Owls vs Gillingham LIVE: Florian Kamberi grabs second-half equaliser

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Darren Moore’s side could move back into the play-offs with a win, which would be their second in as many League One games after they thumped Sunderland 3-0 last time out to move within two points of sixth spot.

Steve Evans’ Gillingham are 19th heading into the clash with just one win in six.

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Sheffield Wednesday vs Gillingham LIVE

Key Events

  • Sheffield Wednesday could move back into the top six with a win
  • Lee Gregory misses out for the Owls
  • Nineteenth-placed Gillingham have just one win in their last six

He’s twists right, then left, then right again and fires one towards goal from inside the box, which a Gillingham defender gets in the way of.

Unlucky.

Elsewhere, the crowd isn’t happy with more time-wasting from the visitors.

Johnson is under pressure on the ball from Akinde and plays it back to Wildsmith, who misjudges the pass and is quickly scrambling back to the touchline to prevent it going out for a corner.

That’s total football for you.

The young winger has been Wednesday’s most lively player this half and dances into the box with a few step overs before firing the ball at goal, which is beaten away to safety by Cumming.

The Owls are on top again. Can they make it count?

Gillingham’s keeper has been getting some grief for wasting time whenever possible - and we’ve only been playing for half an hour!

Corbeanu on the charge

The young winder tries to make something happen by taking on a couple of Gillingham defenders but can’t quite squeeze past them.

Moments later Bannan’s header inside the box is diverted wide for another corner, but it comes to nothing.

Better from Wednesday

They break through Shodipo who plays it to Paterson out wide. His cut-back finds the winger in the box but he’s stretching and a defender gets enough on the effort to send it out for a corner.

Dunkley heads the subsequent delivery over the bar.

Against the run of play the away side have the lead. A cross is delivered towards the area and a Gillingham man wins the first ball which sends former Owls youngster Vadaine Oliver through on goal unmarked.

A simple finish past Joe Wildsmith for the opener. Poor, poor defending.

...look like they are here for the fight. Plenty of big players in their side and they seem happy to keep it direct as they line up a long throw-in.

Perfect game for an old-school defender like Chey Dunkley, this. He’s already won a fair few battles in the air.

Paterson is hobbling after a meaty challenge on the edge of the box, which results in a free-kick for the home side.

Bannan delivers and Chey Dunkley connects at the far post to send it back across goal, but Dele-Bashiru can’t connect properly.

Things have quietened since the Owls hit the post.

Paterson hits the post with a lovely flick after Corbeanu delivers a low ball across the six-yard area following a well-worked echange of passes with Fisayo-Bashiru.

Would have been a contender for goal of the season.

At the other end Wildsmith flaps at a cross and the ball bounces across the ground a few yards out, but fortunately for the Owls no one is there to turn it home.