Peterborough United 5-3 Sheffield Wednesday: result and report

League One · Tuesday 1 February 2011

Result

Peterborough United 5-3 Sheffield Wednesday

League One · Tuesday 1 February 2011, 19:45 UTC · half-time 2-3

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Peterborough United 5-3 Sheffield Wednesday: match report

Peterborough United defeated Sheffield Wednesday 5-3 in the League One on Tuesday 1 February 2011. The half-time score was 2-3.

J. Johnson opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Peterborough United's goals came from C. Mackail-Smith (16'), George Boyd (26'), George Boyd (74'), Nathaniel Mendez-Laing (84') and C. Mackail-Smith (90'). Sheffield Wednesday scored through J. Johnson (5'), Gary Madine (21') and Chris Sedgwick (35').

Discipline: Peterborough United received no yellow cards; Sheffield Wednesday received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Peterborough United were 9th on 38 points from 25 and Sheffield Wednesday 8th on 38 points from 25. Peterborough United went on to finish that season 4th with 84 points, and Sheffield Wednesday 12th with 61.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Peterborough United wins, 1 draw and 1 for Sheffield Wednesday.

Going into the match Peterborough United's last five read L-W-L-W-W and Sheffield Wednesday's D-L-W-L-L.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Goal · J. JohnsonSheffield Wednesday · 0-1
  • 16'Goal · C. Mackail-SmithPeterborough United · 1-1
  • 21'Goal · Gary MadineSheffield Wednesday · 1-2
  • 26'Goal · George BoydPeterborough United · 2-2
  • 35'Goal · Chris SedgwickSheffield Wednesday · 2-3
  • 69'Red card · Darren PotterSheffield Wednesday
  • 72'Yellow card · James O'ConnorSheffield Wednesday
  • 74'Goal · George BoydPeterborough United · 3-3
  • 83'Yellow card · D. JonesSheffield Wednesday
  • 84'Goal · Nathaniel Mendez-LaingPeterborough United · 4-3
  • 90'Goal · C. Mackail-SmithPeterborough United · 5-3

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Peterborough United 0, draws 1, Sheffield Wednesday 1.

Team news

Peterborough United line-up

Joe Lewis, Tom Kennedy, Kelvin Langmead, Charlie Lee, Ryan Bennett, James Wesolowski, George Boyd, Tommy Rowe, Chris Whelpdale, Craig Mackail-Smith, Lee Tomlin

Sheffield Wednesday expected line-up

Nicky Weaver, Daniel Jones, Chris Sedgwick, Clinton Morrison, Gary Teale, Tommy Miller, Darren Purse