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  • Kick-off: 15:00
  • Venue: Hillsborough
  • Attendance: 20690
  • Referee: Hill, K

Live Commentary

90mins

The ref has blown his whistle for full time.

88mins

Lewis Neal is replaced by Brett Ormerod.

82mins

Francis Jeffers takes a penalty for Sheff Wed and scores!.

79mins

Preston are replacing Paul Gallagher with Andrew Carroll.

79mins

Karl Hawley is replaced by Neil Mellor.

72mins

Sheff Wed are replacing Yoann Folly with Marcus Tudgay.

61mins

Paul McKenna goes into the referees book for unsporting behaviour.

51mins

Goal!! Akpo Sodje scores for Sheff Wed.

49mins

The referee has booked Tommy Spurr.

46mins

The second half is under way with the score currently at 0 v 1.

46mins

Sheff Wed are replacing Deon Burton with Francis Jeffers.

46mins

Sheff Wed are replacing Jermaine Johnson with Etienne Esajas.

45mins

Half time whistle is blown by K Hill

42mins

Matt Hill goes into the referees book for unsporting behaviour.

35mins

Goal!! Karl Hawley scores for Preston.

0mins

It's 3pm on Tuesday, January 1st, the match has kicked off.

Match Report

Substitute Francis Jeffers slammed home a penalty eight minutes from time as Sheffield Wednesday bounced back to snatch three vital points against their relegation rivals.

The Lancashire side had snatched the lead after a blunder in the Wednesday defence, before Preston keeper Andy Lonergan gifted the Sheffield side a goal minutes after the restart, with Jeffers having the final word.

Wednesday, whose disastrous run of six games without a win has plunged them into deep trouble, were handed an early chance after centre-back Liam Chilvers nudged his opposite number Richard Hinds on the edge of the area.

Burton O'Brien produced a curling free kick, the ball taking a slight deflection as it spun over the target, before Deon Burton set up Hinds whose low strike from 20 yards curled wide of the far post.

Simon Whaley almost found a way through minutes later hitting a spectacular right-foot strike from 25 yards tipped over the bar by the alert Lonergan.

The Sheffield side escaped, veteran defender Lee Bullen clearing a teasing Whaley cross at the far post, but the Preston midfielder did better minutes later picking out Lewis Neal, whose tame header was snapped up by the Wednesday keeper.

Bullen was the villain in the 35th minute as Preston snatched the lead, his miscued backpass letting in Karl Hawley, who coolly rounded Lee Grant to slot the ball into the empty net.

Under pressure, Wednesday escaped minutes before the break Grant first to the ball ahead of Chilvers and Darren Carter, after his defenders had failed to cut out a Neal cross from the left.

Wednesday were back on level terms in the 51st minute after Lonergan's blunder, O'Brien's hopeful ball upfield bounced in front of the Preston keeper as he came out to clear on the edge of his area and as it looped over him Akpo Sodje nipped in to stab the ball over the line.

Jeffers hit the winner in the 82nd minute, full-back Matthew Hill handling after Marcus Tudgay spun quickly in the area, to allow the ex-Blackburn striker to drill his spot-kick past Lonergan.

Sheffield Wednesday Team

Preston North End Team

Sheffield Wednesday

Preston North End

Corners

55

Fouls

58

Goal attempts

129

Shots off target

84

Offsides

11

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