The decisive goal came from Louie Marsh’s header after the Owls had been reduced to 10 men in the first half. Fleck and Clark played 75 minutes while Ismaila Coulibaly and Adam Davies, in the Blades goal, played 90 minutes.
Here’s how we rated the Blades’ players...
![Skippering the side, Arblaster was committed in the tackle and tidy on the ball, looking to spread it around from a central position. But also visibly frustrated with himself on the rare occasion that his touch deserted him or he overhit a pass when his side had worked a good position](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmMwMTE0NzY0LTJjMjUtNGFjOS1hMGYyLTk0ZGQ4MTMwNGI5ZDo4ZmY0NzZlMS0zZWU4LTQ0YTMtODVjNi00Y2EwYzVjZDRkMDc=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
9. Oli Arblaster 6
Skippering the side, Arblaster was committed in the tackle and tidy on the ball, looking to spread it around from a central position. But also visibly frustrated with himself on the rare occasion that his touch deserted him or he overhit a pass when his side had worked a good position Photo: Simon Bellis/Sportimage
![Starting in a familiar position on the left of midfield, in an unfamiliar No.11 shirt, Fleck showed his commitment with a crunching tackle in the 10th minute - then wiped out Durrant not long after. Deft flicked touch to Buyabu showed a bit of invention to match the industry and then a great cross picked out Marsh in the middle to head home the Blades' opener. Made way after 75 minutes](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjAyM2ZkZTg0LWQ5NmMtNGU0ZS1hNzkyLWE0Zjk5ZjM0NTgwZjoxZDk0Mjg2Yy1kMTQyLTRmZjYtODBlZi1iYTZkMjBjYTQzM2Y=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
10. John Fleck 7
Starting in a familiar position on the left of midfield, in an unfamiliar No.11 shirt, Fleck showed his commitment with a crunching tackle in the 10th minute - then wiped out Durrant not long after. Deft flicked touch to Buyabu showed a bit of invention to match the industry and then a great cross picked out Marsh in the middle to head home the Blades' opener. Made way after 75 minutes Photo: Simon Bellis/Sportimage
![Was having an up-and-down time of things, with some things coming off and others not quite doing so, but he did superbly to ghost into space and plant a deft header past Hall in the Wednesday goal to put the Blades ahead. Excellent dummy and link-up with Hackford almost led to an opening](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmEzNjgxZmNkLTYzNmUtNDg2Yi04MzIzLTBmZGFkNjk4OWY0OTpiOTEwNjY5ZS1kZTlmLTRhYzQtODk5NS0zOTg2YWVhNGQ2Nzk=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
11. Louie Marsh 7
Was having an up-and-down time of things, with some things coming off and others not quite doing so, but he did superbly to ghost into space and plant a deft header past Hall in the Wednesday goal to put the Blades ahead. Excellent dummy and link-up with Hackford almost led to an opening Photo: Simon Bellis
![Had a great chance to open the scoring after a good run from Buyabu after a deft touch from Fleck but he failed to make any meaningful contact with the goal at his mercy. Ran the channels. Had a good sight of goal that was abruptly ended by a tackle from Adetero, that saw the Owls defender shown a second yellow card and a subsequent red](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmVjOTBlMWI3LWViYjgtNDMzOS05NTA0LWJiZDZhMWIwZWY2ZDo0ZDI4ZTI1Mi0wMjRiLTQ2YTUtYWEyYy1jOTMxOWM1YzhiM2U=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
12. Antwoine Hackford 6
Had a great chance to open the scoring after a good run from Buyabu after a deft touch from Fleck but he failed to make any meaningful contact with the goal at his mercy. Ran the channels. Had a good sight of goal that was abruptly ended by a tackle from Adetero, that saw the Owls defender shown a second yellow card and a subsequent red Photo: Simon Bellis