Championship: A good away day for Burnley

Sheffield Wednesday 0 - 2 Burnley

Burnley fans had a great away day as their side comfortably beat Sheffield Wednesday at Hillsborough.

Author - Craig H from GMCR Football 

Goals from Jaidon Anthony and the captain Josh Brownhill sealed three points for Scott Parker's side. The Clarets are are now unbeaten in their last seven league matches.

Sheffield Wednesday drop to 18th, three points above the drop zone. Their fans will be starting to get concerned about another tough relegation battle.

A closer look at what happened at Hillsborough

Just three minutes in, Zian Flemming went close for the visitors but his shot was well kept out by Wednesday goalkeeper James Beadle.

The hosts did grow into the game and almost got in behind the Burnley backline. It took some superb last-ditch defending from Chelsea loanee Bashir Humphreys to deny Wednesday’s Djeidi Gassama a presentable goalscoring opportunity.

On the 30-minute mark, Wednesday's Barry Bannan delivered an almost perfect free-kick into the Burnley box but Ike Ugbo put his header into the stands when he should have done better.

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There was then another opportunity for the home side. Some excellent footwork from Olof Kobacki created room for a shot but his low effort was saved by Burnley goalkeeper James Trafford. Just three minutes later, the hosts were made to pay for their missed opportunities.

A long ball from Burnley's CJ Egan-Riley was not cleared by the Wednesday full-back Yan Valery. This allowed Anthony to pounce and slip the ball past Beadle for his first goal for the club.

Five minutes into the second half, Burnley doubled their lead  Brownhill followed up to fire home a left-foot volley in front of the travelling supporters after Flemming’s initial attempt was saved.

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Anthony then came close to adding a third. However, his free-kick was well saved by Beadle and substitute Jeremy Sarmiento could only hit the post with his header on the rebound.

Svante Ingelsson nearly halved the deficit for the hosts late on but directed his header straight at Trafford as Burnley held on for a comfortable three points.

You can watch the best moments of the match in the video below. The footage was uploaded onto Burnley's official YouTube account.

My reaction

Sheffield Wednesday certainly had the chances to take something from this match. However, Burnley proved their class as they took home the three points. It's shaping up to be an amazing race for promotion this season so Scott Parker will be delighted with this win, even if his side weren't at their best. 

From the perspective of the home side, the manager will be annoyed that they wasted a few clear chances when the match was 0-0. That is what ultimately cost them.