Alex Pay The Penalty At Hillsborough

A second-half penalty from Lee Gregory saw Sheffield Wednesday defeat Crewe Alexandra at Hillsborough last night, a result that sees the hosts move back into the play-off spots.

Manager Alex Morris named an unchanged starting 11 from Good Friday’s 3-1 home win against AFC Wimbledon with the versatile Tariq Uwakwe returning to the bench after injury.

The opening chance came in the 8th minute with Saido Berahino missing the target from close range before Nathaniel Mendez-Laing was denied by Dave Richards a minute later.

The hosts would win a penalty in the 53rd minute when Alex forward Scott Kashket brought down Mendez-Laing with Gregory sending Richards the wrong way. Midfielder Jack Hunt would drag a shot wide midway through the second half.

Our next couple of games sees the Alex host Ipswich Town in the final home game on Saturday before travelling to Lincoln City in the final game the following week.

What can we take out of this game?

We got another performance that’s been better than recent weeks – Morris changed things quickly with the back 4 moving to a back 5 after conceding chances early on though Berahino should have buried at least one of his early efforts.

Good to see Uwakwe back and potentially we’ll see him on Saturday, maybe in midfield instead of Harper as he won’t be eligible to play against his parent club.

Sheffield Wednesday				Crewe Alexandra
Gregory
Peacock-Farrell				Richards
Palmer				Lundstram			73
Storey				Sass-Davies
Johnson				Offord
Hunt				Williams
Paterson				Lowery
Bannan				Harper			73
Byers				Ainley
Mendez-Laing			82	Kashket			58
Berahino			82	Mandron
Gregory			62	Long
Substitutes
Wildsmith				Jaaskelainen
Gibson				O. Finney
Shodipo				Murphy			73
Dele-Bashiru				Griffiths
Kamberi			82	Sambou			73
Luongo			62	O'Riordan
Dunkley			82	Uwakwe			58

Game Statistics
18	Goal attempts	1
5	On Target	1
7	Corners	4
12	Fouls	10
1	Yellow Cards	2
0	Red Cards	0
61	%	39