On Thursday night, 10 games will be played in English League One. In Sheffield, the local Wednesday team will host Port Vale. After 23 games played, Sheffield is the 3rd best team with 13 wins, 7 draws, 3 losses and 46 points total while Port Vale is in 9th place with 9 wins, 5 draws, 8 losses and 32 points total. In this game, I'm predicting that Sheffield Wednesday will win.

Although everyone was paying attention to the World Cup and all major tournaments had a break, League One didn't stop and the tournament was continuing. Three days ago, Sheffield beat Fleetwood on the road. Sheffield is playing very well on the home floor where they have 6 wins, 4 draws and a total of 22 points in 11 games. They have scored 23 times at home and that is the best result among all teams. Sheffield has the 2nd best xG at home (1.94) and the team has the 9th best xGA (1.22).

Port Vale had a 2 game losing streak and in both games, they lost on the road. Port Vale ended this streak with a win on the home floor. The team has collected 14 points on the road but their goal difference (11 scored and 18 conceded) is the 8th-worst in the league. Away from the home, Port Vale has the 7th-worst xG (1.11) while their xGA on the road is the 9th-worst (1.51).

Sheffield Wednesday welcomed key midfielders Barry Bannan and George Byers back to action on Boxing Day after injury troubles but there are no injury concerns for Port Vale. This century, both teams have met 8 times and Sheffield has won 5 meetings. Only once Sheffield has lost on the home floor but that was in 2003. The last meeting in Sheffield was in 2016 and Wednesday won 3:0. Although Port Vale has won 3 of the last 4 games, they struggle on the road while Sheffield has all the momentum and with another 3 points they will be closer to promotion.

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周四晚上，英甲联赛将进行10场比赛。在谢菲尔德，当地周三队将主场迎战维尔港队。经过23场比赛，谢菲尔德以13胜7平3负积46分排名第三，而淡水港以9胜5平8负积32分排名第九。在这场比赛中，我预测谢菲尔德星期三队会赢。

虽然所有人都在关注世界杯，所有主要赛事都有休息时间，但英甲联赛并没有停止，比赛仍在继续。三天前，谢菲尔德在客场击败弗利特伍德。谢菲尔德在主场表现得非常好，他们在11场比赛中取得了6胜4平，总共得到22分。他们在主场打进了23球，这是所有球队中最好的成绩。谢菲尔德在主场的xG排名第二(1.94)，而球队的xGA排名第九(1.22)。

Port Vale经历了两连败，而且两场比赛都是在客场输球。维尔港在主场以一场胜利结束了这一连胜。球队已经在客场拿到了14分，但是他们的净胜球(进11球丢18球)在联赛中排名第八。在客场，Port Vale的xG排名第七(1.11)，而他们在客场的xGA排名第九(1.51)。

谢菲尔德星期三在节礼日迎来了主要中场巴里·班南和乔治·拜尔斯，他们在伤病困扰后回到了比赛中，但维尔港没有伤病问题。本世纪以来，两队交手8次，谢菲尔德赢了5次。谢菲尔德只有一次在主场输球，但那是在2003年。上一次在谢菲尔德的比赛是在2016年，周三以3:0获胜。虽然瓦尔港在过去4场比赛中赢了3场，但他们在客场很挣扎，而谢菲尔德则势头强劲，再得3分，他们就离升级更近了。