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History of the Walsall v Sheffield Wednesday fixture

Sheff. Wed. face a trip to Walsall at Bescot Stadium on Saturday afternoon,

The most recent encounter between these two sides was was two seasons ago, in September 2002, the Saddlers carving out a narrow 1 - 0 victory in a League Division One match.

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Recent encounters between the teams:
2004/2005	Wed 25 Aug	Sheff. Wed.	1 - 0	Walsall	LC
2002/2003	Sun 04 May	Sheff. Wed.	2 - 1	Walsall	CHMP
2002/2003	Sat 28 Sep	Walsall	1 - 0	Sheff. Wed.	CHMP
2001/2002	Sat 09 Feb	Walsall	0 - 3	Sheff. Wed.	CHMP
2001/2002	Sat 20 Oct	Sheff. Wed.	2 - 1	Walsall	CHMP
1978/1979	Sat 10 Mar	Walsall	0 - 2	Sheff. Wed.	LGE1
1978/1979	Sat 28 Oct	Sheff. Wed.	0 - 2	Walsall	LGE1

Recent respective form guides

Walsall have only performed averagely at home, winning 3 and losing 2 of their last six. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 11 to 10.

Sheff. Wed. have an average recent record on the road, picking up two good wins, but losing three, from the last six. While the Owls have hit 11 goals, 14 have hit the back of the wrong net.

Walsall see themselves just below half way in the Coca-Cola League One, showing a record of 9 points from their 7 games played so far, Sheff. Wed.'s 11 points from 7 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 10th position.

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Current form guides:	P	W	D	L	F	A	P
Walsall	6	1	2	3	9	13	5
Sheff. Wed.	6	3	2	1	9	7	11

FootyMad's prediction ...

The away form of the Owls has not been the best, though the Footymad panel sees them pulling off a narrow win on their visit to Walsall. Away win

Sequence statistics:
Walsall	Unbeaten in the last 4 home games.
Sheff. Wed.	6 games since last away draw. Drawn each of the last 2 games. No win in the 3 most recent games.