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  • Kick-off: 15:00
  • Venue: The Valley
  • Attendance: 20278
  • Referee: Whitestone, D

Live Commentary

90mins

The ref has blown his whistle for full time.

78mins

Martin Cranie is being taken off, Grant Basey has come on in his place.

69mins

Steve Watson is replaced by Jimmy Smith.

68mins

Andy Gray is being taken off, Svetoslav Todorov has come on in his place.

68mins

Linvoy Primus is replaced by Darren Ambrose.

63mins

Wade Small is being taken off, Etienne Esajas has come on in his place.

56mins

The referee has booked Marcus Tudgay.

55mins

Jermaine Johnson is being taken off, Deon Burton has come on in his place.

46mins

The second half is under way with the score currently at 1 v 2.

45mins

The ref has blown his whistle for half time.

45mins

James O'Connor goes into the referee's book for unsporting behaviour.

42mins

Goal!! Marcus Tudgay scores for Sheff Wed.

39mins

Goal!! Wade Small scores for Sheff Wed.

36mins

Luke Varney goes into the referee's book for unsporting behaviour.

23mins

Anthony McMahon is booked for unsporting behaviour.

20mins

Goal!! Charlton have scored with Luke Varney putting it in the back of the net.

0mins

The ref has blown his whistle and the match has started.

Match Report

Sheffield Wednesday gained their first away win of the season with a surprise 2-1 victory against Charlton Athletic at The Valley.

The home side should have been out of sight in the first 25 minutes as they scored, twice hit the woodwork, and spurned other chances before two fine individual goals and some poor defending allowed the Yorkshire side to take a 2-1 interval lead.

Despite constant pressure in the second half Charlton failed to break down the Owls 4-5-1 formation and were booed off the field at the end by the frustrated supporters.

Charlton could have taken the lead after seven minutes when on-loan defender Linvoy Primus, making his second debut for the Londoners, 15 years after he first played for them headed the ball against the post.

Charlton took the lead on 18 minutes when Nicky Bailey's free-kick was headed into the path of Luke Varney by Andy Gray and Varney poked the ball into the net.

The Charlton striker then hit the post and Gray blasted the rebound over from close range.

Wednesday took a shock lead on 38 minutes when Wade Small went on a mazy run through the Charlton defence before firing home an angled shot which went in off the post.

Three minutes later the Charlton defence back-pedalled as Marcus Tudgay broke into the penalty area and he was unchallenged as he fired low into the net.

Despite bringing on three substitutes during the second half, Charlton were unable to get an equaliser despite battering the visitor's defence with Wednesday goalkeeper Lee Grant making a couple of fine saves to keep his side ahead in the game.

Charlton Athletic

Sheffield Wednesday

Corners

52

Fouls

1214

Goal attempts

163

Shots off target

100

Offsides

31

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