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Lucas Joao at the double as Sheffield Wednesday see off Ipswich



Posted Sunday, August 26, 2018 by PA

Lucas Joao at the double as Sheffield Wednesday see off Ipswich

A Lucas Joao brace gave Sheffield Wednesday a 2-1 win over 10-man Ipswich, whose goalscorer Aristote Nsiala was shown a straight red card in the second half.

The visitors kicked off against a Wednesday team who made two attacking changes to the team that beat Millwall at Hillsborough on Wednesday night, with Atdhe Nuhiu and Joao starting for the Owls.

Ipswich travelled to Hillsborough on the back of three away defeats in all competitions, the last one being a 2-0 defeat at Derby on Tuesday night. Paul Hurst also made two changes to his side, bringing in Kayden Jackson and Adetayo Edun.

It was Town who started the game brighter with early chances falling to Janoi Donacien and Jon Nolan, but neither would trouble Cameron Dawson in the Wednesday goal.

Wednesday muscled their way back into the contest though and were rewarded with the game’s opening goal soon after. Joao (20) found himself on the end of a Barry Bannan corner at the back post, where he nodded home for his first goal of the season.

The goal re-sparked Ipswich’s early dominance and they had Wednesday pinned back for much of the first half. Nolan, along with Ellis Harrison in midfield, looked to be the creative pair for Town but neither could find any sort of path through what was a solid Sheffield defence.

Ipswich were rewarded for their hard work shortly before the conclusion of the first half, when forward Nsiala (40) headed home the equaliser.

A cross from Gwion Edwards deflected up in the air and it was nodded on and into the box, where Nsiala was waiting to head home. The vast home crowd was infuriated after seeing the replay, where many claimed Nsiala was in an off-side position when he scored.

Five minutes after the restart and the second half saw its first opportunity, with a speculative overhead kick from Town’s Harrison from 12 yards out. The effort was saved by Dawson and immediately lumped the ball upfield to find Marco Matias. But with just the keeper to run at, Matias could not find the target.

Moments later Wednesday were through on goal again, when full-back Matt Penney was allowed to travel with the ball and pull it back for Bannan on the edge of the box, but the Scot’s effort was blocked by Nsiala.

With 20 minutes of the match to play, Wednesday boss Jos Luhukay decided to bring on fans’ favourite Fernando Forestieri, who had an immediate impact when he drew the foul, and the straight red card for Ipswich goalscorer Nsiala.

Referee Jeremy Simpson produced the red card straight away for what seemed to be a high showing of the studs from Nsiala, but again the decision was met with debate from the dugout.

Within minutes of the red card, Wednesday were back in front courtesy of the second goal of the game from Joao. It was another Bannan corner that gave Wednesday the lead for the second time when Joao (75) headed against the post before firing the rebound over the line.

Luhukay’s Wednesday team stayed sharp in the final 15 minutes of play, and with the man advantage too. After four minutes of injury time, the referee blew his whistle on a deserved win for the home side.

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