Plymouth Argyle v Sheffield Wednesday
Championship | Home Park
Wednesday, 25 October 2023 @ 7.45pm
Wednesday's late match at Home Park sees two relegation candidates play each other, as 21st-ranked Plymouth Argyle host bottom of the table Sheffield Wednesday.
Plymouth have picked up 12 points from their first 12 Championship games, with three wins and three draws.
That is nine points more than the Owls have collected, having won none and drawn three.
Plymouth are in disappointing form in the Championship, with one win and two draws from their last six games.
With no wins and two draws over that period, Wednesday's form is less good – they have taken two points from 18, compared to Argyle's five.
In the last 10 years, Plymouth and Wednesday have played each other on six occasions. Plymouth won three of them, Wednesday two, and they drew once.
On average, the Pilgrims scored 1.7 goals and the Owls 1.0 in those matches.
Their last meeting was on February 4, when Wednesday won 1-0 at home.
With five goals in 12 games so far this season, the Owls are the league's lowest scorers with 0.4 goals per game. And they are conceding more than average, letting in 19 goals at a rate of 1.6 per game.
The Pilgrims, meanwhile, are above average scorers, with 1.5 goals per game, compared to a league average of 1.4. They have conceded 1.6 goals per game.
In Ryan Hardie, the hosts have one of the league's sharpest shooters so far this season. He has notched five goals in 12 appearances, to sit sixth in the scoring charts.
The away side's top scorers, with one goal each, are Michael Smith, Anthony Musaba, Lee Gregory, Barry Bannan and Juan Delgado.
Plymouth's last match was on Saturday, a 0-0 draw against West Bromwich Albion.
Wednesday lost 1-0 against Watford last time out, also on Saturday.
Wednesday's match will be refereed by James Linington, who has taken charge of seven Championship games so far this season, issuing no red cards and booking 29 players. He has awarded three penalties.
The last Wednesday game Linington refereed was the 1-0 loss at home against Ipswich Town on September 16. He is yet to oversee a match featuring Plymouth this season.