Championship · 2025Sat, 30 Aug 2025, 14:00 UTCFull timeHillsborough StadiumFull-time recap

Sheffield Wednesday

LLD

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Swansea City

LWD

This page describes the completed match context. The result is not presented as a prior forecast.

This match

Match statistics

Metric	Sheffield Wednesday	Swansea City
Shots	9 shots/match	17 shots/match▲
Shots on target	1 shots/match	8 shots/match▲
Expected goals	0.45 xG/match	1.31 xG/match▲
Possession	36%	64%●
Corners	2 corners/match	7 corners/match●
Fouls	14 fouls/match	10 fouls/match

Every shot

Shot map

Every recorded shot, placed where it was taken and sized by its expected-goals value. Each team attacks towards its own end of the pitch.

off target
on target
goal
penalty
size = xG

Sheffield Wednesday: 9 shots, 1 on target, 0.48 xG. Swansea City: 17 shots, 8 on target, 1.32 xG.

How the match built

Expected-goals timeline

Expected goals accumulated minute by minute. Circles mark the goals that were actually scored.

The step line is cumulative expected goals; circles mark goals. Final: Sheffield Wednesday 0.48 xG · Swansea City 1.32 xG.

30-second read

What the record shows

The clearest recorded pattern is: Sheffield Wednesday's shot volume and the opposing shot-allowance context sit below their competition baselines. A second useful context is: Swansea City have recorded the higher season possession share. Limitation: At least one team has fewer than the configured season sample.

Sheffield Wednesday show a distinct attacking-volume record

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Sheffield Wednesday's shot volume and the opposing shot-allowance context sit below their competition baselines.

13 shots/match▲ShotsSheffield Wednesday · Swansea City11 shots/match

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: Team shot volume is paired with the opponent's recorded shot allowance.

Window: season

Metric	Sheffield Wednesday	Swansea City	Baseline
Shots	13 shots/match	11 shots/match	12.4 shots/match
Shots against	16.8 shots/match	8 shots/match	12.5 shots/match

Caveat: Shot volume describes activity; it does not establish finishing quality or a match outcome.

The teams have contrasting possession records

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Swansea City have recorded the higher season possession share.

42%PossessionSheffield Wednesday · Swansea City●56%

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: The recorded possession gap is 14.0 percentage points.

Window: season

Metric	Sheffield Wednesday	Swansea City	Baseline
Possession	42%	56%	50.3%

Caveat: Possession share does not show where possession occurred or how chances were created.

Metric comparison

Team comparison

Season averages · sample sizes shown with each metric. Context, not a forecast.

Where the edge is

Sheffield Wednesday favored in 0 of 13 directional metrics · Swansea City in 0 · 13 too close

0.75 goals/matchGoals scoredseason · 4/41 goals/match

2.25 goals/matchGoals allowedseason · 4/40.5 goals/match

1.31 xG/matchExpected goalsseason · 4/40.81 xG/match

1.8 xG/matchExpected goals allowedseason · 4/40.4 xG/match

13 shots/matchShotsseason · 4/411 shots/match

16.8 shots/matchShots allowedseason · 4/48 shots/match

4 shots/matchShots on targetseason · 4/43.75 shots/match

7.75 shots/matchShots on target allowedseason · 4/42 shots/match

42%Possessionseason · 4/4●56%

5 corners/matchCornersseason · 4/45 corners/match

7.5 corners/matchCorners allowedseason · 4/44.75 corners/match

—Cardsseason · 0/0—

11.8 fouls/matchFoulsseason · 4/412.3 fouls/match

—Passesseason · 0/0—

—Pass accuracyseason · 0/0—

—Shots inside boxseason · 0/0—

—Blocked shotsseason · 0/0—

—Goalkeeper savesseason · 0/0—

—Offsidesseason · 0/0—

0%Clean-sheet frequencyseason · 4/450%

50%Scoring frequencyseason · 4/475%

Style profile

How the teams compare

Competition percentiles describe recorded style; they do not rank likely outcomes.

Possession control

Relative share of recorded possession within the competition.

Sheffield Wednesday14.6

Swansea City72.9

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Attacking volume

Recorded shot and scoring volume, expressed as competition percentiles.

Sheffield Wednesday45.8

Swansea City36.8

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Defensive resistance

Lower recorded scoring and shot allowance produces a higher descriptive percentile.

Sheffield Wednesday8.3

Swansea City92.4

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Directness proxy

Shots per possession point; a descriptive transition/directness proxy, not an outcome score.

Sheffield Wednesday81.2

Swansea City6.2

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Physicality

Recorded fouls and cards relative to competition peers.

Sheffield Wednesday56.2

Swansea City68.8

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 50%

Set-piece relevance

Corner volume relative to competition peers.

Sheffield Wednesday52.1

Swansea City52.1

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Tempo and pressure proxy

Combined event-volume percentiles for shots, corners and fouls.

Sheffield Wednesday58.3

Swansea City50

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Recent form

Season, last 10 and last 5

Window

Season

Sheffield Wednesday4 matchesSwansea City4 matches

0.75 goals/matchGoals scored4/4▲1 goals/match

2.25 goals/matchGoals allowed4/4▲0.5 goals/match

1.31 xG/match▲Expected goals4/40.81 xG/match

13 shots/match▲Shots4/411 shots/match

4 shots/match▲Shots on target4/43.75 shots/match

42%Possession4/4●56%

5 corners/matchCorners4/45 corners/match

—Cards0/0—

11.8 fouls/matchFouls4/412.3 fouls/match

Venue split

Home and away samples

Window

Home team at home / away team away

Sheffield Wednesday2 matchesSwansea City2 matches

—Goals scored2/2—

—Goals allowed2/2—

—Expected goals2/2—

—Shots2/2—

—Shots on target2/2—

—Possession2/2—

—Corners2/2—

—Cards0/0—

—Fouls2/2—

Schedule context

Rest and recent workload

7 daysRest before fixtureprevious completed fixtures · 1/17.1 days

2 matchesMatches in previous 14 daysprevious completed fixtures · 1/12 matches

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade C · Limited evidencelimited

Season samples4 / 4home / away teams

Recent samples4 / 4last-five windows

FreshnessLess than one dayfrom nearest prior match

At least one team has fewer than the configured season sample.
At least one team has an incomplete last-five window.

Known unknowns

Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
Some metrics are unavailable or below their observation minimum: cards.
The completed-match sample is too small for broad style conclusions.

Analysis cutoff: Sat, 30 Aug 2025, 18:00 UTC · analysis-v4