Sheffield Wednesday v Fleetwood Town LIVE: Goalless at Hillsborough as Owls target FA Cup progress

28 Jan 2023
Sheffield Wednesday vs Fleetwood

It may feel like Groundhog Day as for the second week running Sheffield Wednesday welcome Fleetwood Town to Hillsborough.

This time last week the two met in a League One clash which saw the hosts seal three vital points in the promotion push, thanks to Marvin Johnson's early goal. Today the prize up for grabs is a place in the fifth round of the FA Cup.

Bizarrely, this is the third meeting between the two teams in just over a month - they met at Fleetwood on Boxing Day and if today's clash ends all-square there will be a fourth meeting by way of a replay!

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Key Events

Confirmed Owls team13:59

15:50Ricky Charlesworth

HT player ratings

Dawson 6

Palmer 6

Iorfa 7

Famewo 7

Hunt 7

Vaulks 8

Adeniran 7

Johnson 6

Windass 6

Paterson 6

Wilks 7

15:50Ricky Charlesworth

Half-time

Goalless in the FA Cup tie at Hillsborough. Not a classic by any stretch.

15:49Ricky Charlesworth

45- Chance

Palmer dashes into the box and tries to pick out Paterson but Fleetwood manage to clear for a corner.

15:47Ricky Charlesworth

44 - Chance

Wednesday have a free-kick out on the left. Johnson whips in but it's too deep and Fleetwood look to counter before it's stubbed out. Sums up this drab first half.

15:41Ricky Charlesworth

39 - Chance

Wilks does well to hold off his man and wiggles away in the box before flashing the ball across. Sadly, Fleetwood manage to hack it away safe.

15:37Ricky Charlesworth

36 - Chance

Hunt goes for goal from outside the box but it flies wide of goal. Sustained pressure by the hosts.

15:35Ricky Charlesworth

Booking

Vaulks leathers the ball into the advertising board and earns a caution following a free-kick decision that didn't go the Owls' way.

15:34Ricky Charlesworth

Frustrating

Just over half an hour in and it's not been great but better than last week... just about.

Fleetwood happy with this you'd suspect.

15:30Ricky Charlesworth

28 - Clearance

Iorfa backtracks and heads the ball away from danger from underneath his own crossbar. Wednesday scramble it away and eventually win a free-kick.

15:30Ricky Charlesworth

28 - Free-kick

Set-piece came to nothing for the Owls.

15:28Ricky Charlesworth

26- Free-kick

Rooney, who is making absolutely no friends here today, chops down Windass right on the edge of the box to the left. Free-kick and Rooney is booked.

15:18Ricky Charlesworth

17 - Chance

Wilks turns on the gas and beats his man before cutting inside. His effort is deflected behind for a corner. Adenian then nods over from the set-piece.

15:16Ricky Charlesworth

15 - Corner

Hunt clips another cross in and Fleetwood clear for a corner with Johnson lurking at the back-post. From the resulting corner Johnson's whipped cross is claimed by the visiting stopper.

15:14Ricky Charlesworth

13 - Chance

The first attempt on target by either side as Hunt's centre sees Wilks meet it only for the forward to plant a header wide.

15:10Ricky Charlesworth

9 - Rooney back on

After a short period of treatment Rooney is back on and play is underway again.

15:08Ricky Charlesworth

Boos

Shaun Rooney appears to be clipped by Johnson. The Fleetwood defender has little sympathy from the home crowd after his antics on Boxing Day.

15:06Ricky Charlesworth

Quiet start

Not too much in these opening five minutes or so.

15:03Ricky Charlesworth

Ouch!

Windass and Paterson collide on halfway. Looked a nasty one.

15:02Ricky Charlesworth

Early set-up hint

Looks like the same formation as last week with Paterson and Wilks up top with Windass in the number 10 role.

15:01Ricky Charlesworth

We're underway

Fleetwood kick us off, towards the Kop.

14:48Ricky Charlesworth

No Kop open today

Just the South and North are open today, and Fleetwood fans are situated on the Leppings Lane lower so the attendance will be much smaller this afternoon than a normal league game.

14:31Ricky Charlesworth

Results today

Accrington Stanley 1-3 Leeds United

Walsall 0-1 Leicester

14:19Ricky Charlesworth

Prize money up for grabs

There's £120,000 up for grabs today for the winners today....

14:09Ricky Charlesworth

More on those changes

More on those changes, with DM making two alterations #swfc https://t.co/Um6mHTWL7y

— Ricky Charlesworth (@Ricky_C90) January 28, 2023

14:06Ricky Charlesworth

Here's how Fleetwood line up— Fleetwood Town FC (@ftfc) January 28, 2023

13:59KEY EVENT

Confirmed Owls team

Two changes made

Teamsheet #swfc pic.twitter.com/MEpo209QcE

— Ricky Charlesworth (@Ricky_C90) January 28, 2023

13:55Ricky Charlesworth

Other FA Cup ties today

Blackburn v Birmingham

Bristol City v WBA

Fulham v Sunderland

Ipswich v Burnley

Luton v Grimsby

Southampton v Blackpool

Preston v Spurs (6pm)

Man Utd v Reading (8pm)

13:40Ricky Charlesworth

Chance of a replay

Remember if today's game finishes level after 90 minutes, it will be a replay - and a fourth meeting between the pair in over a month.

The Covid-affected seasons in recent years meant replays were scrapped but they are very much back on the menu.

13:22Ricky Charlesworth

Moore's programme notes

I'm expecting a different game. Why do I say that? Because this will be the third time we have played each other inside just a few weeks so both teams had had a really good look at each other in terms of structure, style of play and personnel and if you look at the two previous games, at their place and here last week, you'd be splitting hairs and moments of brilliance have won us both games.

The focus is on building on that momentum.

13:06Ricky Charlesworth

Less than an hour until kick-off

Team news drops at 2pm - we'll be expecting a few changes, as is the norm for Darren Moore.

Aden Flint could be one to come in after re-signing yesterday.

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