Sheffield Wednesday booked their place in round two of the Carabao Cup with a 1-0 win against 10-man Bolton Wanderers.
Substitute Jamal Lowe scored the winner on 70 minutes, just moments after coming on, after collecting a superb pass from Barry Bannan and lifting the ball over goalkeeper Jack Bonham.
In a stop-start first-half, resulting in seven added minutes, Bolton squandered a couple of early chances, with The Owls looking vulnerable on the counter-attack. But the hosts grew into it and had some encouraging attacking moments themselves, but it remained goalless at the break.
Immediately after the re-start, Max Lowe almost connected with a Jordi Liongola cross, and then Harry Gray came close but saw his close-range effort blocked by Bonham.
The visitors had to play the last half an hour with 10-men when Xavier Simons was shown a straight red card by referee Elliot Bell after a needless off-the-ball dig at Gray and Wednesday took advantage when a delightful pass from Bannan found substitute Lowe and he lobbed Bonham with a clever finish.
Wednesday threatened more goals and never looked in danger of conceding as they advanced to round two.
Here are our player ratings from the game...
1. Joe Lumley 7
Clean sheet. Tended to go long with his kicking early doors before settling down. Some quick-thinking almost got Wednesday in. Made a comfortable save inside the first 20 minutes, keeping hold of Rodrigues' free-kick. Little to do when Bolton went down to 10-men but did well to take the pressure off late on with some claims. | The Star
2. Yan Valery 6
Will he stay or will he go? That is the question hovering over the right-back between now and the end of the window. Didn't look razor-sharp in his defending in the first-half but found his feet after that. Took up some intriguing attacking positions. Withdrawn for the last five. | The Star
3. Gabriel Otegbayo 5
Still brushing off some pre-season rustiness, didn't convince in the first 45, but improved after the break. | The STar
4. Sil Swinkels 7
Apart from one stray pass which left Wednesday vulnerable, he didn't really put a foot wrong. Defended the box well and caught the eye with some pin-point diagonals. Almost put Wednesday 2-0 up from a corner. A big block at the death. Man of the match? | The STar