Bristol City 1-2 Sheffield Wednesday: result and report

Championship · Sunday 7 October 2018

Result

Bristol City 1-2 Sheffield Wednesday

Championship · Sunday 7 October 2018, 12:30 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Bristol City 1-2 Sheffield Wednesday: match report

Bristol City were beaten by Sheffield Wednesday 1-2 in the Championship on Sunday 7 October 2018. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Lucas João opened the scoring in the 64th minute. Bristol City's goal came from Matty Taylor (80', penalty). Sheffield Wednesday scored through Lucas João (64') and Lucas João (66').

Discipline: Bristol City received 1 yellow card; Sheffield Wednesday received 5 yellow cards.

Going into the game Bristol City were 12th on 16 points from 11 and Sheffield Wednesday 13th on 16 points from 11. Bristol City went on to finish that season 8th with 70 points, and Sheffield Wednesday 12th with 64.

Bristol City lined up in a 5-3-2 and Sheffield Wednesday in a 3-4-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Lucas João of Sheffield Wednesday (8.4), ahead of Barry Bannan (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Bristol City wins, 4 draws and 2 for Sheffield Wednesday.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 51'Yellow card · Daniel PudilSheffield Wednesday
  • 64'Goal · Lucas JoãoSheffield Wednesday · 0-1
  • 66'Goal · Lucas JoãoSheffield Wednesday · 0-2
  • 68'Yellow card · Liam PalmerSheffield Wednesday
  • 80'Penalty goal · Matty TaylorBristol City · 1-2
  • 82'Yellow card · Andreas WeimannBristol City
  • 89'Yellow card · Michael HectorSheffield Wednesday
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Lucas JoãoSheffield Wednesday
  • 90+8'Yellow card · F. ForestieriSheffield Wednesday

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Bristol City 4, draws 4, Sheffield Wednesday 2.

Team news

Bristol City line-up (5-3-2)

Niki Mäenpää, Jack Hunt, Adam Webster, Nathan Baker, Lloyd Kelly, Jay Dasilva, Josh Brownhill, Marlon Pack, Sander Krabbendam, M. Taylor, Famara Diédhiou

Sheffield Wednesday line-up (3-4-3)

Cameron Dawson, Tom Lees, Michael Hector, Daniel Pudil, Liam Palmer, Joshua Onomah, Barry Bannan, Jordan Thorniley, Adam Reach, Steven Fletcher, Matt Penney