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Sheff. Wed. play host to Southend United at Hillsborough on Saturday afternoon, aiming to preserve their record of never having lost at home to the visitors. The majority of those games have been won by the The Owls.
The last time the two teams met at Sheff. Wed. was more than a decade ago, in February 1993, with Sheff. Wed. running out comfortable 2-0 winners in a F.A. Cup match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2006/2007 | Sat 09 Sep | Southend Utd. | 0 - 0 | Sheff. Wed. | CHMP |
| 1992/1993 | Sat 13 Feb | Sheff. Wed. | 2-0 | Southend Utd. | FAC |
| 1982/1983 | Mon 24 Jan | Sheff. Wed. | 2 - 1 | Southend Utd. | FAC |
| 1982/1983 | Tue 11 Jan | Sheff. Wed. | 2 - 2 | Southend Utd. | FAC |
| 1982/1983 | Sat 08 Jan | Southend Utd. | 0 - 0 | Sheff. Wed. | FAC |
| 1979/1980 | Sat 29 Mar | Southend Utd. | 1 - 1 | Sheff. Wed. | LGE1 |
| 1979/1980 | Sat 17 Nov | Sheff. Wed. | 2 - 0 | Southend Utd. | LGE1 |
Recent respective form guides
Sheffield Wednesday's disastrous home run has meant they have managed only 2 draws from the last six matches. While The Owls have scored 8, a worringly large 16 have been leaked at the other end.
Southend Utd.'s away form is none too clever either, coming away with three points on 3 occasions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. The Shrimpers's have scored 8 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 9.
Sheff. Wed. see themselves just below half way in the Coca-Cola Championship, showing a record of 41 points from their 33 games played so far, Southend Utd. are stuck down in the relegation zone of Coca-Cola Championship with a return of just 31 points from their 34 games thus far.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Sheff. Wed. | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 1 |
| Southend Utd. | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 7 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
These are testing times at Hillsborough for the The Owls and the Madmen are unable to see past Southend Utd. claiming victory in a close match.
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Sheff. Wed. | Been beaten in each of their previous 2 home matches. Failed to win in previous 6 home matches. Not won in the 9 most recent games. |
| Southend Utd. | Not won in previous 2 away matches. An overall losing run of 2 games. No win in the 2 most recent games. |