Sheffield Wednesday fell to defeat once again on Saturday, with Henrik Pedersen’s men losing to Portsmouth at Hillsborough.

Pompey are the only Championship club that Wednesday have managed to beat this season, so were looking for their only double of the campaign as John Mousinho’s men visited S6. But it wasn’t to be, with Adrian Segecic getting the only goal of the tie and leaving the Owls stuck on -7 points.

Speaking after the game, Pedersen said he thought his side were ‘too brave’ at times, and bemoaned the lack of real chances created by his side in what he felt was a very ‘equal’ tie.

Henrik Pedersen’s Sheffield Wednesday thoughts

“OveralI thought it was a very equal game,” he said afterwards. “I think the first half was a good game from our side, defensively we were strong and we had a lot of interceptions high up the pitch. We were also good in transitions, but only until the 18-yard box. So we had possibilities on the transition, but didn’t create any chances that were really, really big. On the ball I think we were very brave, sometimes too brave with too big risks.

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“But we had the courage to play, and had many situations higher up. But the big chances are still missing… The second half was equal, with the same picture. They scored on the transition, and after goal the game was a bit flat.

“They played a lot of long balls, and we were not really strong enough to win the long balls and get it down and play to put pressure. It was equal, and we could’ve got one point, but we didn’t come back after the 1-0.”

Pedersen will now turn his attentions to Tuesday night’s visit of Birmingham City, with the Dane not really flush for options in terms of any sort of rotation. Defeat on Saturday left Wednesday 30 points adrift of 23rd-placed Oxford United, and 35 off safety.