It is now 13 consecutive defeats for Sheffield Wednesday in all competitions, and no wins in 30 matches since their solitary win of the season at Portsmouth in September.

Unfortunately for the Owls, the season has gone as many feared. With no money, no budget, and no way of adding quality to the group, the same players have been forced into playing too much, supplemented by the youth that they had in the building, and therefore, the lack of quality and the enormous workload have resulted in a truly difficult season.

Their opponents have capitalized on all of this, and, especially since relegation was confirmed a few weeks ago, the matches in the league have been one-sided affairs.

We have seen Norwich and Southampton both win by two clear goals in the last two league matches, and, indeed, the last five Sheffield Wednesday matches have seen them concede twice or more to their opponents.

Derby have home advantage here, and the last time that they failed to score at home was back on the 20th September, funnily enough, the same day that Sheffield Wednesday won their only match. They put three past Blackburn last time out at home, and two past Swansea too.

Although Sheffield United haven't been able to march on to the play-offs like many predicted after Chris Wilder’s arrival, they have still shown a great level of improvement since Ruben Selles started the season so disastrously.

West Brom confirmed that James Morrison will retain caretaker charge until the end of the season this week, but it is a big job. It has also been confirmed that Mikey Johnston, arguably West Brom’s most consistent threat, is out for the season with a fractured ankle.

It is hard not to favour Blades here. Yes, they have lost two of their last three home matches, but they have been to Coventry and Middlesbrough, the top two, and arguably, Sheffield United deserved more out of both of those matches, but especially the Coventry defeat. They won the xG battle comfortably there, but were unable to execute in both boxes.

It isn't long ago that Blades went into that Boro match with home form of 3-1, 3-1, 3-1, 3-0, and with them being at close to full strength personnel wise ahead of this one, it is tempting to think that against a depleted West Brom devoid of confidence, Blades have the chance to return to those results.

Baggies have no wins in 13 in all competitions, if you discount penalties against Swansea in the FA Cup. They also haven't won an away game in the Championship since visiting Norwich on 1st October, that is 14 away matches ago, 12 defeats and two draws is their record on the road since then.

If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it! This bet has landed for our EFL Acca plenty of times this season in Barnsley games, and given that they’ve had three or more goals in ten of their last 11 league games, it would be silly not back it again at a generous price.

The Tykes' home games this season are averaging 3.56 goals, with this bet landing in 69% of matches at Oakwell, whilst it also cashed in the reverse fixture with a 3-0 Exeter win. 

Visitors Exeter are still not safe from relegation and so will need to travel to Yorkshire with the intention of securing a result. The Grecians games on the road this season have produced an average of just 2.18 goals per game, but in recent away trips, they’ve been more open, seeing 18 goals in their last five matches, with three or more goals in four of those.

The most recent game on their travels was a 3-3 thriller at Peterborough, and Barnsley are exactly the sort of side they can recreate that with.

After a mini wobble through January, Bradford have steadied the ship and cemented their place in the top six with four consecutive wins to nil at Valley Parade.

Much of their success this season has been built on their form on their own patch, where they’ve won 13 of 17 games with only the top two taking more home points. They’ll want to avenge their 2-1 loss away at Orient in December, and with a six-point cushion to seventh-placed Huddersfield with a game in hand, they should be able to play with freedom.

By contrast, Leyton Orient travel to Bradford with the pressure of a potential relegation back to League Two as they sit 21st in the League One table. The O’s also have the joint third-worst away record in the third tier and have been beaten on the road in five of their last seven games.

Having lost in the play-off final last season, Richie Wellens would not have expected a battle for survival in this campaign, but given the form of those around them, they look in real trouble, and a trip to high-flying Bradford won’t help their cause. 

It’s been a disastrous season for Bristol Rovers, who were amongst the sides at the head of the League Two winners market before a ball was kicked, and have surely put pay to many antepost accumulators (not mine, honest!).

A Rovers return for Darrell Clarke failed to have the desired effect, and he departed in mid December with The Gas in the relegation zone. Step forward, everyone’s favourite lower league blusterer, Steve Evans, to try and steer Rovers to safety.

He’s not had the impact everyone was expecting, averaging just a point per game through fourteen league matches, but that is enough to have been the 18th best record during that spell, which has taken Rovers up to 20th, four points above the drop zone. They have become more ‘goalsy’ since then, with both teams scoring in four of their last five outings.

Crewe are the visitors to The Memorial Stadium, with four wins in their last seven enough to see them occupying the last play-off spot. They’re pretty reliable goal scorers, having found the net in eight of their last ten games. Over the course of the season, 60% of their fixtures have seen both teams find the net, including when these two sides met in Steve Evans’ first game in charge in December, when the game ended 1-1.

I think it’s fair to say that Crawley are the worst side in League Two at the moment, having won just two of their last twenty League Two games, with those victories coming against the current bottom two, Barrow and Harrogate.

They have struggled to find the net of late, having scored in just one of their last six games, but they have scored in 14 of 17 home games this season. I think they will be up for this one, with manager Scott Lindsay previously having managed Saturday's opponents.

Swindon games have had plenty of goals recently, twelve in the last four fixtures, with both teams scoring in all four of them. Over the course of the season, both teams to score has landed in 10 of their 17 away games, which points to their generally adventurous approach. Only Chesterfield and Tranmere’s game has seen more goals scored in them.