Hull City vs Sheffield Wednesday Predictions

EFL Cup football returns this week with plenty of teams in action. One of those games sees an interesting contest between Championship sides Hull City and Sheffield Wednesday at the MKM Stadium.

Hull City vs Sheffield Wednesday Key Stats

• Hull City haven’t won a game since April 2024 where they beat Coventry
• Hull City have conceded 2 or more goals in 5 of their last 6 games
• Sheffield Wednesday have won 5 of their last 7 games
• Sheffield Wednesday have kept a clean sheet in 5 of their last 6 games

Hull City vs Sheffield Wednesday Previous Meetings

Hull and Sheffield Wednesday have played each other 58 times in their histories. It is The Owls that have the advantage in this fixture having won 22 of those games to Hull’s 16. In fact there have been more draws in this fixture (20) than there have been Hull City wins.

Their most recent meeting came on New Year's Day 2024. That game ended in a 3-1 win for Sheffield Wednesday thanks to goals from Marvin Johnson, Djeidi Gassama and Josh Windass. Something they will look to match in this game.

Hull City vs Sheffield Wednesday Team News & Predicted Lineups

Luckily for both teams there are no new issues with either squad. Both teams will be expected to play a very similar side to the ones they did during their Championship fixtures this past weekend.

Hull City - Ivor Pandur, Lewie Coyle, Alfie Jones, Sean McLoughlin, Matty Jacob, Xavier Simons, Abdülkadir Ömür, Regan Slater, Marvin Mehlem, Ryan Giles, Óscar Estupiñán

Sheffield Wednesday - James Beadle, Yan Valery, Dominic Iorfa, Di'Shon Bernard, Max Lowe, Svante Ingelsson, Barry Bannan, Djeidi Gassama, Josh Windass, Anthony Musaba, Jamal Lowe

Hull City vs Sheffield Wednesday Player To Watch - Jamal Lowe

After signing from Bournemouth this summer, Jamal Lowe is certainly the most exciting player at Sheffield Wednesday right now.

With a well taken goal on his debut for the club as well, Lowe will look to continue his hot scoring form in this game with another. And considering Sheffield Wednesday's hot form with scoring goals as a whole he will surely get on the scoresheet again. Certainly one to look out for in this game.

Hull City vs Sheffield Wednesday Prediction

With the Tigers coming into this game on poor form and Sheffield Wednesday being in a great period it is hard to argue against another Owls win here.

Our team of professional tipping experts have selected a Sheffield Wednesday Win in this game at odds of 41/20 as our best value tip. A £10 bet has the potential to return up to £30.50 making it a great selection for this week's EFL fixtures.

Hull City vs Sheffield Wednesday Where To Watch

This game is set to kick off on Wednesday 14th August 2024 at 19:45 pm. And you can check out all of the action on Sky Sports Arena.