SHEFFIELD. Sheffield Wednesday defeats Hull City 3-1. Sheffield Wednesday was just to good to grab a decisive 3-0 lead with Marvin Johnson (49′), Djeidi Gassama (55′) and Josh Windass (72′). Hull City reduced the distance with a penalty (76′) by Scott Twine, but there was not much to do for them. Sheffield Wednesday was much superior in terms of ball possession (63%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Hillsborough Stadium stadium in Sheffield on Monday and it started at 5:15 pm local time. In front of 27,489 spectators.​ The referee was Joshua Smith with the collaboration of Matthew Jones and Jonathan Hunt. The 4th official was Rebecca Welch. The weather was moderate rain. The temperature was quite cold at 6.65 degrees Celsius or 43.97 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 92%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Sheffield Wednesday had a strong ball possession 63% while Hull City was struggling with a 37% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Sheffield Wednesday was more aggressive with 61 dangerous attacks and 23 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Sheffield Wednesday won the match​.

Sheffield Wednesday shot 23 times, 6 on target, 7 off target. Talking about the opposition, Hull City shot 5 times, 1 on target, 1 off target.

Cards

Sheffield Wednesday received 3 yellow cards (Mallik Wilks, Pol Valentín and Liam Palmer). Talking about the opposition, Hull City received 4 yellow cards (Regan Slater, Scott Twine, Jacob Greaves and Alfie Jones).

Also, Hull City didn’t end the match with 11 players after Tyler Morton (Hull City) was sent off after receiving a straight red card (35′).

Standings

After playing this encounter, Sheffield Wednesday has 22 points to sit in the 22nd place. Regarding the opposition, Hull City will stays with 39 points to remain in the 7th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Championship, Sheffield Wednesday will play away against Southampton on the 13th of January with a 7-2 head to head record in favor of Southampton (4 draws).

Hull City will host Norwich City on the 13th of January with a 6-5 head to head stats in favor of Norwich City (6 draws).

Sheffield Wednesday – Formation

Sheffield Wednesday adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Danny Röhl decided to play with the following team: Will Vaulks, Akin Famewo, Cameron Dawson (6.8), Pol Valentín (7.0), Michael Ihiekwe (7.0), Di’Shon Bernard (7.0), Marvin Johnson (9.4), Liam Palmer (7.0), Barry Bannan (7.7), Anthony Musaba (6.4), Josh Windass (8.4), Djeidi Gassama (8.4) and Bailey-Tye Cadamarteri (6.7).

The home team had on the bench: Mallik Wilks (6.7), Tyreeq Bakinson (6.6), Michael Smith (6.6), Guilherme Siqueira, Ashley Fletcher (7.0), Reece James, Joey Phuthi, Devis Vasquez and Momo Diaby (6.4).

Substitutions

Sheffield Wednesday made 5 changes: Bailey-Tye Cadamarteri for Ashley Fletcher (46′), Pol Valentín for Momo Diaby (74′), Josh Windass for Michael Smith (74′), Anthony Musaba for Mallik Wilks (86′) and Barry Bannan for Tyreeq Bakinson (87′).

Player of the match: Marvin Johnson​

The most impressive player for Sheffield Wednesday was Marvin Johnson.

His rating is 9.4 with 1 goal, 64 passes (86% accurate) and 5 key passes. He won 4 duels out of 7. He performed 6 crosses.

Hull City – Formation

Also Hull City adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Liam Rosenior played with: Jean Michaël Seri, Matt Ingram (6.3), Lewie Coyle (6.8), Alfie Jones (6.3), Sean McLoughlin (7.0), Jacob Greaves (6.7), Tyler Morton (5.7), Regan Slater (6.6), Liam Delap (6.3), Ozan Tufan (6.4), Jason Lokilo (6.7), Aaron Connolly (6.6).

These were the players on the bench: Adama Traoré, Greg Docherty (7.0), Allahyar Sayyadmanesh (6.7), Harry Vaughan, Ryan Allsop, Andy Smith, Matty Jacob (6.7), Scott Twine (7.0) and Cyrus Christie (6.1).

Substitutions

Hull City made 5 changes: Sean McLoughlin for Cyrus Christie (46′), Aaron Connolly for Scott Twine (46′), Jason Lokilo for Greg Docherty (39′), Ozan Tufan for Allahyar Sayyadmanesh (60′) and Liam Delap for Matty Jacob (61′).

Player of the match: Sean McLoughlin​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Hull City was Sean McLoughlin.

His rating is 7.0 with 33 passes (79% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 4 duels out of 6.

Results of the day

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

• Swansea City – West Bromwich Albion – 1-0
• Sunderland – Preston North End – 2-0
• Stoke City – Ipswich Town – 0-0
• Sheffield Wednesday – Hull City – 3-1
• Queens Park Rangers – Cardiff City – 1-2
• Plymouth Argyle – Watford – 3-3
• Norwich City – Southampton – 1-1
• Middlesbrough – Coventry City – 1-3
• Leicester City – Huddersfield Town – 4-1
• Leeds United – Birmingham City – 3-0
• Bristol City – Millwall – 0-1
• Blackburn Rovers – Rotherham United – 2-2