Sheffield Wednesday 1-2 Coventry City: Ellis Simms nets two in Sky Blues win

The Owls were boosted by captain Barry Bannan’s return from injury and he helped set up the game’s first chance in the sixth minute.

Bannan’s ball over the top sent Svante Ingelsson away though he was unable to get his shot away under pressure.

Coventry were initially unable to clear the ball though and only last-ditch blocks from Milan van Ewijk and Liam Kitching prevented Ike Ugbo and Djeidi Gassama converting their follow-up attempts before Bannan fired over.

Wednesday continued to look the more dangerous side with Ingelsson next to go close after being played in by Bannan, who showed no ill-effects from his recent injury issue throughout.

Totally against the run of play, Coventry took the lead through Simms.

Jack Rudoni collected possession on the right with time and in space and whipped in a cross which Simms glanced into the bottom corner, the Sky Blues striker scoring for the third successive Championship away game for the first time in his career.

Wednesday were soon back on the front foot.

After more good work from the impressive Gassama, Marvin Johnson flashed a delivery across goal which none of his Wednesday team-mates could apply a finishing touch to.

Gassama worried Coventry twice more with crosses from the right before Ugbo tested Sky Blues keeper Oliver Dovin.

Simms thought he had punished Wednesday once more against the run of play but saw an effort ruled out for a foul on Beadle.

Ugbo then lost his footing at the crucial moment after initially controlling a right-wing cross and Wednesday could consider themselves unlucky to go in trailing at half-time.

Owls boss Danny Rohl introduced Josh Windass for Ingelsson and the first-half pattern of Wednesday dominance continued.

Initially Dovin was equal to everything Wednesday threw at him but he was finally beaten just after the hour when he pushed out Johnson’s cross but only against the helpless Latibeaudiere as the ball ricocheted into his own net.

Wednesday looked more likely to score after that but Coventry’s threat remained too.

Tatsuhiro Sakamoto’s header from Ephron Mason-Clark’s deep cross forced Beadle into an acrobatic save in a reminder of the problems Coventry could still pose.

Wednesday appeared to be finishing the game stronger with Johnson blasting a sweetly-struck effort wide and the hosts having two late penalty shouts waved away in a frantic finish.

But they were left appealing in vain once again in stoppage time when Beadle failed to deal with a big up-and-under clearance, spilling the ball, and Simms was on hand to turn in the winning goal.