Morecambe v Sheffield Wednesday: Owls shocked by Shrimps as they're finally breached

Hello and welcome to the seaside and The Star’s live coverage of Sheffield Wednesday’s trip to Morecambe.

The Owls have started life in League One in promising fashion and will hope to continue that fine form at the home of the Shrimpers.

Stay tuned throughout the afternoon for all the latest build-up and team news at the blog below.

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It ends 1-0 to the hosts, who got their goal against the run of play and held firm. Plenty of saves from their goalkeeper, Wednesday hit the woodwork twice and missed a whole host of opportunities.

But the only stat that really matters is the result, and defeat means the Owls are beaten and off the top of the League One table.

A disappointing result on the road for Darren Moore’s side, especially given the amount of chances they created.

The Owls still trail...

They need to make it count. Just a few minutes left.

Wednesday still battling to find an equaliser... Morecambe holding on to their 1-0 lead, and keeping the Owls at arms length. Corner coming up.

Adeniran off, Wing on.

Brown and Paterson make way as Corbeanu and Kamberi take the field... The Canadian on loan from Wolves is on for his debut.

And Morecambe lead!

It’s been all Wednesday, but Morecambe have got their sucker punch! The Shrimps are ahead.

Another Wednesday attack

Gregory tries to place it, but Andresson is once again up to the challenge though. Wednesday fully on top of matters, but still find themselves level.

Wednesday’s 9 gets an effort off, but it’s wide... The Owls turning the screw big time now as they start the second half with some real pace. Feels more of a ‘when’ than an ‘if’ as things stand.

But Morecambe hold firm.

Byers clips the post with a delightful effort! He’s tried to place one, but he’s hit the woodwork rather than the back of the net. Very unlucky!

The second half has kicked off... No changes from Wednesday as they look to push for a goal. As things stand, they’re dropping to second - behind Sunderland.

Another chance - but the half ends 0-0

Gregory ghosts in, but his header goes wide. Then the half time whistle blows.

Wednesday dominant, and playing at pace, but they’ve not managed to really test the Morecambe stopper and will be disappointed not to have made their pressure count.

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