LINCOLN. Sheffield Wednesday and Lincoln City draw 1-1. L. Gregory scored the first goal (7′) for Sheffield Wednesday. D. Mandroiu made it even (47′). Sheffield Wednesday was truly superior in terms of ball possession (67%)
The match was played at the LNER Stadium stadium in Lincoln on Saturday and it started at 1:00 pm local time. The referee was Alan Young with the collaboration of Steve Rushton and Nicholas Barnard. The 4th official was Wayne Grunnill. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold at 11.9 degrees Celsius or 53.42 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 59%.
Match Statistics
- ! 33 Ball Possession 67
Shots
- 6 Total 17
- 3 On Target 4
- 3 Off Target 13
- 0 Shots blocked 0
- 75 Attack 129
- 19 Dangerous attack 58
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 0
- 3 Corners 6
Fouls
- 10 Total 11
- 2 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 0 Substitutions 3
Ball possession
Sheffield Wednesday was in firm control of the ball 67% while Lincoln City was struggling with a 33% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Sheffield Wednesday had a more offensive attitude with 58 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 4 were on target. Nevertheless, that was not enough Sheffield Wednesday to win the contest.
Lincoln City shot 6 times, 3 on target, 3 off target. On the other side, Sheffield Wednesday shot 17 times, 4 on target, 13 off target.
Cards
Lincoln City received 2 yellow cards (M. Virtue-Thick and D. Mandroiu). On the opposite side, Sheffield Wednesday received 2 yellow cards (M. McGuinness and G. Byers).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this encounter, Lincoln City will have 18 points to sit in the 15th place. On the opposite side, Sheffield Wednesday will have 30 points to sit in the 3rd place.
Next matches
In the next match in the League One, Lincoln City will host Shrewsbury Town on the 6th of May with a 7-4 head to head record in favor of Shrewsbury Town (8 draws).
Sheffield Wednesday will host Derby County on the 6th of May with a 12-5 head to head statistic in favor of Derby County (11 draws).
Lincoln City – Formation
Lincoln City started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
The manager Mark Kennedy decided to play with the following team: Carl Rushworth, Adam Jackson, Regan Poole, Paudie O’Connor, Timothy Eyoma, Sean Roughan, Matthew Virtue-Thick, Daniel Mandroiu, Max Harrison Sanders, Jack Diamond and Ben House.
The home team had on the bench: Jacob Davenport, Jordan Wright, Lasse Sørensen, Freddie Draper, Charles Vernam, Jordan Garrick and Jamie Robson.
Substitutions
Lincoln City decided to remain with the initial team without doing any substitution.
Sheffield Wednesday – Formation
Sheffield Wednesday started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).
Darren Moore played with: David Stockdale, Michael Ihiekwe, Ben Heneghan, Mark McGuinness, Barry Bannan, Marvin Johnson, Liam Palmer, Will Vaulks, Josh Windass, Michael Smith and Lee Gregory.
They had on the bench: Tyreeq Bakinson, Dominic Iorfa, George Byers, Mallik Wilks, Cameron Dawson, Fisayo Dele-Bashiru and Callum Paterson.
Substitutions
Sheffield Wednesday made 3 changes: W. Vaulks for G. Byers (58′), B. Heneghan for F. Dele-Bashiru (71′) and J. Windass for M. Wilks (85′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the League One.
- Lincoln City – Sheffield Wednesday – 1-1
- Shrewsbury Town – Charlton Athletic – 0-1
- Oxford United – Peterborough United – 1-2
- Forest Green Rovers – Portsmouth – 0-1
- Exeter City – Fleetwood Town – 2-1
- Morecambe – Barnsley – 1-0
- Milton Keynes Dons – Wycombe Wanderers – 0-1
- Cambridge United – Port Vale – 0-1
- Burton Albion – Cheltenham Town – 1-0
- Bristol Rovers – Plymouth Argyle – 2-2
- Accrington Stanley – Bolton Wanderers – 2-3