An own goal and two big defeats: Sheffield Wednesday pair endure miserable weekend

Centre-half Joost van Aken scored an 11th-minute own goal in VfL Osnababrück’s sorry 4-2 defeat to Hannover 96 in what was billed as a relegation battle.

The Dutchman saw his side twice take the lead on home soil before three second-half Hannover goals saw the visitors take the all-important important points. The result moved Osnabrück further into the relegation conversation and they two points from the drop zone.

Further up the table, Penney was an unused substitute in St Pauli’s 4-0 humbling at promotion outsiders Damstadt, with Daniel Buballa preferred on the left by former Owls boss Jos Luhukay.

Youngster Penney was a surprise omission having started the Kiezkicker’s previous outing.

The defeat will pile pressure on Luhukay, who’s side slip into the bottom half of the table with games still to be played this weekend.

This week Wednesday boss Garry Monk said that he’d spoken to Penney about matches behind closed doors and said: “It kind of reminds you of an under-23 game at Hillsborough and there are probably more people there then that at these [Bundesliga] games.

“It's a big empty stadium and of course it's going to be different but I guess it's the necessity of these leagues needing to finish. That's what it's going to be and possibly for quite a bit of time.”