28 min Wednesday win the ball high up the field, which is when they’ve been most dangerous. Valery’s early cross evades Jamal Lowe at the near post and is put behind for a corner by by Palsson.

26 min Free-kick to Plymouth on the left wing. Forshaw overhits it/goes for goal [delete depending on positivity accentuation levels] and Beadle makes an easy save.

24 min In fact Forshaw is fine; he just had a problem with his boots. As you were.

22 min Adam Forshaw has a problem and has walked off the field; he must have pulled something. Bad nes for Wayne Rooney, though the game has at least been more evenly contested in the last five minutes.

It’s a hot day so the referee is taking a drinks break.

18 min Plymouth are starting to get on the ball a little bit. Cissoko gets away from Valery in the area, thinks he’s won a corner and is entirely unimpressed when the referee gives a goalkick.

17 min A rare Plymouth attack leads to their first corner. It bounces around the Wednesday area for a bit before being cleared.

16 min Musaba charges infield from the left, away from Palsson, but mistimes his shot through to Hazard.

13 min A deep corner is headed back by Iorfa and hooked over on the volley by Musaba. Not much of a chance.

12 min Musaba plays a short pass to find Ingelsson in space onthe left side of the area. He pokes a fairly tame shot that is pushed round the near post by Hazard. But it is all Wednesday.

9 min Wednesday are smothering Plymouth, with almost all of the play so far taking play in one half.

7 min “Rooney’s appointment in the summer was announced the same week as Kompany’s hiring by Bayern Munich, and both appointments were widely discussed as cases of ‘failing upward’,” says Phil Podolsky. “Which I suppose tells us that everything is relative. Personally speaking, I’d rather take a nice job in the West Country than having to answer to the kind of types who sit in the executive seats at the Allianz Arena. Whenever Bayern lose, the camera always zooms in on the facial reactions of former players who you’d rather admire from afar than have as your boss.”

5 min The corner is cleared, but Wednesday come again. They’ve made a superb start.

4 min Max Lowe cuts a sharp cross back towards Windass, whose blocked shot leads to Wednesday’s first corner.

2 min Wednesday have started well. Gassama appeals unsuccessfully for a penalty after going down near the byline. Gibson was up his backside but there’s no immediate evidence of a foul.

1 min Peep peep! Plymouth kick off from left to right as we watch.

A reminder of the teams, who are about to take the field on a lovely summer’s afternoon in Sheffield.

Sheffield Wednesday (possible 4-2-3-1) Beadle; Valery, Iorfa, Bernard, M Lowe; Ingelsson, Bannan; Gassama, Windass, Musaba; J Lowe.
Substitutes: Charles, Palmer, Valentin, Diaby, Ihiekwe, Johnson, Kobacki, Smith, McNeill.

Plymouth (possible 4-2-3-1) Hazard; Palsson, Gibson, Galloway, Ogbeta; Forshaw, Gyabi; Whittaker, Bundu, Cissoko; Tijani.
Substitutes: Cooper, Mumba, Pleguezelo, Szucs, Edwards, Hardie, Wright, Randell, Issaka.

Referee Lewis Smith.

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