Preview

• Sheffield Wednesday host Stoke City on 2025-08-16 at 15:00 GMT, as part of week 2 of the 2025-2026's Championship in Hillsborough.
• With the data available to us, H. Pedersen and M. Robins have not met as managers before.
• A view of the standings shows Sheffield Wednesday in 17th spot with 0 points and Stoke City in 2nd on 3 points.
• No absentees for either Sheffield Wednesday or Stoke City.
• We're predicting Sheffield Wednesday to deploy a four-at-the-back 4-4-1-1, and Stoke City are expected to line up in 4-2-3-1.
• Last time out, P. Charles registered the best mark for Sheffield Wednesday - 8.2 - and B. Gibson did likewise for Stoke City with an 7.2 score.
• Sheffield Wednesday played out a 3-3 draw with Bolton Wanderers, and Stoke City shared the spoils 0-0 vs Walsall.
• Momentum favors Stoke City (3-2-0) after Sheffield Wednesday managed only 0-3-2 from 5 matches.
• This one's been tight: in 17 head-to-head games, Sheffield Wednesday have won 5 games, Stoke City 5 games, and there've been 7 draws.

Predictions

Summary

Match Info

16/08/2025 14:00

Hillsborough

N/A

Championship

Team Kits

Events

1'		0 - 1	M. Manhoef J. Bae
13'			B. Lawal
HT 0 - 1
46'		0 - 2	D. Mubama S. Thomas
65'	C. McNeill S. Fusire
65'	I. Ugbo J. Lowe
66'	O. Kobacki G. Otegbayo
66'			A. Phillips T. Seko
66'			J. Donley J. Bae
68'			V. Johansson
69'		0 - 3	M. Manhoef S. Thomas
70'			E. Bocat M. Manhoef
78'			J. Tchamadeu
85'	R. Johnson L. Palmer
90'			R. Bozenik D. Mubama
90+2'	E. Weaver M. Lowe

Stats

Lineups

H2H

Standings