Burton vs Sheffield Wednesday LIVE: Darren Moore reacts to third consecutive win
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Despite losing a further FIVE players ahead of the clash, Darren Moore’s side have the chance to register three consecutive wins for the first time since August, when the topped the early season table.
The Owls could also close the gap between themselves and the top six to just one point with victory.
Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink’s Brewers are two places and seven points behind Wednesday heading into the clash at the Pirelli Stadium.
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Burton Albion vs Sheffield Wednesday LIVE
Key Events
- Owls looking to make it three wins on the bounce for the first time since August
- Darren Moore returns to touchline after recovering from Covid-19
- FOUR changes for Wednesday
HT 1-0 Wednesday - player ratings
Bailey Peacock-Farrell - 6
Liam Palmer - 6
Sam Hutchinson - 7
Barry Bannan - 7
Callum Paterson - 6
George Byers - 7
Marvin Johnson - 6
Massimo Luongo - 6
Jack Hunt - 6
Jordan Storey - 6
Nathaniel Mendez-Laing - 7
Great chance Wednesday
A low delivery from Mendez-Laing is met by Jordan Storey, but he can’t quite get enough on it. The rebound falls to Paterson a bit too fast for him to react and ends up hitting him and falling into the keeper’s grateful arms.
All gone quiet over there
Wednesday’s goal has taken the sting out of Burton, who had been applying pressure on the Owls’ box and targeting Peacock-Farrell with plenty of deliveries towards the six-yard area.
HT nearly here. Could be a job very well done for the visitors, if things stay like this.
Wednesday fans caught in the home end
Looks like three Owls fans have been caught in the home end. They’ve been escorted out.
GOAL Byers
A Wednesday corner is played short to Mendez-Laing, who drives into the box and fires the ball low towards goal. Ben Garratt beats away the shot and it falls to Byers, who fires it in low. Slightly against the run of play, but who cares?
Half chance for the Owls
Their first sniff at goal for a while sees Hunt and Byers exchange a nice one-two on the halfway line which releases the former. He drives forward but his pass is just in front of the sliding Paterson. Better.
Moore animated
We’re very close to DM and Jamie Smith and the pair of them haven’t stopped barking since kick-off.
The big man lets out a ‘Hey, come on!’ with a roar to try and rally the troops.
It’s very attritional out there and Burton are applying plenty of aerial pressure on the Owls’ box.