On Dec 18th, Accrington Stanley and Sheffield Wednesday will play a match in Sheffield in a clash of these two closely matched League One teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 6 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. In their last match, Sheffield Wednesday recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Crewe Alexandra. Barry Bannan struck first for Sheffield Wednesday in the 27th minute, then Lee Gregory added another in the 47th minute on a feed from Jack Hunt In the end, Crewe Alexandra couldn’t muster any offence and Sheffield Wednesday ran away with the shutout win. With 18 points in their last 10 matches Sheffield Wednesday should be reasonably happy with their performance, while 10th placed Accrington Stanley is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Bolton Wanderers. Tommy Leigh scored the first goal for Accrington Stanley in the 20th minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster At the end of 90 a dissapointed Bolton Wanderers couldn’t manage to score, and Accrington Stanley took the shutout win. Accrington Stanley is looking for direction having 4 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, in Wham Stadium, Sheffield Wednesday won by a score of 3 to 2. Cheyenne Dunkley scored the first goal for Sheffield Wednesday in the 13th minute, then Theo Corbeanu added another in the 20th minute on a feed from Liam Palmer.
Accrington Stanley’s most prolific scorer has been Colby Bishop. He has netted 3 goals over the last 5 matches. For Sheffield Wednesday, their top scorers are Josh Windass and Lee Gregory, each having 2 goals in their last 5 matches.