Sheffield Wednesday vs QPR Prediction: Both battling for second win

Sheffield Wednesday, hosted by QPR, will take to the field in Game Week 5 of the English Championship. It will be a battle for the second win of the campaign. Who will win after 90 minutes?

Sheffield Wednesday Form

Sheffield Wednesday opened their Championship season with a thumping four-goal success over Wayne Rooney's Plymouth Argyle. Since then, they have been losing three consecutive league matches and are now fighting. They were taken down by Millwall by Josh Coburn, Duncan Watmore, and Jake Cooper. Sheffield Wednesday sits at the 20th position in the Championship league, which puts them behind the recently relegated Burnley by four points. The team should turn their away performances in order to qualify for a playoff spot this season. Having brought back Ike Ugbo for 2.7m in the summer with some other major signings, Sheffield Wednesday's goal is to move from relegation contesters to a playoff contender.

Sheffield Wednesday Predicted Lineup

Beadle; Valery, Ihiekwe, Bernard, Lowe; Bannan, Charles, Kobacki, Windass, Lowe; Ugbo

QPR form

Only two points had been gained in the last matches against West Bromwich Albion, Sheffield United, and Plymouth. But Queens Park Rangers got their first win of the 2024-25 season by beating one of the main contenders for promotion on August 30th. The match was between the London club Loftus Road and their guest, Luton Town. It was on a Friday night when the team that plays in Loftus Road got a send-off from behind in the first 20 minutes on an own goal by one Jimmy Dunne. Great comeback by the team in the second half on new signings Nicolas Madsen and Michael Frey on crucial goals.

QPR haven't lost in their last five games in the Championship and EFL Cup. From a disappointing defeat to West Brom at the opening of the campaign, they haven't lost since and put themselves in an excellent position heading into what will be their next match against Wednesday. Michael Frey, after a disastrous season scoring as many times as he had blown his former club Royal Antwerp, has already had some success so far this season with three goals in his first five games, making Celar look like an untried quantity.

QPR want to create a new chapter in the history of matches they will play against Sheffield Wednesday, as that opponent had already won in the two previous matches. The last time QPR emerged victorious at Hillsborough dates back to the end of August 2019 when Jordan Hugill had a match to remember.

QPR Predicted Lineup

Nardi; Dunne, Cook, Clarke-Salter, Paal; Colback, Field, Dembele, Madsen, Lloyd; Frey.

Sheffield Wednesday vs QPR Expert Tips

Ben Hamer, who moved to Watford during the summer, remains without a Sheffield Wednesday appearance as he continues to recover from the finger injury he suffered before the start of the season. So, England Under-21 international James Beadle is set to continue playing in goal again for Rohl's Owls at the weekend. As if it was not enough, Millwall left a space in Wednesday's last match, and the team could look forward to changing the front line because Michael Smith and Josh Windass are eager for their first starts. QPR is still missing one playmaker, Ilias Chair, who has missed the 2024-25 season entirely thus far due to a back injury. Karamoko Dembele will likely play out on the right for QPR, with Alfie Lloyd and Paul Smyth bidding for a place on the left wing. Sheffield Wednesday have lost the last three matches in the Championship by 9-0 in total, but that did not prevent them from showing a good potential for matches played at their home this season, so a draw is expected against QPR.