Sheffield Wednesday 5-0 Forest Green Rovers: result and report
League One · Saturday 27 August 2022
Result
Sheffield Wednesday 5-0 Forest Green Rovers
League One · Saturday 27 August 2022, 14:00 UTC · half-time 4-0
Sheffield Wednesday · Forest Green Rovers · League One predictions
Sheffield Wednesday 5-0 Forest Green Rovers: match report
Sheffield Wednesday defeated Forest Green Rovers 5-0 in the League One on Saturday 27 August 2022. The half-time score was 4-0.
Josh Windass opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Sheffield Wednesday's goals came from Josh Windass (12'), Barry Bannan (19'), Liam Palmer (31'), Lee Gregory (45+1') and an own goal by Dominic Bernard (56'). Forest Green Rovers did not score.
Discipline: Sheffield Wednesday received 1 yellow card; Forest Green Rovers received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Sheffield Wednesday were 4th on 10 points from 5 and Forest Green Rovers 20th on 4 points from 4. Sheffield Wednesday went on to finish that season 2nd with 100 points, and Forest Green Rovers 24th with 27.
Sheffield Wednesday lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Forest Green Rovers in a 5-3-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Barry Bannan of Sheffield Wednesday (8.5), ahead of Michael Ihiekwe (7.8).
Key events
- 12'Goal · Josh Windass
- 19'Goal · Barry Bannan
- 31'Goal · Liam Palmer
- 37'Yellow card · Marvin Johnson
- 37'Yellow card · Corey O'Keeffe
- 45+1'Goal · Lee Gregory
- 56'Own goal · Dominic Bernard
- 73'Yellow card · Baily Cargill
- 85'Yellow card · David Davis
Team news
Sheffield Wednesday line-up (3-4-1-2)
David Adam Stockdale, Dominic Iorfa, Michael Ihiekwe, Mark McGuinness, Liam Palmer, Tyreeq Bakinson, George Byers, Marvin Johnson, Barry Bannan, Josh Windass, L. Gregory
Forest Green Rovers line-up (5-3-2)
Luke McGee, Corey O'Keeffe, Dominic Bernard, Jordan Moore-Taylor, Baily Cargill, Kyle McAllister, Ben Stevenson, Myles Peart-Harris, David Davis, Reece Brown, Jamille Matt