Sheffield Wednesday v Southampton

Start date: Sat Apr 18, 2009
League: Football League Championship
Sport: Soccer

Sheffield Wednesday 2-0 Southampton

Varney 24
Varney 73

Game summary

The game was played in Football League Championship on Saturday April 18.
Sheffield Wednesday FC took the lead when Varney scored the first goal after 24 minutes.
Varney scored a goal for Sheffield Wednesday FC, making it 2-0, in the 73th minute.
The game ended in a 2-0 victory for the home team Sheffield Wednesday FC.

Team comparison

Average goals and home team advantage

The graphs and numbers here are based on the last 37 played games for Sheffield Wednesday FC (13 wins, 10 draws and 14 losses) and the last 37 games for Southampton FC (9 wins, 9 draws and 15 losses).

During that period, the average number of goals scored per game was 1.43 for Sheffield Wednesday FC and 0.95 for Southampton FC. The average for all teams combined within the Football League Championship was 1.28 goals scored per game. This means that Sheffield Wednesday is better than its peers and Southampton is worse than its peers when it comes to scoring goals.

The home team, Sheffield Wednesday, is quite weak as a home team, winning just 41.2% of their home games. The away team, Southampton, usually wins just 20% of its away games which is particularly weak compared to the rest of the league.