Hull City v Sheffield Wednesday player ratings from game featuring a surprise star performer
Sheffield Wednesday bossed their 2-0 victory over Hull City.
And yet the bedraggled Tigers created two excellent chances which forced their goalkeeper to earn his corn on a night where his side made all the running.
Hull City (4-2-3-1)
Ivor Pandur – little he could do to limit the damage 6
Lewie Coyle – no lack of effort 6
Alfie Jones – unable to stem the tide 6
Charlie Hughes – picked up a booking before being substituted in the search for an equaliser 6
Cody Drameh – a couple of vital interventions in the second half 7
Xavier Simons – a shot against a post but not enough impact otherwise 5
Regan Slater – missed a good chance to open the scoring and was substituted at half-time 5
Ryan Longman – his first start of the season and he looked rusty 5
Kasey Palmer – unable to ram the boos of the Sheffield Wednesday fans down their throats 6
Abu Kamara – had his moments, but not enough of them 6
Joao Pedro – conceded the penalty 5
Substitutes:
Marvin Mehlem (for Slater, HT) – a quiet evening 5
Abdulkadir Omur (for Longman, HT) – improved things 6
Gustavo Puerta (for Simons, 59) – could not stem the flow 5
Chris Bedia (for Hughes, 77) – a substitution that was roundly booed 5
Mason Burstow (for Kamara, 85) – N/A
Sheffield Wednesday (4-4-2)
James Beadle – even with his team so much in control, he still made a couple of really good and important saves 8
Yan Valery – did a steady job at right-back 6
Di'Shon Bernard – his fifth yellow card of the season was the only real blot for the Owls. He will be suspended at Derby County 6
Max Lowe – looked assured in his new position of central defender 7
Marvin Johnson – the flow of the game played to his strengths, although he was more reserved than he might have been 6
Pol Valentin – the crowd favourite justified his billing 7
Shea Charles– won the penalty in an excellent performance 8
Barry Bannan – looked the part as he usually does and got a rest late on 7
Djeidi Gassama – got into lots of dangerous positions without making them count 7
Ike Ugbo – another wasted opportunity from the out-of-form striker 5
Josh Windass – did not waste Wednesday's first penalty in 559 days 7
Substitutes:
Michael Smith (for Ugbo, HT) – another goal for the striker 7
Anthony Musaba (for Windass, HT) – his pace on the counter-attack was ideal 7
Liam Palmer (for Valentin, 67) – made a crucial interception 6
Svante Ingelsson (for Gassama, 67) – did a good job 5
Dominic Iorfa (for Iorfa 77) – a handy insurance policy 5
Not used: Chalobah, J Lowe, Paterson, Hamer.