Sheffield Wednesday make the long trip to Home Park, looking to keep their faint Play Off aspirations alive when they face a Plymouth Argyle side desperate for three points in their battle to avoid relegation.
EFL Championship
Our Three Predictions For Plymouth Argyle vs Sheffield Wednesday:
- First Prediction For Plymouth Argyle vs Sheffield Wednesday: Match Result – Plymouth Argyle – 5/2
- Second Prediction For Plymouth Argyle vs Sheffield Wednesday: Over 3.5 Goals – 23/10
- Third Prediction For Plymouth Argyle vs Sheffield Wednesday: Both Teams To Score – Yes – 3/4
First Prediction For Plymouth Argyle vs Sheffield Wednesday: Match Result – Plymouth Argyle – 5/2
The Owls have typically fared better on their travels this term, while Plymouth are yet to win away from Home Park. That means that the Pilgrims have the seventeenth best home record in the division, only losing four times, and they are unbeaten in their past three Devon outings. Wednesday meanwhile sit sixth in the League One away table, picking up 23 points on their travels. But they are on a win lose sequence stretching five games, pointing to inconsistencies in their ranks that need to be addressed. Two long away trips mean that the Owls are remaining down south ahead of their midweek encounter at Norwich before a monumental Steel City Derby next Sunday. With the Pilgrims’ strong home record, and the Owls’ slight drop off away from home, Plymouth should be hopeful of recording a huge three points to reignite their chances of Championship survival.
Second Prediction For Plymouth Argyle vs Sheffield Wednesday: Over 3.5 Goals – 23/10
Wednesday are high scorers but also concede plenty on their travel, hence their -9 goal difference. That is a surprising figure in itself, given they rank sixth in the away table but have the worst goal difference of the top thirteen teams in the division. Eight sides have scored more than their twenty away from South Yorkshire, but only six have conceded more times on their travels. That points to a high goal tally on Saturday, which is only strengthened when adding Plymouth’s statistics into the mix in Devon. Only two sides have scored more than their 30 at home this term, but conceding 27 also has them second for goals against. Carrow Road is the only ground in the Championship to have seen more goals this term, so goals at the weekend should be guaranteed.
Third Prediction For Plymouth Argyle vs Sheffield Wednesday: Both Teams To Score – Yes – 3/4
Given what has been said above in regards to both sides above, goals at both ends should be guaranteed. In their last seven games, five have had both teams scoring, in terms of Plymouth’s outings. That is particularly impressive for a side struggling greatly in the division, but their defensive issues have improved, given they were by some way the worst in that department across the whole of the EFL. For the Owls, in their last thirteen games, they have failed to score just twice, against Leeds and Burnley. There have only been a further two games on top of that where their opponents haven’t found the net, so both clubs scoring on Saturday appears extremely likely.
Best Odds For Plymouth Argyle vs Sheffield Wednesday
| Bookmaker | Plymouth Argyle | Draw | Sheffield Wednesday |
| MyriadPlay | 5/2 | 12/5 | 19/20 |
| Gentleman Jim | 5/2 | 5/2 | 1/1 |
| Betarno | 12/5 | 12/5 | 20/21 |
The table above shows the latest odds from leading football betting websites.
Full Preview Of The Game: Last Results And Head-To-Head:
A bright January period has quickly been forgotten following three successive defeats to end last month. Wednesday’s latest encounter saw Eliezer Mayenda become the scourge of the Owls once again, scoring another brace, meaning he has scored four of his six league goals against the South Yorkshire outfit this term. The previous Friday, they had fought well at Turf Moor before Burnley eventually eased to a four-goal hammering, a perhaps undeserved scoreline given how Wednesday performed in the opening period.
Two more losses against Play-Off chasers Coventry and West Brom have made it four defeats in five, in the process harming their own aspirations of the top six. The Owls sit seven points adrift of the sixth-place Baggies, who, after beating Swansea, they appeared to be closing in on ahead their fixture against Albion. But a last-gasp goal was the first of two encounters which they lost in injury time in February, defeated by the Sky Blues seven days later in the same manner. In the opening month of 2025, Sheffield Wednesday lost only to league leaders Leeds.
Plymouth’s wretched away form continued on Tuesday evening as they lost a crucial six-pointer against Hull. The Tigers joined three sides on 36 points, leaving 23rd-place Plymouth six points adrift of safety with eleven games to play. That was their third fixture in a row against a relegation rival, drawing the other two games against Cardiff and Luton. Now they are on a five-game winless streak across all competitions, following another away defeat at Blackburn that started this current run.
Prior to that, February had looked to have been the turning point in their season. Three wins on the bounce at Home Park, including a huge FA Cup upset over Liverpool, set up a tie with Manchester City last weekend. But it was their league successes over West Brom and Millwall that looked to kick-start their campaign, following a disappointing January. They won only once, in remarkable fashion at Premier League Brentford, made even more unbelievable given they are still without a win away from home in 24/25.
The head-to-head record between the two clubs is incredibly tight, with Sheffield Wednesday leading by a single win. That is by virtue of the last meeting between the clubs, coming on the opening day of the campaign when Wednesday put four past the Pilgrims to leave the sides at opposite ends of the table. These two both won promotion from League One in the same campaign two years ago, winning a game each that season, which was the same as last term.
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Where To Watch Plymouth Argyle vs Sheffield Wednesday:
Where can I watch the game, either on TV or in person?
- Location: Home Park, Plymouth
- Date: 8th March, 2025
- TV Channel: This game is not scheduled for TV broadcast.
Probable Lineups For Plymouth Argyle vs Sheffield Wednesday:
Predicted Plymouth Argyle Lineup:
- Lineup: Hazard, Pleguezuelo, Katic, Talovierov, Puchacz, Gyabi, Houghton, Sorinola, Al Hajj, Mumba, Bundu
- Suspended/Injured: Randell, Tijani, Hardie
- Coach: Miron Muslic
Predicted Sheffield Wednesday Lineup:
- Lineup: Beadle, Hatsuse, Palmer, Ihiekwe, Valentín, Charles, Gassama, Ingelsson, Bannan, Windass, Ugbo
- Suspended/Injured: Smith, Cissoko, Paterson, Lowe, Famewo
- Coach: Danny Röhl
