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  • Kick-off: 19:45
  • Venue: Molineux Stadium
  • Attendance: 22746
  • Referee: Joslin, P

Live Commentary

90mins

The ref has blown his whistle for full time.

90mins

Goal!! Wolverhampton have scored with Sylvan Ebanks-Blake putting it in the back of the net.

89mins

The referee has booked Rob Edwards.

81mins

Andy Keogh is being taken off, Jay Bothroyd has come on in his place.

72mins

Stephen Elliott is being taken off, Daniel Jones has come on in his place.

65mins

Akpo Sodje is being taken off, Deon Burton has come on in his place.

46mins

Jermaine Johnson is being taken off, Burton O'Brien has come on in his place.

46mins

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

45mins

Half time whistle is blown by P Joslin

19mins

Goal!! Sheff Wed have scored with Marcus Tudgay putting it in the back of the net.

11mins

Goal!! Andy Keogh scores for Wolverhampton.

9mins

Neill Collins is being taken off, Rob Edwards has come on in his place.

0mins

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

Match Report

Sylvan Ebanks-Blake repaid a huge slice of his £1.5million transfer fee as his first goal at Molineux earned Wolves a third successive win and broke the hearts of battling Sheffield Wednesday.

Ebanks-Blake, snapped up from Plymouth earlier this month, pounced in the second minute of stoppage time to fire Wolves back into the thick of the promotion race.

The former Manchester United trainee stabbed the ball home from six yards after Jay Bothroyd had headed a centre from Michael Gray across the face of goal.

It was rough on relegation threatened Wednesday, who had battled back from falling behind after just 11 minutes when Andy Keogh pounced with his third goal in two games.

Marcus Tudgay's fifth goal of the season only eight minutes later fired Wednesday back on to level terms and they should really have gone on to take control of the game before Ebanks-Blake's late heroics.

Leading scorer Akpo Sodje, who was later stretchered off with an ankle injury, wasted a one-on-one with goalkeeper Wayne Hennessey in the 59th minute and Richard Hinds headed over the bar when well placed 60 seconds later.

Wade Small was then denied by an 89th minute save by Hennessey paving the way for Ebanks-Blake to strike.

Wolves had dominated the first period but, not for the first time, lacked a clinical cutting edge in front of goal and that looked set to be costly before Ebanks-Blake came up with his second goal since arriving at Molineux.

Keogh should really have broken the deadlock after just two minutes as he smashed a shot from only six yards against the bar after a neat Matt Jarvis cross.

Small was equally wasteful for Wednesday four minutes later when he failed to hit the target after being picked out by Jermaine Johnson.

It proved to be a pivotal moment as Keogh was not to be denied when he was presented with a second chance.

The Irishman pounced after good work by Ebanks-Blake, seeing his shot from ten yards deflected home off Tommy Spurr.

But Wolves could not build on Keogh's opener and they were quickly pegged back following a mix-up between central defenders Rob Edwards and Darren Ward.

Edwards, a ninth minute replacement for the injured Neill Collins, tried to clear a Glenn Whelan cross but bundled it into Ward.

The ball bounced off Ward and into the path of the grateful Tudgay who drove home a low drive past Hennessey.

Wolverhampton Wanderers Team

Sheffield Wednesday Team

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Sheffield Wednesday

Corners

101

Fouls

915

Goal attempts

166

Shots off target

33

Offsides

13

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