Pick of the stats: Stoke City v Sheffield Wednesday

Stoke City will hope to please fans once again with prolific scoring on home soil as they host relegated side Sheffield Wednesday on Friday (15:00 BST).

The Potters have scored 10 goals across their past four league matches at the bet365 Stadium, in which they were undefeated (W2 D2).

But Wednesday are still pushing to try and find just their second win of the season in hopes of ending their Championship campaign on a brighter note.

• Stoke have won their last two league games against Sheffield Wednesday, and are looking to complete the league double over them for the first time since 1969-70.
• Sheffield Wednesday have lost their last two league games against Stoke, as many as they had in their previous 13 (W5 D6).
• Having won their first two league games of 2026 (vs Hull and Norwich), Stoke have now won just two of their last 13 in the Championship (D5 L6).
• Sheffield Wednesday are winless in their last 33 league games (D8 L25). It's the longest single season run of any side in English league history, while only Derby County (Sep 2007-Aug 2008) and Macclesfield Town (Jan 2012-Oct 2018) have had longer winless runs in the top four tiers (both 36).
• Sheffield Wednesday have used more different players than any other side in the Championship this season (39). Despite this, only Derby (73) and Middlesbrough (77) have made fewer starting XI changes than the Owls (80).