Cheltenham Town and Sheffield Wednesday draw 2-2 on Saturday. HIGHLIGHTS

CHELTENHAM. Cheltenham Town manages to recover against Sheffield Wednesday with a goal on the C. Dunkley 65' and an own goal from M. Blair 82'.

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October 31, 2021

CHELTENHAM. Cheltenham Town manages to recover against Sheffield Wednesday with a goal on the C. Dunkley 65′ and an own goal from M. Blair 82′. Sheffield Wednesday was not able to win even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (59%)

The match was played at the Jonny-Rocks Stadium stadium in Cheltenham on Saturday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. The referee was Charles Breakspear with the help of Leigh Crowhurst and Christopher Wade. The 4th official was Dumitru-Ravel Cheosiaua. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 11.3 degrees Celsius or 52.32 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 75%.

Match Statistics

Cheltenham Town

2 - 2

Sheffield Wednesday

41 Ball Possession 59

Shots

14 Total 15
6 On Target 4
8 Off Target 11
0 Shots blocked 0

59 Attack 80
23 Dangerous attack 55
0 Ball safe 0

0 Penalties 0
4 Corners 15
1 Off Sides 1

Fouls

15 Total 16
2 Yellow Cards 2
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

2 Substitutions 3

Ball possession

Sheffield Wednesday had a superior ball possession 59% while Cheltenham Town was struggling with a 41% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Sheffield Wednesday was more aggressive with 55 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 4 were on target. However, that was not enough Sheffield Wednesday to win the match.

Cheltenham Town shot 14 times, 6 on target, 8 off target. On the other side, Sheffield Wednesday shot 15 times, 4 on target, 11 off target.

Cards

Cheltenham Town received 2 yellow cards (A. May and K. Vassell). On the opposite side, Sheffield Wednesday received 2 yellow cards (M. Johnson and B. Bannan).

Match Timeline

14'

32'

Barry Bannan - Yellow

46'

56'

65'

66'

72'

75'

82'

83'

90'

Marvin Johnson- Yellow

90'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

After playing this match, Cheltenham Town will have 19 points like Portsmouth, Bolton Wanderers and Cambridge United to stay in the 16th place. Talking about the opposition, Sheffield Wednesday will have 22 points like Burton Albion to stay in the 8th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the League One, Cheltenham Town will play away with AFC Wimbledon on the 13th of November with a 3-2 head to head statistic in favor of Cheltenham Town (3 draws).

Sheffield Wednesday will host Gillingham on the 13th of November with a 0-0 head to head stats.

Cheltenham Town – Formation

Cheltenham Town

Scott Flinders 20.England

6.3

Chris Hussey 3.England

7.1

Sean Long 2.Republic of Ireland

7.0

Mattie Pollock 4.England

7.0

M. Blair 17.England

7.0

90'

Liam Sercombe 8.England

6.8

Conor Thomas 7.England

7.3

Dan Crowley 28.England

7.0

72'

Ellis Chapman 11.England

6.8

Kyle Vassell 9.Northern Ireland

6.9

75'

14'

Kyle Joseph 21.Scotland

6.7

83'

Substitutes

Owen Evans 1.Wales

Grant Horton 24.England

Lewis Freestone 6.England

Dylan Barkers 26.England

Andy Williams 14.England

Christian Norton 27.Wales

6.6

83'

Alfie May 10.England

6.9

72'

90'

Cheltenham Town started with a 4-3-1-2 line-up (4-3-1-2).

The manager Michael Duff decided to play with the following team: Scott Flinders (6.3), Matty Blair (7.0), Matthew Pollock (7.0), Sean Long (7.0), Chris Hussey (7.1), Liam Sercombe (6.8), Conor Thomas (7.3), Ellis Chapman (6.8), Daniel Crowley (7.0), Kyle Joseph (6.7) and Kyle Vassell (6.9).

The home team had on the bench: A. Williams, G. Horton, Christian Norton (6.6), L. Freestone, Alfie May (6.9), D. Barkers and O. Evans.

Substitutions

Cheltenham Town made 2 changes: D. Crowley for A. May (72′) and K. Joseph for C. Norton (83′).

Best player: Conor Thomas

The player that probably impressed the most for Cheltenham Town was Conor Thomas.

His rating is (7.3) with 28 passes (71% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 3.

Sheffield Wednesday – Formation

Sheffield Wednesday

Bailey Peacock-Farrell 1.Northern Ireland

6.5

J. Hunt 32.England

6.6

46'

Chey Dunkley 22.England

8.2

65'

Liam Palmer 2.Scotland

6.3

Fisayo Dele-Bashiru 17.Nigeria

6.4

66'

Marvin Johnson 18.England

6.2

90'

D. Adeniran 8.England

6.6

Olamide Shodipo 7.Republic of Ireland

7.1

56'

Callum Paterson 13.Scotland

7.0

Barry Bannan 10.Scotland

7.7

32'

Lee Gregory 9.England

6.6

Substitutes

Joe Wildsmith 28.England

Jaden Brown 3.England

Lewis Wing 26.England

Theo Corbeanu 23.Canada

6.5

56'

Sylla Sow 40.Netherlands

Saido Berahino 24.Burundi

6.2

66'

Florian Kamberi 20.Albania

6.5

46'

Sheffield Wednesday started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).

Talking about the opposition, Darren Moore played with: Bailey Peacock-Farrell (6.5), Cheyenne Dunkley (8.2), Jack Hunt (6.6), Liam Palmer (6.3), Olamide Shodipo (7.1), Dennis Adeniran (6.6), Oluwafisayo Dele-Bashiru (6.4), Marvin Johnson (6.2), Barry Bannan (7.7), Lee Gregory (6.6) and Callum Paterson (7.0).

The following players were sitting on the bench: J. Brown, L. Wing, Theo Corbeanu (6.5), J. Wildsmith, S. Sow, Saido Berahino (6.2) and Florian Kamberi (6.5).