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...
13. Ali Al-Hamadi 5
Replaced Slattery at half-time and went up top. Offered a bit more running power and presence. | ugc
15. Max Lowe 6
On for James on 55 and made an important block to stop Notts grabbing a second. Got forward when he could. A brilliantly-timed tackled stopped a third going in at the death. | ugc
