Sheffield Wednesday vs Swansea City. Sky Bet Championship.
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Report and free match highlights from the Sky Bet Championship match between Sheffield Wednesday and Swansea City at Hillsborough on Tuesday night; Battling goalless draw between Danny Rohl's Owls and Luke Williams' Swans.
Tuesday 22 October 2024 23:13, UK
Swansea's winless run extended to five matches after a 0-0 draw with Sheffield Wednesday at Hillsborough.
Both sides had chances to take all three points, but neither could find the net.
Sheffield Wednesday boss Danny Rohl made a couple of changes from the 2-0 defeat at home to Burnley, with Svante Ingelsson and forward Jamal Lowe coming into the side.
Swansea manager Luke Williams made five switches from the 1-0 loss at Blackburn, with defender Jay Fulton, striker Zan Vipotnik, Myles Peart-Harris, Kyle Naughton and Azeem Abdulai all coming in.
The visitors had the first decent chance as Wednesday keeper James Beadle was at full stretch to tip Fulton's close-range effort on to the woodwork.
At the other end, Ingelsson met Djeidi Gassama's cross on the edge of the box, but sent his side-footed effort wide.
It was a very quiet first half with little goalmouth action and the Swans frustrating the Owls until the break.
Wednesday looked brighter after the restart.
Lowe got a shot away after going down in the box, but referee Matthew Donohue waved away penalty claims.
Moments later, Gassama was poised to tap home Ingelsson's low cross at the back post, but Swans defender Josh Tymon was on hand to make a vital clearance.
The left-back then looked to contribute at the other end, but Tymon's long-range volley went over.
Swansea almost broke the deadlock when midfielder Martins Ronald was played in on the right side of the Wednesday penalty area, but Beadle stood tall to make a fine save.
Wednesday's biggest chance to go in front came when Marvin Johnson's teasing low ball was met by Pol Valentin, but he could only find the outside of the post.
Both sides made changes in an attempt to find a winner.
Striker Ike Ugbo and Josh Windass came on for Wednesday, while Liam Cullen was brought into the Swansea attack.
Wednesday substitute Callum Paterson saw his audacious effort from range bounce just wide of Swansea keeper Lawrence Vigouroux's goal.
Neither side could find a breakthrough in the closing stages, with the points shared.
Wednesday move up one place to 17th, while Swansea remain in 13th.
Sheffield Wednesday's Danny Rohl:
"We invested a lot, got ourselves on the edge of the box, but missed a lot of opportunities.
"Our biggest issue is we had no shots on target. This is the difference between being in our position and the top half of the table.
"As a group we want to do better and we want to win games and with this everyone needs to take responsibility.
"We played against a team who look to keep possession, but I am a little bit disappointed because we had chances and we have missed an opportunity to take points and move up the table.
"We are not ready in attacking situations and we have to be sharper. We have to make more runs into the box, be the one to score the goal, be the hero.
"I believe in this group and I know we can do it. I have seen how we've improved since the loss at Millwall but we want to win games.
"At the moment, it is difficult to create chances against us. We were good defensively and got a clean sheet which is a good step.
"We keep working. It is a long season and I am convinced with these performances we can change our direction in the table."
Swansea's Luke Williams:
"I don't really have much to talk about. It certainly wasn't a classic. Fair to say it was a tough, scrappy game with not too many chances either way.
"We hit the woodwork early on and that was a big chance to go ahead and to change the flow of the game.
"Wednesday started the second half very brightly, but we managed that period well.
"If you allow the players to engage with the fans here it can be a daunting place. We used the ball to quieten the crowd and dull the atmosphere.
"We came here to win, but we knew we had to be staunch in our defending.
"I think both sides deserved the point. Chances were at a premium for both teams and for us personally we have to work on that."
