Sheffield Wednesday vs AFC Wimbledon — Stats & Match Analysis

League One · 2026Sat, 17 Oct 2026, 14:00 UTC

Sheffield Wednesday

WWWDD

vsPre-match analysis

AFC Wimbledon

LWWDD

Season

Season averages, with the sample size beside each metric.

Goals scored: 1.860.75
Expected goals: 1.950.87
Shots: 14.911
Possession: 54.3%46.6%

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What the record shows

The story here is recent context rather than season averages: AFC Wimbledon's last-five goals scored average is above their season average. Alongside it: AFC Wimbledon's away-only shot average is above their full-season average. Limitation: At least one team lacks a recent completed match near this fixture cutoff.

AFC Wimbledon's recent record differs from the season

moderate

AFC Wimbledon's last-five goals scored average is above their season average.

1 goal/match ▲Goals forLast 5 · Season0.75 goals/match

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: An unweighted last-five average is compared with the unweighted season average.

Window: last_5 versus season

Metric	Last 5	Season	Baseline
Goals for	1 goal/match	0.75 goals/match	1.56 goals/match

Caveat: Five matches are sensitive to opponent mix and isolated match states.

AFC Wimbledon have a visible away split

weak

AFC Wimbledon's away-only shot average is above their full-season average.

12.7 shots/match ▲ShotsAway only · Season11 shots/match

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: Venue-only shot volume is compared with the same team's season record.

Window: away

Metric	Away only	Season	Baseline
Shots	12.7 shots/match	11 shots/match	13.4 shots/match

Caveat: Venue splits can reflect opponent mix and should be read with the listed sample.

Metric comparison

Team comparison

Season averages, with the sample size beside each metric.

Where the edge is

Season: Sheffield Wednesday favored in 8 of 13 directional metrics · AFC Wimbledon in 2 · 3 too close

recorded edge higher value (descriptive) too close

Window

Season

Sheffield Wednesday7 matchesAFC Wimbledon8 matches

1.86 goals/match ▲Goals scored7/80.75 goals/match

0.86 goals/match ▲Goals allowed7/81 goal/match

1.95 xG/match ▲Expected goals7/70.87 xG/match

14.9 shots/match ▲Shots7/711 shots/match

5.71 shots/match ▲Shots on target7/72.57 shots/match

54.3% ●Possession7/746.6%

6.71 corners/match ●Corners7/75.57 corners/match

12.3 fouls/matchFouls7/712.6 fouls/match

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams.

Last 5 meetings

1Sheffield Wednesday

1Draws

0AFC Wimbledon

2 Apr 2022Sheffield Wednesday — AFC Wimbledon · League One2–1

16 Oct 2021AFC Wimbledon — Sheffield Wednesday · League One2–2

Head-to-Head & Recent Meetings

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade B · Useful evidenceUseful evidence — limited

Season samples7 / 8home / away teams

Recent samples5 / 5last-five windows

Freshness28 daysstale at cutoff

At least one team lacks a recent completed match near this fixture cutoff.

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 nearest completed-match evidence is stale relative to this fixture cutoff.

Analysis cutoff: Sat, 17 Oct 2026, 14:00 UTC · analysis-v4

Team rankings in League One

Goals per match ranking xG per match ranking Shots per match ranking

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Season

What the record shows