Sheffield Wednesday vs Swansea City. Sky Bet Championship.
Hillsborough.
Report and highlights from the Sky Bet Championship clash between Sheffield Wednesday and Swansea at Hillsborough as goals from Jamal Lowe and Jay Fulton sealed victory for the Swans on Tuesday night to push the Owls closer to the drop
Tuesday 13 April 2021 21:34, UK
Swansea climbed to third in the Sky Bet Championship after they beat Sheffield Wednesday 2-0 at Hillsborough.
Goals from Jamal Lowe and Jay Fulton saw Steve Cooper's side take a step closer to securing a play-off place, while the Owls remain 23rd and nine points adrift of safety.
Wednesday manager Darren Moore, returning to the touchline, made three changes to the side that lost to QPR at the weekend. Keiren Westwood was preferred to Joe Wildsmith in goal, Liam Shaw replaced Osaze Urhoghide and Joey Pelupessy came in for Callum Paterson.
Cooper's Swansea line-up was unchanged from the team that beat Millwall on Saturday.
Andre Ayew had the first effort on goal, firing low and wide early on after Wayne Routledge had played him in on the break.
Jordan Rhodes responded as he headed over from Barry Bannan's corner with just under 20 minutes played.
Shaw forced Freddie Woodman into action shortly before the half-hour mark. Racing on to Adam Reach's pass, the defensive midfielder looked to pick out the top corner but was denied by an acrobatic stop.
Lowe broke the deadlock in the 31st minute with his third goal in two games. Ayew muscled Julian Borner off the ball and squared a pass across the face of goal for Lowe to tap in his 13th goal of the season.
The Swans ended the first half on the front foot as Conor Hourihane picked out Ryan Manning with a low cross and he curled the ball over the crossbar.
Wednesday's Josh Windass was denied by a last-gasp tackle from Ryan Bennett shortly after the restart, while at the other end, Ayew was foiled by Westwood after dinking the ball neatly over his marker.
Cooper made his first substitution in the 73rd minute as Connor Roberts replaced Routledge and it proved to be an inspired move as Roberts created the second goal for Fulton, who steered a bullet header past Westwood 60 seconds later.
The Welshman raced onto a through ball and picked out Fulton, who sealed a second consecutive away victory for Swansea.
Sheffield Wednesday's Darren Moore: "It was a game of really small margins in terms of the great chance we had to get our noses in front. Once they got the goal, they seemed to then get a foothold in the game and dominated possession of the ball. It was always going to be a tough task then.
"The maths and numbers are still there. Without a doubt, we are looking towards the next three points on Saturday."
Swansea's Steve Cooper: "The blip isn't over yet. It was a good positive response on Saturday and again tonight. The challenge for the boys tonight was to win again after Millwall and it was a real sign of the mentality that I want. Wednesday caused us a couple of issues in the first half and I thought we could have been more aggressive with our pressing.
"These are important games and points matter more than ever at this stage of the season. To play like that over two games is really good. We are certainly chasing Watford now and when there's a chance, it gives you hope. When you have hope you keep going. Until something is not possible, we will be fighting like we do. We have to keep picking up points and we won't take anything for granted."
