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Newcastle Utd. travel to take on Sheffield Wednesday at Hillsborough at lunchtime on Saturday, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 62 games played, Magpies have recorded 15 wins, and Sheff. Wed. have come away with 26 victories.
The last time the two teams met at Sheff. Wed. was back in February 2000, over five years ago, as the visitors ran out cosy 0 - 2 winners in a Premiership match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2009/2010 | Wed 19 Aug | Newcastle Utd. | 1 - 0 | Sheff. Wed. | CHMP |
| 1999/2000 | Sat 26 Feb | Sheff. Wed. | 0 - 2 | Newcastle Utd. | PREM |
| 1999/2000 | Sun 19 Sep | Newcastle Utd. | 8 - 0 | Sheff. Wed. | PREM |
| 1998/1999 | Wed 21 Apr | Sheff. Wed. | 1 - 1 | Newcastle Utd. | PREM |
| 1998/1999 | Sat 14 Nov | Newcastle Utd. | 1 - 1 | Sheff. Wed. | PREM |
| 1997/1998 | Sat 10 Jan | Sheff. Wed. | 2 - 1 | Newcastle Utd. | PREM |
| 1997/1998 | Sat 09 Aug | Newcastle Utd. | 2 - 1 | Sheff. Wed. | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Sheffield Wednesday's woeful home form means they have chalked up just a single victory, with 5 defeats, from the last six. While The Owls have scored 4, a worringly large 12 have been leaked at the other end.
Newcastle Utd.'s away form is none too clever either, coming away with three points on 3 occasions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. The Magpies's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 7 goals for and 5 against.
Sheff. Wed. are stuck down in the relegation zone of Coca-Cola Championship with a return of just 18 points from their 22 games thus far. Newcastle Utd. are leading the way in the Coca-Cola Championship, with their 22 games giving them a return of 49 points.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Sheff. Wed. | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 1 |
| Newcastle Utd. | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 16 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Newcastle Utd. are in reasonable form away from home coming into this match, and the Madmen are quite confident that they should come away with a comfortable victory from this contest. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Sheff. Wed. | Been beaten in each of their previous 5 home matches. Failed to win in previous 5 home matches. Latest 5 games ended in defeat. Not won in the 10 most recent games. |
| Newcastle Utd. | Undefeated in last 4 away games. 10 games since last defeat. |