Di’Shon Bernard starred in a resolute defence as Sheffield Wednesday defied heavy Bristol Metropolis strain to earn a battling 0-0 draw within the Championship.
The centre-back was excellent in a sport of few clear probabilities, which led to frustration for Liam Manning’s Robins and reduction for the massed ranks of travelling Wednesday followers.
Metropolis had the higher of the exchanges for a lot of the match, however failed to show their possession into sufficient clear alternatives towards Danny Rohl’s well-organised crew.
Each managers made two adjustments, Metropolis bringing in Cameron Pring and Joe Williams, whereas Wednesday’s beginning line-up included Bernard, again from suspension, and Anthony Musaba.
Neither facet might create a lot in a gap 20 minutes that ended with Jason Knight capturing extensive from Metropolis’s first worthwhile alternative.
Each groups tried to construct by means of midfield, however couldn’t summon up the precise remaining go.
Defender Zak Vyner introduced the primary save from Owls goalkeeper James Beadle with a low Twenty seventh-minute shot and moments later fired extensive from a greater likelihood created by Anis Mehmeti’s cross from the left.
Metropolis have been utilizing the total width of the pitch with Mehmeti attacking down the left and Yu Hirakawa posing issues for Wednesday’s defence down the precise.
Mehmeti nearly broke the impasse within the thirty fourth minute discovering himself unmarked 10 yards out and bringing a flying save from Beadle with a agency, well-placed header.
The house facet have been more and more dominant, however couldn’t make their strain inform as Scott Twine fired wildly extensive with an bold Fortieth-minute volley from distance.
The sample stayed the identical firstly of the second half, with Metropolis’s Joe Williams having a shot blocked for a nook.
Wednesday have been struggling to characteristic as an attacking pressure, however with Bernard strongly marshalling a strong defence, they have been onerous to penetrate.
Each side had penalty appeals turned down and every supervisor made adjustments across the hour mark.
Nonetheless the objectives refused to return as Knight headed over for Metropolis and Barry Bannan shot extensive from Wednesday’s finest likelihood within the seventieth minute.
That effort introduced the travelling followers behind the objective to life and their crew responded by forcing two corners in fast succession.
For the primary time, the guests loved a spell of pressurising the house defence and Michael Smith headed straight at Metropolis goalkeeper Max O’Leary from one other Bannan nook.
Nevertheless it was Metropolis who created the final, and top-of-the-line, probabilities of the sport in stoppage time when substitutes Nahki Wells and Mark Sykes mixed just for the latter to see his shot from a slender angle saved by Beadle’s outstretched leg.
The managers
Bristol Metropolis’s Liam Manning:
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