As it happened: Sheffield Wednesday reach Wembley play-off final

Sheffield Wednesday reached the 2016 Championship play-off final after beating Brighton and Hove Albion 3-1 on aggregate.
By The Newsroom
Published 16th May 2016, 22:22 BST
Updated 16th May 2016, 23:26 BST

The Owls finished 15 points behind Brighton in the Championship table, but showed the necessary passion to proceed to the Wembley final over two legs.

They can now look forward to the final on May 28 at Wembley.

Read our match report here

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Sheffield Wednesday's Kieran Lee (centre) celebrates scoring his side's second goal of the game with teammates during the Sky Bet Championship playoff, Semi final, first leg match at Hillsborough, Sheffield. (Picture: PA)Sheffield Wednesday's Kieran Lee (centre) celebrates scoring his side's second goal of the game with teammates during the Sky Bet Championship playoff, Semi final, first leg match at Hillsborough, Sheffield. (Picture: PA)
Sheffield Wednesday's Kieran Lee (centre) celebrates scoring his side's second goal of the game with teammates during the Sky Bet Championship playoff, Semi final, first leg match at Hillsborough, Sheffield. (Picture: PA)

But who will they be playing for a place in the Premier League? Hull City hold a commanding lead over Derby County, and host the Rams at the KCOM Stadium on Tuesday night.

Win, and they will set up an historic all-Yorkshire final.

FULL TIME Brighton 1-1 Sheffield Wednesday

Attendance this evening at the Amex Stadium is 27,272

Sheffield Wednesday's Kieran Lee (centre) celebrates scoring his side's second goal of the game with teammates during the Sky Bet Championship playoff, Semi final, first leg match at Hillsborough, Sheffield. (Picture: PA)Sheffield Wednesday's Kieran Lee (centre) celebrates scoring his side's second goal of the game with teammates during the Sky Bet Championship playoff, Semi final, first leg match at Hillsborough, Sheffield. (Picture: PA)
Sheffield Wednesday's Kieran Lee (centre) celebrates scoring his side's second goal of the game with teammates during the Sky Bet Championship playoff, Semi final, first leg match at Hillsborough, Sheffield. (Picture: PA)

2,041 have made the 460-mile round trip from Sheffield.

A reminder that tomorrow night we are at Hull City’s KCOM Stadium for the second leg of the Tigers’ Championship play-off semi final against Derby County.

Hull are 3-0 up after a dominant win at Derby on Satuday. Will they make the Wembley final?

HT Brighton 1-1 Sheffield Wednesday

The teams head into the tunnel square at half time, depsite an utterly dominant 45 minutes from the home side.

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Brighton went ahead in 19 minutes through Lewis Dunk, but the Owls - leading 2-0 after Friday night’s dream first leg at Hillsborough - equalised through Ross Wallace’s cross nine minutes later.

An incredible finish to the first half saw Jiri Skalak’s corner cleared off the line before the Owls tore up the other end of the pitch, Gary Hooper’s shot neatly saved by Brighton ‘keeper David Stockdale.

GOAL Brighton 1-1 Sheffield Wednesday Wallace ‘28

GOAL Brighton 1-0 Sheffield Wednesday Dunk ‘19

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Sheffield Wednesday team to play Brighton

Westwood, Hunt, Lees, Loovens, Pudil, Wallace, Lee, Lopez, Bannan, Forestieri, Hooper

Brighton team to play Sheffield Wednesday

Stockdale; Bruno, Greer, Dunk, Bong; Knockaert, Sidwell, Kayal, Skalak; Baldock, Wilson

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Both Sheffield Wednesday and Hull City are in decent nick thanks to significant wins in the first legs, but it’s not over yet...

Ahead of the Owls’ trip to Brighton tonight, take a look back at five memorable play-off second legs for Yorkshire’s clubs.

Can the Owls build on Friday’s memorable night at Hillsborough and book a place at Wembley and move to within one game of the Premier League?

Richard Sutcliffe is our man at the Amex Stadium.

Follow the build-up and action with our live blog

Related topics:Sheffield WednesdayWembleyBrighton and Hove AlbionHull CityPremier LeagueAmex Stadium