Sunderland 1-0 Sheffield Wednesday - Darren Moore's live reaction after Owls defeat to Sunderland
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A bumper crowd of over 40,000 people is expected to turn out in the North East to watch the two League One giants go head-to-head, and the two sides will be eager to try and draw first blood ahead of the second leg at Hillsborough on Monday.
Wycombe Wanderers picked up a 2-0 lead at home on Thursday night as they got off to a great start against MK Dons, and Darren Moore will be hoping that home advantage doesn’t count for as much when the Owls take on the Black Cats this evening.
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Sunderland v Sheffield Wednesday - Huge play-off ties get underway at the Stadium of Light
Key Events
- Sunderland play host to the Owls at 7.45pm
- Sunderland won 5-0 at their last meeting here
- Wycombe beat MK Dons 2-0 last night
Corner Wednesday
Windass, who came on for Berahino, finds Gregory, he finds Johnson, but his cross into the box is cleared.
First proper Wednesday effort
Dean heads it goalwards, but it’s not troubling Patterson too much. Decent ball into the box, and Wednesday seem to have weather the storm a little bit from how the second half started.
Blocked!
Hutch gets a big touch on Robert’s effort to deflect the ball over. Wednesday very much under the cosh here.
Sunderland close again
Prtichard close once more as BPF tips his effort over the bar after Berahino lost possession in the Wednesday half. Then a header goes over the bar when anything on target could’ve been a goal.
Darren Moore heads to his bench to bring on Josh Windass - Berahino goes off.
Crossbar!
Pritchard with lovely bent effort from the edge of the box - it beats BPF, but bounces out off the crossbar. Wednesday very lucky there.
Moment later Massimo Luongo picks up a booking.
Positional change
Wednesday have switched into a back four for the second half, with Hutchinson moving up into the midfield. Looks like he’s playing as a DM, with Byers/Luongo as CMs and Bannan a bit further forward.
Corner Wednesday - or not
Berahino breaks, but is tackled as he tries to beat his man. It’s out for a corner.