Sheffield Wednesday vs Ipswich Town
Ipswich edge game with little chances
With the tactics of Jos Luhukay and Mick McCarthy, I anticipated that this was going to be a very boring contest. Alas my prediction was correct but with added “excitement” of a horror display of defending from the Owls.
Most of Wednesday’s chances came in the first 45 minutes minutes of the game. Eight minutes in, David Jones poked the ball into the middle after good hold up play from Atdhe Nuhiu. However the Ipswich Captain did enough to put Liam Palmer off as the Wednesday full-back shot wide.
Cole Skuse then went close several minutes later. Skuse cut in from the right and fired a low shot with his left foot into the side-netting.
Thirty Minutes in, Wednesday had a glorious chance to take the lead. Butterfield’s cross was deflected high and into the path of Rhodes. Jordan Rhodes rose highest and flicked the ball on into the middle where Atdhe Nuhiu was located. The Kosovan international volleyed the ball straight at Bartosz Bialkowski who threw his hands up and parried the ball out of play. Following the corner, Tom Lees saw his effort blocked on the line and cleared by Connolly.
Ipswich almost took the lead from an unlikely source. The ball fell to ex-Sheffield United defender Cameron Carter-Vickers after Loovens had headed a corner away from danger. Carter-Vickers took a touch and rifled a shot only inches past the post.
That was all for a very boring first half. The second half sprung into life (well for now anyway) as five minutes after the restart, Ipswich took the lead. A looping ball wasn’t cleared by Glenn Loovens allowing Freddie Sears to cross into the middle where Connolly headed the ball back across goal for Martyn Waghorn who subsequently tucked the chance into the net.
Moments later, The Tractor Boys almost doubled their lead. Another high looping ball was latched on to by Sears who then switched the ball to the left-hand side of the box. Callum Connolly was the recipient of the pass and tried to head the ball over Wildsmith, however the young keeper reacted quickly and pushed the ball over the bar.
Wednesday were on level terms just before the 70th minute mark. Lucas Joao took Jones’ through ball in his stride. Joao then used clever footwork to get past Webster and Chambers before curling his shot into the bottom corner.
The next ten minutes or so provided no entertainment, both teams were half-heartedly passing the ball around like they were happy for a draw. This all changed when Ipswich won a free-kick wide right of the Owls box. Martyn Waghorn whipped a shot over Wildsmith and into the top corner to net his brace and win the game for the visitors.
The game filtered out with no fight from Sheffield Wednesday as Ipswich Town took all three points back to East-Anglia
Attendance: 22,733
Goals: Joao (69’); Waghorn (50’, 83’)
MOTM: Martyn Waghorn
SWFC: Joe Wildsmith; Liam Palmer, Tom Lees, Glenn Loovens, Morgan Fox, George Boyd; David Jones, Jacob Butterfield, Adam Reach; Atdhe Nuhiu, Jordan Rhodes (Lucas Joao)
Unused Subs: Cameron Dawson, Joey Pelupessy, Daniel Pudil, Fraser Preston, Almen Abdi, Frederico Venancio
ITFC: Bartosz Bialkowski; Jordan Spence, Cameron Carter-Vickers, Luke Chambers, Adam Webster, Jonas Knudsen; Cole Skuse, Luke Hyam (Grant Ward), Callum Connolly; Mustapha Carayol (Freddie Sears), Martyn Waghorn (Joe Garner)
Unused Subs: Michael Crowe, Dominic Iorfa, Bersant Celina, Stephan Gleeson
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