Sheffield Wednesday 2-1 Millwall: result and report
Championship · Wednesday 22 August 2018
Result
Sheffield Wednesday 2-1 Millwall
Championship · Wednesday 22 August 2018, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-0
Sheffield Wednesday 2-1 Millwall: match report
Sheffield Wednesday defeated Millwall 2-1 in the Championship on Wednesday 22 August 2018. The half-time score was 1-0.
Barry Bannan opened the scoring in the 16th minute. Sheffield Wednesday's goals came from Barry Bannan (16') and Tom Lees (46'). Millwall scored through Ryan Tunnicliffe (72').
Discipline: Sheffield Wednesday received 2 yellow cards; Millwall received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Sheffield Wednesday were 22nd on 1 point from 3 and Millwall 12th on 5 points from 3. Sheffield Wednesday went on to finish that season 12th with 64 points, and Millwall 21st with 44.
Sheffield Wednesday lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Millwall in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Barry Bannan of Sheffield Wednesday (8.0), ahead of Tom Lees (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Sheffield Wednesday wins, 3 draws and 2 for Millwall.
Going into the match Sheffield Wednesday's last five read L-D-L and Millwall's W-D-D.
Key events
- 16'Goal · Barry Bannan
- 46'Goal · Tom Lees
- 63'Yellow card · Adam Reach
- 72'Goal · Ryan Tunnicliffe
- 90+4'Yellow card · F. Forestieri
Head-to-head
Team news
Sheffield Wednesday line-up (4-2-3-1)
Cameron Dawson, Liam Palmer, Tom Lees, Jordan Thorniley, Matt Penney, Joey Pelupessy, Barry Bannan, Fraser Preston, Adam Reach, Marco Matias, Steven Fletcher
Millwall line-up (4-4-2)
Jordan Archer, Mahlon Romeo, Shaun Hutchinson, Jake Cooper, James Meredith, Jed Wallace, Ryan Tunnicliffe, George Saville, Aiden O'Brien, L. Gregory, Steve Morison