WEST BROMWICH. West Bromwich Albion defeats Sheffield Wednesday 1-0 after J. Swift scored just 1 goal (13′). West Bromwich Albion was decisively better in terms of ball possession (72%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the The Hawthorns stadium in West Bromwich on Tuesday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was John Busby who was helped by Richard Wild and Shaun Hudson. The 4th official was Andrew Kitchen. The weather was light rain. The temperature was cold at 14.82 degrees Celsius or 58.68 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 63%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

West Bromwich Albion had a superior ball possession 72% while Sheffield Wednesday was struggling with a 28% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

West Bromwich Albion was more aggressive with 89 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 3 were on target. This is one of the reasons why West Bromwich Albion won the match​.

West Bromwich Albion shot 17 times, 3 on target, 9 off target. On the other side, Sheffield Wednesday shot 4 times, 2 on target, 2 off target.

Cards

West Bromwich Albion didn’t receive any yellow card. On the opposite side, Sheffield Wednesday received 1 yellow card (Liam Palmer).

Standings

After playing this contest, West Bromwich Albion will have 16 points like Sunderland, Norwich City, Cardiff City, Hull City and Southampton to hold in the 5th place. Talking about the opposition, Sheffield Wednesday will stay with 2 points to remain in the 24th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Championship, West Bromwich Albion will host Rotherham United on the 10th of April with a 3-1 head to head record in favor of West Bromwich Albion (2 draws).

Sheffield Wednesday will host Norwich City on the 9th of April with a 10-5 head to head in favor of Sheffield Wednesday (3 draws).

West Bromwich Albion – Formation

West Bromwich Albion started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

The manager Carlos Corberán Vallet decided to play with the following team: Alex Palmer (7.3), Cédric Kipré (7.8), Kyle Bartley (7.5), Erik Pieters (7.5), Darnell Furlong (7.5), Okay Yokuşlu (7.1), Alex Mowatt (8.1), Matt Phillips (7.5), Brandon Thomas-Asante (7.1), John Swift (8.4) and Jed Wallace (7.3).

The home team had on the bench: Jayson Molumby, Conor Townsend (7.0), Semi Ajayi, Grady Diangana (6.3), Nathaniel Chalobah, Pipa, Tom Fellows, Joshua Griffiths and Caleb Taylor.

Substitutions

West Bromwich Albion made 3 changes: Brandon Thomas-Asante for Grady Diangana (86′), John Swift for Nathaniel Chalobah (90′) and Matt Phillips for Conor Townsend (69′).

Best player: John Swift​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for West Bromwich Albion was John Swift.

His rating is (8.4) with 1 goal, 65 passes (85% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 8. He performed 10 crosses.

Sheffield Wednesday – Formation

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

Francisco Javier Muñoz Llompart played with: Bambo Diaby, Devis Vasquez (6.8), Liam Palmer (6.4), Dominic Iorfa (6.7), Di’Shon Bernard (7.7), Akin Famewo (7.1), Juan Delgado (6.6), Tyreeq Bakinson (6.7), Will Vaulks (6.8), Anthony Musaba (6.3) and Michael Smith (6.7), Ashley Fletcher (6.7).

These were the players on the bench: George Byers, Lee Gregory, Jeff Hendrick (6.8), Djeidi Gassama (7.0), Cameron Dawson, Mallik Wilks (6.4), Callum Paterson, Pol Valentín (6.4) and John Buckley (6.7).

Substitutions

Sheffield Wednesday made 5 changes: Juan Delgado for Pol Valentín (58′), Ashley Fletcher for Djeidi Gassama (64′), Will Vaulks for John Buckley (77′), Anthony Musaba for Mallik Wilks (76′) and Tyreeq Bakinson for Jeff Hendrick (76′).

Best player: Di’Shon Bernard​

The most impressive player for Sheffield Wednesday was Di’Shon Bernard.

His rating is (7.7) with 17 passes (88% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 8.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Championship.​

• West Bromwich Albion – Sheffield Wednesday – 1-0
• Stoke City – Southampton – 0-1
• Plymouth Argyle – Millwall – 0-2
• Middlesbrough – Cardiff City – 2-0
• Ipswich Town – Hull City – 3-0
• Birmingham City – Huddersfield Town – 4-1