Leeds United 1-2 Sheffield Wednesday: result and report

Championship · Saturday 17 March 2018

Result

Leeds United 1-2 Sheffield Wednesday

Championship · Saturday 17 March 2018, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Leeds United 1-2 Sheffield Wednesday: match report

Leeds United lost to Sheffield Wednesday 1-2 in the Championship on Saturday 17 March 2018. The half-time score was 0-0.

Atdhe Nuhiu opened the scoring in the 71st minute. Leeds United's goal came from Jay-Roy Grot (86'). Sheffield Wednesday scored through Atdhe Nuhiu (71') and Atdhe Nuhiu (90+1').

Discipline: Leeds United received no yellow cards; Sheffield Wednesday received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Leeds United were 13th on 50 points from 37 and Sheffield Wednesday 18th on 38 points from 37. Leeds United went on to finish that season 13th with 60 points, and Sheffield Wednesday 15th with 57.

Leeds United lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Sheffield Wednesday in a 5-3-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Atdhe Nuhiu of Sheffield Wednesday (9.2), ahead of Jay-Roy Grot (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Leeds United wins, 3 draws and 3 for Sheffield Wednesday.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 13'Yellow card · Atdhe NuhiuSheffield Wednesday
  • 63'Yellow card · Sam HutchinsonSheffield Wednesday
  • 71'Goal · Atdhe NuhiuSheffield Wednesday · 0-1
  • 74'Yellow card · Adam ReachSheffield Wednesday
  • 86'Goal · Jay-Roy GrotLeeds United · 1-1
  • 90'Yellow card · Joe WildsmithSheffield Wednesday
  • 90+1'Goal · Atdhe NuhiuSheffield Wednesday · 1-2

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Leeds United 4, draws 3, Sheffield Wednesday 3.

Team news

Leeds United line-up (4-2-3-1)

Bailey Peacock-Farrell, Matthew Pennington, Pontus Jansson, Gaetano Berardi, Tom Pearce, Adam Forshaw, Ezgjan Alioski, Eunan O'Kane, Stuart Dallas, Pablo Hernández, Caleb Ekuban

Sheffield Wednesday line-up (5-3-2)

Joe Wildsmith, Jack Hunt, Tom Lees, George Boyd, Daniel Pudil, Frederico Venâncio, Adam Reach, Sam Hutchinson, Joey Pelupessy, Atdhe Nuhiu, Lucas João