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Sheff. Wed. face a trip to Bournemouth at Dean Court on Saturday afternoon, looking to break their duck against the hosts. Most of the previous meetings have ended up in defeat for the The Owls.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in September 2003, the Cherries carving out a narrow 1 - 0 victory in a League Division Two match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2004/2005 | Sat 18 Sep | Sheff. Wed. | 0 - 1 | Bournemouth | LGE1 |
| 2003/2004 | Wed 17 Mar | Sheff. Wed. | 0 - 2 | Bournemouth | LGE1 |
| 2003/2004 | Tue 16 Sep | Bournemouth | 1 - 0 | Sheff. Wed. | LGE1 |
| 1973/1974 | Mon 29 Oct | Sheff. Wed. | 2 - 1 | Bournemouth | LC |
| 1973/1974 | Mon 15 Oct | Sheff. Wed. | 2 - 2 | Bournemouth | LC |
| 1973/1974 | Wed 10 Oct | Bournemouth | 0 - 0 | Sheff. Wed. | LC |
| 1969/1970 | Tue 09 Sep | Bournemouth&B | 1 - 0 | Sheff. Wed. | LC |
Recent respective form guides
Bournemouth are unbeaten in their last six home games, winning five of them, and drawing the other one. A total of 13 goals have been scored by the Cherries in those games, with 7 conceded.
Sheff. Wed.'s away form is equally impressive, tasting just one defeat in their last six, and picking up four good wins. Those games have seen the The Owls pummel 15 goals, and let in 6.
Bournemouth lie just outside the playoff positions in the Coca-Cola League One, picking up 42 points from their 25 games so far. Sheff. Wed. are just outside the promotion places, in 4th, having taken 46 points from 27 games.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Bournemouth | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 11 |
| Sheff. Wed. | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 16 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Sheff. Wed. are in smashing form away from home at present, and Footymad sees this carrying them to a narrow victory at Bournemouth. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Bournemouth | Unbeaten in the last 8 home games. Unbeaten run of 5 matches. |
| Sheff. Wed. | Undefeated in last 4 away games. 7 games since last defeat. |