Henrik Pedersen has hinted that he thinks Davis Keillor-Dunn’s ‘best’ position is in a central role.

The on-loan Wrexham attacker, who signed on transfer deadline day to much excitement after scoring and assisting bundles of goals in League One for Barnsley, has had a slow start to life at Hillsborough.

He was the subject of much debate after Saturday’s goalless draw against Stockport County after Pedersen played him on the right wing. His goals and assists in a Barnsley shirt had come when he was picked as a number 10 or a striker.

On Tuesday night Pedersen selected him centrally, playing just behind Mason Burstow. He scored his first Wednesday goal when he headed in Joel Akpobi’s cross from the left on 55 minutes to equalise for the visitors in the EFL Trophy clash, which The Owls went on to win 2-1 after Jamal Lowe netted a late penalty.

Pedersen explained: “I said to Keillor-Dunn before the game, I want to see you in the middle of the pitch. So you defensively are in the middle, and offensively you're in the middle of the pitch, because this where he is at his best. We have tried him to find his position, and I think he did it really, really well. But again, the same pictures with some of the others who have not played so much the last month, that he was stronger when he got the rhythm in the second-half. It was great to see him score a goal.

“I think he worked really hard defensively, and then he grew offensively to get the ball in the small pocket to speed up the game, and then we know that he's good to also come in the box from the 10 position. So I think it looked more like a Keillor-Dunn who can grow from this than from the side.”

Pedersen’s comments are likely to be welcomed by Wednesdayites, who have called for the 28-year-old to play more centrally than out wide. Keillor-Dunn showed his striker’s instinct when he nodded in from six yards out in front of the travelling Owls fans.

Wednesday’s next match comes in the same competition, at home to Sunderland under-21s, on October 6. Their next two league matches against Stevenage and Cambridge United have been postponed because of international call-ups.