Match ends, Sheffield Wednesday 1, Huddersfield Town 1.
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Ishmael Miller scored a late equaliser as Huddersfield moved nine points clear of the Championship relegation zone with a draw at Sheffield Wednesday.
An otherwise uneventful Yorkshire derby sprang to life with two goals in the last four minutes.
Substitute Sergiu Bus put the Owls ahead when he scrambled home Marnick Vermijl's cross from close range.
But Miller pounced on a knock-down from James Vaughan to fire home in the final minute and salvage his side a point.
It was a frenetic end to an otherwise uninspiring game between two sides who also played out a goalless draw at the John Smith's Stadium in November.
And the result extended two disappointing records for the sides, with Wednesday having won only one of their last eight games at Hillsborough, while Huddersfield are now without a win in seven.
The first real opening of the game fell to Owls striker Caolan Lavery in the 18th minute when he ran on to Atdhe Nuhiu's ball over the top but his volley flew over the bar.
Lewis McGugan also fired wide on the stretch, but it was Huddersfield who went closest to breaking the deadlock before the break when Vermijl cleared David Edgar's close-range shot off the line.
Wednesday stepped up a gear after the break and thought they had gone in front when Nuhiu rounded keeper Alex Smithies and stabbed the ball goalwards, only for Joel Lynch to somehow get back to slide in and clear off the line.
Lavery fired wide soon afterwards, while Romanian striker Bus saw a shot saved by Smithies.
Just as the game seemed to be petering out into a draw, Wednesday took the lead when Bus turned the ball home at the second attempt for his first goal for the club.
But Miller responded immediately, firing home after receiving the ball in space in the area.
Sheffield Wednesday boss Stuart Gray:
"We're disappointed that we threw two points away. I should be talking about a 1-0 win. We switched off and didn't see the game out.
"They scored from a punt down the pitch. We didn't deal with the long ball. We've defended better than that.
"They obviously came with a game plan, keeping five players behind the ball and trying to hit us on the break.
"It was good for Bus to get the goal. Like any forward, he wanted to get on the scoresheet."
Huddersfield manager Chris Powell:
"I think it was looking like a bit of a stalemate. There were a few chances end to end and it looked like it would end 0-0.
"We needed a quick response after they scored and that's what we got. I felt the result was a fair reflection on the balance of play.
"I thought Ishmael Miller worried them when he came on and you want that from your subs."
Line-ups
Sheff Wed
Formation 4-4-2
- 1Westwood
- 36Vermijl
- 15Lees
- 18Zayatte
- 3Mattock
- 27Isgrove
- 37McGugan
- 20LeeSubstituted forMayat 63'minutes
- 4Hutchinson
- 13LaverySubstituted forMaguireat 74'minutes
- 9NuhiuSubstituted forBusat 63'minutes
Substitutes
- 2Buxton
- 7May
- 10Maguire
- 19Maghoma
- 28Bus
- 35Dielna
- 43Kirkland
Huddersfield
Formation 3-5-2
- 1Smithies
- 27Smith
- 4HudsonBooked at 81mins
- 33LynchBooked at 67mins
- 7Scannell
- 10CoadyBooked at 45mins
- 2Edgar
- 8Butterfield
- 3James
- 9Vaughan
- 21WellsSubstituted forMillerat 64'minutes
Substitutes
- 11Miller
- 15M Wallace
- 18Lolley
- 25Carroll
- 28Gobern
- 31Allinson
- 45Majewski
- Referee:
- Mark Haywood
- Attendance:
- 20,851
Match Stats
Home TeamSheff WedAway TeamHuddersfield
- Possession
- Home59%
- Away41%
- Shots
- Home14
- Away4
- Shots on Target
- Home5
- Away3
- Corners
- Home4
- Away2
- Fouls
- Home10
- Away14
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Full Time
Second Half ends, Sheffield Wednesday 1, Huddersfield Town 1.
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Corner, Sheffield Wednesday. Conceded by Sean Scannell.
Goal!
Goal! Sheffield Wednesday 1, Huddersfield Town 1. Ishmael Miller (Huddersfield Town) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Sean Scannell.
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Foul by Stevie May (Sheffield Wednesday).
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Mark Hudson (Huddersfield Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Marnick Vermijl (Sheffield Wednesday).
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James Vaughan (Huddersfield Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Goal!
Goal! Sheffield Wednesday 1, Huddersfield Town 0. Sergiu Bus (Sheffield Wednesday) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner.
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Attempt saved. Sergiu Bus (Sheffield Wednesday) right footed shot from very close range is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Marnick Vermijl.
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Sam Hutchinson (Sheffield Wednesday) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Jacob Butterfield (Huddersfield Town).
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Attempt saved. Chris Maguire (Sheffield Wednesday) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
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Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Booking
Mark Hudson (Huddersfield Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Delay in match Lewis McGugan (Sheffield Wednesday) because of an injury.
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Marnick Vermijl (Sheffield Wednesday) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by Mark Hudson (Huddersfield Town).
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Attempt missed. Chris Maguire (Sheffield Wednesday) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Stevie May.
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Kamil Zayatte (Sheffield Wednesday) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
