A spirited performance from the ten man Owls saw them fall to a second successive defeat.
Goals from Matej Vydra and Bradley Johnson gave Derby the three points.
Here’s how I rated the Owls players:
Keiren Westwood- 8
Made some crucial saves that kept Wednesday in the game until late on. Got a hand to Bradley Johnson’s strike but it was too powerful.
Jack Hunt- 6
Struggled to take on a man today (not helped by the red card) and dig deep defensively.
Tom Lees- 7
Kept David Nugent quiet and battled hard all game. Helped out Morgan Fox who was his makeshift partner at centre back.
Glenn Loovens- 1
Supposed to be captain and experienced head, not today. Sent off after four minutes.
Morgan Fox- 6
Did ok filling in at centre back. Needs to start more consistently to make an impact on the team.
Ross Wallace- 6
Had a quiet game, but was defending for most of the game. Had a shot but went well over.
Kieran Lee- 6
Energetic as always. Lack of forward options stifled his creativity.
Barry Bannan- 7
Tried to make things happen. Had a couple of shots that worries Scott Carson. Battled hard against more physical Joe Ledley and Tom Huddlestone.
Adam Reach- 6
Not a left-back and when finally get pushed on as a winger, the sending off means he has to go back into defence. struggled to take on a man, but if he lost the ball he had no cover for the counter attack.
Gary Hooper- 6
Ended up having to come deep to try and make things happen. Had a couple of half chances.
Steven Fletcher- 6
Battled hard but nothing came off for him. Probably should’ve had a penalty.
Substitutes:
Lucas Joao- 6
Put himself about and won a couple of attacking fouls.
Marco Matias- N/A
Not on the pitch for long. Hardly touched the ball.
