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Football
Sheffield Wednesday
vs Coventry City. Sky Bet Championship.
12: 30pm, Saturday 4th October 2025.
Hillsborough Attendance: Attendance22, 224.
Report and free match highlights from the Sky Bet Championship match between Sheffield Wednesday and Coventry City at Hillsborough on Saturday; Brandon Thomas-Asante scores twice to steer Sky Blues towards thumping win. Saturday 4 October 2025 17: 03, UK Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Brandon Thomas-Asante scored a first-half brace as Coventry eased to a 5-0 Championship victory away to struggling Sheffield Wednesday that sent them top of the table. Thomas-Asante opened the scoring early on and completed his double just after the half-hour mark, while Haji Wright, Ellis Simms and Tatsuhiro Sakamoto were also on target. The visitors got off to a great start when Thomas-Asante produced a close-range finish in the third minute after the Owls defence failed to deal with a corner effectively. Wednesday's Yan Valery had a chance soon after the goal but fired the ball off target from the right-hand side of the area. There was a break in play after 10 minutes when a group of home supporters entered the pitch in protest at club owner Dejphon Chansiri, following the news that wage payments to players had been delayed for the fifth time in seven months. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Play resumed after around five minutes and Wright wasted a great chance for Coventry after putting through on goal, prodding the ball wide from a good position. Wright then had a shot blocked as the visitors continued to press for a second goal.
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Their pressure paid off when some hesitant defending from Dominic Iorfa saw him caught in possession and Thomas-Asante took advantage, producing a fine low finish into the far corner of the net from inside the box. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Goalkeeper Ethan Horvath made an important save towards the end of the half to deny Coventry a third goal, getting down smartly to save a close-range effort from Ephron Mason-Clark, who had got on the end of a low cross from Thomas-Asante. It proved to be a temporary respite, however, as the visitors did score a third goal in first-half stoppage-time. Matt Grimes swung the ball into the area, it was headed on by Thomas-Asante and Bobby Thomas' far-post header was moving towards the net but Wright got the final touch from close range. It looked to be offside and there were strong protests from the Wednesday players but referee Adam Herczeg dismissed the appeals. He and his fellow match officials faced a barrage of boos as they left the pitch at the end of the half. Thomas-Asante went close to completing his hat-trick just after the hour-mark when his header was saved by Horvath. Substitute Simms added a fourth goal after 68 minutes as he fired Kaine Kesler-Hayden's low cross into the net after arriving unmarked at the far post. With 15 minutes remaining, Sakamoto made it 5-0, hammering the ball into the net after the defence failed to deal with a free-kick played into the area as Coventry extended their unbeaten start to the season to nine matches. Sheffield Wednesday's Henrik Pedersen: "Yes, a tough afternoon against a very, very good team from Coventry. "We gave ourselves a difficult beginning. Three times we have clearings where we could clear forward and to give ourselves this beginning after three minutes is tough. "The morale in the team and the belief in the team was intact. I think we had a really good period and we were strong on the ball and we also had more opportunities, but we don't have the same clinical effect as when Coventry get the chances. "They don't create much against us in these phases of the game and the second goal, we're winning the ball. "It was a good protective goal. We win the ball, we try to play out, then we lose the ball - and then we are coming back again. "Then the third goal, it was set-pieces. What I can see, a clear offside goal and this third goal takes the belief out of the boys. To be 3-0 down against Coventry, of course it's a difficult situation after a tough, tough period. " Coventry's Frank Lampard: Professionally, the early goal helped, but it made us a bit sloppy through the first half, in my opinion. "I think we weren't quite at our usual selves off the ball. Little bits that we had to talk about at half-time. "But of course, when you get your goals and we create the amount of chances that we do, then at the moment, the form that we're in, you've got a great chance of winning games. "It's a period where we're playing well. All the work that we do is coming together. It won't always be that way, but at this point, yeah, we're very clinical in front of goal. "We're creating a lot of chances and four clean sheets is obviously great for us because the early games, we were conceding a lot. " The £250, 000 is up for grabs with Super 6, and as always it is completely free to play. Entries by 3pm Saturday.
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