Ten-man Sheffield Wednesday slipped to a deserved 2-0 defeat against Notts County at Meadow Lane.
The Owls lost Di’Shon Bernard to injury after 10 minutes and his replacement, Gabriel Otegbayo, who was later subbed off himself, gave away a penalty when he was judged to have fouled Daniel Kanu, who scored the resulting spot-kick on 38 minutes. The Magpies deserved their lead and should have been further in front in a half the visitors failed to have a shot on target.
Wednesday’s night got worse when Jamal Lowe was shown a red card after a lunge on Jacob Bedeau just five minutes into the second-half. The Owls made changes as Notts pressed for a second goal but were denied by some last-ditch blocks and wasteful finishing.
But County put the game to bed with nine minutes through Darius Lipsiuc on a desperately poor night for The Owls, who were easily second best when it was 11v11.
Here are our player ratings from the game...
1. Ashley Maynard-Brewer 6
Not much chance with Kanu's penalty. Kept Wednesday in it as the second-half went on. Should have had more saves to make but Notts were wasteful. | ugc
3. Di'Shon Bernard N/A
Started again but was forced off after 10 minutes after throwing himself at a Notts County shot. Needed treatment after that incident and could not continue. Slowly trudged off in disappointment. | ugc
4. Liam Cooper 5
Notts's frontline caused him problems but he battled away despite his fitness limitations. | ugc