Sheffield Wednesday v Sheffield United player ratings as Blades claim comfortable derby victory
Here are the player ratings following Sheffield Wednesday’s derby defeat to Sheffield United.
Sheffield Wednesday (5-2-2-1)
Ethan Horvath – denied Danny Ings when Dominic Iorfa sold him short 6
Sean Fusire – sacrificed as the Owls went to a back four 5
Dominic Iorfa – hampered by a back injury, he was the real weak point, although he did make one good tackle on Tyrese Campbell to make up for his own mistake 4
Liam Palmer – perhaps should have done better for the third goal 6
Max Lowe– not terrible but not authoritative either 6
Harry Amass – the best player for the hosts 7
Yan Valery – lost possession for the opening goal 5
Barry Bannan – the Blades' plan to nullify him worked 5
Svante Ingelsson – got into some good positions without end product 6
Jamal Lowe – worked hard on the left 6
Ike Ugbo – his substittution was cheered by the Wednesdayites 4
Substitutes:
Liam Cooper (for Iorfa, 41) – was always going to be rusty and gave the ball away for Tom Cannon's goal 6
Bailey Cadamarteri (for Fusire, 56) – an upgrade on Ugbo, at least 5
Charlie McNeill (for Ugbo, 73) – had one of his team's few shots 6
Not used: Stretch, Otegbayo, Emery, Alao, Johnson, Thornton.
Sheffield United (4-2-3-1)
Michael Cooper – a very quiet day at the office 6
Femi Seriki – back from the cold recently, he worked well in both directions 7
Japhet Tanganga – made a couple of important blocks and looks far happier with a right-back outside of him 7
Ben Mee – steady leadership 6
Sam McCallum – showed lots of energy, popping up on the right to take corners and launch long throw-ins 7
Sydie Peck – energetic, he made the second goal 7
Jairo Riedewald – brought his experience to bear and robbed Valery to set the ball rolling 8
Andre Brooks – another young player who has come in and done well, up against Harry Amass in his case 7
Danny Ings – missed a good chance at 1-0 6
Callum O'Hare – his pass to Campbell for the opener was the highlight of a good display 8
Tyrese Campbell – four chances, two more derby goal 8
Substitutes:
Patrick Bamford (for Ings, 70) – flicked a good chance at Horvath 5
Tom Cannon (for Campbell, 77) – a hugely important goal for him having looked bereft of confidence when he fluffed an earlier one-on-one 6
Harrison Burrows (for Riedewald, 90+2) – N/A
Gustavo Hamer (for O'Hare, 90+2) – N/A
Djibril Soumare (for Brooks, 90+2) – N/A
Not used: Bindon, A Davies, McGuinness, One.