LONDON. Sheffield Wednesday conquers Queens Park Rangers with a 2-0 win with a goal from D. Gassama (59′) and a goal from A. Musaba (90′).
The match was played at the Kiyan Prince Foundation Stadium stadium in London on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Graham Scott with the collaboration of Simon Bennett and Daniel Leach. The 4th official was Anthony Backhouse. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 17.87 degrees Celsius or 64.17 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 60%.
Match Statistics
- 50 Ball Possession 50
Shots
- 16 Total 7
- 1 On Target 4
- 11 Off Target 3
- 4 Shots blocked 1
- 60 Attack 95
- 60 Dangerous attack 34
- 76 Ball safe 73
- 0 Penalties 0
- 5 Corners 2
Fouls
- 11 Total 9
- 3 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 6
The overall ball possession was just identical with both teams controlling the ball for 50% of the time.
Ball possession
None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Queens Park Rangers was in possession of the ball for 50% of the time vs. Sheffield Wednesday that controlled the ball for 50% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Queens Park Rangers was putting more pressure with 60 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 1 were on target. Nevertheless, Sheffield Wednesday managed to find the solution to win this contest.
Queens Park Rangers shot 16 times, 1 on target, 11 off target. Talking about the opposition, Sheffield Wednesday shot 7 times, 4 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
Queens Park Rangers received 3 yellow cards (L. Dykes, Isaac Hayden and Lucas Andersen). On the opposite side, Sheffield Wednesday received 3 yellow cards (Josh Windass, Liam Palmer and Barry Bannan ).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Queens Park Rangers stays with 46 points like Blackburn Rovers and Stoke City to sit in the 17th place. On the other side, Sheffield Wednesday will has 42 points like Birmingham City to hold in the 23rd place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Championship, Queens Park Rangers will play away against Plymouth Argyle on the 9th of April with a 4-1 head to head in favor of Plymouth Argyle (7 draws).
Sheffield Wednesday will host Norwich City on the 9th of April with a 10-6 head to head statistic in favor of Sheffield Wednesday (3 draws).
Queens Park Rangers – Formation
Queens Park Rangers
69'
40'
Queens Park Rangers started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Martí Cifuentes Corvillo decided to play with the following team: Jack Colback, Asmir Begovic , Jimmy Dunne , Steve Cook , Jake Clarke-Salter , K. Paal , Isaac Hayden , Sam Field , Chris Willock , Lucas Andersen , Ilias Chair and S. Armstrong .
The home team had on the bench: L. Dykes , Paul Smyth , Morgan Fox , J. Hodge, E. Dixon-Bonner, Reggie Cannon, Ziyad Larkeche, Joe Walsh and Albert Adomah.
Substitutions
Queens Park Rangers made 4 changes: S. Armstrong for Albert Adomah (90′), Isaac Hayden for L. Dykes (69′), K. Paal for Morgan Fox (69′) and Jake Clarke-Salter for Paul Smyth (69′).
Player of the match: Ilias Chair
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Queens Park Rangers was Ilias Chair.
His rating is with 33 passes (85% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 6 duels out of 13. He performed 3 crosses.
Sheffield Wednesday – Formation
Sheffield Wednesday
90'
Sheffield Wednesday started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
Danny Röhl played with: Marvin Johnson, J. Beadle , Dominic Iorfa , Bambo Diaby , Michael Ihiekwe , Akin Famewo , Michael Smith , Liam Palmer , Barry Bannan , Ian Poveda , Iké Ugbo and Josh Windass .
They had on the bench: Will Vaulks, Pol Valentín , B. Cadamarteri, Anthony Musaba , Cameron Dawson, Kristian Pedersen , Callum Paterson , Jeff Hendrick and Djeidi Gassama .
Sheffield Wednesday could not rely on the presence of Djeidi Gassama (injured).
Substitutions
Sheffield Wednesday made 5 changes: Ian Poveda for Djeidi Gassama (29′), Akin Famewo for Kristian Pedersen (81′), Michael Smith for Pol Valentín (81′), Iké Ugbo for Callum Paterson (69′) and Josh Windass for Anthony Musaba (70′).
Player of the match: Djeidi Gassama
The most impressive player for Sheffield Wednesday was Djeidi Gassama.
His rating is with 1 goal, 15 passes (73% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 9 duels out of 12. He performed 1 cross.
His performance was exceptional also because he started the match from the bench before entering in the 29′.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Championship.
- Watford – Preston North End – 0-0
- Sunderland – Bristol City – 0-0
- Stoke City – West Bromwich Albion – 2-2
- Queens Park Rangers – Sheffield Wednesday – 0-2
- Norwich City – Ipswich Town – 1-0
- Middlesbrough – Swansea City – 2-0
- Leicester City – Birmingham City – 2-1
- Huddersfield Town – Millwall – 1-0
- Coventry City – Leeds United – 2-1
- Cardiff City – Hull City – 1-3
- Blackburn Rovers – Southampton – 0-0
