22. Otegbayo G. 6. Cooper L. 3. Lowe M. 10. Bannan B. (C) 16. Mitchell B. 24. Gray H. 8. Slattery C. 11. Barry L. 9. Lowe J.	21. McCracken J. (G) 28. Pennington M. 15. Baldwin A. 5. Gillesphey M. 7. Neufville J. 10. Sarcevic A. (C) 6. Connolly C. 3. Touray I. 19. Jackson K. 23. Pointon B. 9. Beesley J.
Substitutes
48. Burstow M. 20. Morrison K. 2. Palmer L. 4. Santos R. 26. Swinkels S. 37. Thornton J. 27. Trueman C. (G)	20. Cartwright H. 1. Dawson C. (G) 32. Lapslie G. 8. Phillips A. 25. Powell N. 24. Swan W. 2. Welch R.
Coaches
Pedersen H.	Alexander G.

Key Events of the Match

1st Half (0 - 0)
2nd Half (0 - 1)
47', 0 - 1, Baldwin A. ⚽, Pennington M. (A),
61', Mitchell B. 🟨,
63', Pointon B. ↓, Swan W. ↑,
64', Jackson K. ↓, Phillips A. ↑,
69', Barry L. ↓, Morrison K. ↑,
69', Mitchell B. ↓, Burstow M. ↑,
69', Cooper L. ↓, Swinkels S. ↑,
77', Pennington M. 🟨,
78', Beesley J. ↓, Powell N. ↑,
81', Otegbayo G. ↓, Santos R. ↑,
90+3', Connolly C. ↓, Cartwright H. ↑,

Preview

Bradford is in great form at the moment (in the last 5 games, wins – 3).

In this match, both teams are almost equally likely to win.

There will not play in Sheff Wed: Bernard D. (Knee Injury) Brown G. (Hamstring Injury) Guilherme Siqueira (Achilles Tendon Injury) McGhee C. (Inactive) Onyango T. (Hamstring Injury)

There are questionable in Sheff Wed: Mitchell B. (Inactive)

There are questionable in Bradford: Humphrys S. (Inactive)

In the last 1 head-to-head match, Sheff Wed won 0 matches, drew 0 matches, lost 1 match, and goals 1:3.

Standings

		Pl	W	D	L		Diff	Pts
4	Bradford City	12	6	4	2	10:5	5	22
9	Sheffield Wed	12	5	4	3	21:13	8	19

Outrights of English League One for now

Bradford City: 8.36% Sheffield Wed: 6.32%

Last Results with these Odds

Bradford City - the odds 2.74 are the expected chance of winning is 34.06%, but this team recently wins 40% of matches with these odds.

Form

✺ - easy match; ✺ - difficult match;

- Sheffield Wednesday
English League One
15.08.26	Leyton Orient - Sheffield Wednesday	1:2 ✺
English League Cup
08.08.26	Sheffield Wednesday - Bolton Wanderers	1:0 ✺
Club Friendly
01.08.26	Oldham Athletic - Sheffield Wednesday	4:0 ✺
01.08.26	Accrington Stanley - Sheffield Wednesday	0:0 ✺
English League Championship
02.05.26	Sheffield Wednesday - West Bromwich Albion	2:1 ✺
Form Coefficient (based on results and difficulties of last matches) - 22.9 WWLTW
- Bradford City
English League One
15.08.26	Bradford City - Peterborough United	2:0 ✺
English League Cup
08.08.26	Bradford City - Rochdale	2:0 ✺
Club Friendly
01.08.26	Salford City - Bradford City	2:2 ✺
29.07.26	Bradford City - Preston North End	3:2 ✺
17.07.26	Accrington Stanley - Bradford City	1:0 ✺
Form Coefficient (based on results and difficulties of last matches) - 7.2 WWTWL

Latest Head to Head

English EFL Trophy
30.08.22	Bradford City - Sheffield Wednesday	3:1

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