Sheffield Wednesday's incredible Boxing Day record

To say the Owls enjoy playing on Boxing Day would be a big understatement.
By Dom Howson
Published 25th Dec 2019, 11:45 GMT
Updated 25th Dec 2019, 11:45 GMT
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Wednesday have won their last five league matches on December 26.

They have not conceded a goal in any of their last seven fixtures played on that day.

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In fact, the Owls have lost only one of their last 10 matches on Boxing Day – a 2-1 reversal at Walsall in 2011.

Wednesday face bottom-of-the-table Stoke City at the bet365 Stadium tomorrow.

Wednesday’s Boxing Day record:

December 2008 – Owls 1 Blackpool 1

December 2009 – Owls 2 Newcastle 2

Flashback: Daniel Pudil, Sam Hutchinson and Almen Abdi celebrating the Owls' Boxing Day win at Nottingham Forest in 2017Flashback: Daniel Pudil, Sam Hutchinson and Almen Abdi celebrating the Owls' Boxing Day win at Nottingham Forest in 2017
Flashback: Daniel Pudil, Sam Hutchinson and Almen Abdi celebrating the Owls' Boxing Day win at Nottingham Forest in 2017

December 2011 – Walsall 2 Owls 1

December 2012 – Bolton 0 Owls 1

December 2013 – Blackburn 0 Owls 0

December 2014 – Owls 1 Blackpool 0

December 2015 – Owls 3 Birmingham 0

December 2016 – Newcastle 0 Owls 1

December 2017 – Nottingham Forest 0 Owls 3

December 2018 – Middlesbrough 0 Owls 1

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