Sheffield Wednesday 0 Wolves 1

Mar 7 2009

Coca-Cola Championship leaders Wolves made it two wins out of two away from home this week as they continued their promotion push with victory over Sheffield Wednesday.

Sylvan Ebanks-Blake's fourth minute goal proved enough for victory at Hillsborough as Wolves shut down their opponents in a solid if unspectacular performance.

Having beaten Crystal Palace in mid-week to end a poor run, Wolves appear to be back in form as they bid to keep Birmingham at bay.

They needed only four minutes to find the net as Ebanks-Blake got in front of Richard Hinds to meet Michael Kightly's left-footed cross and head in at the far post.

Wednesday were struggling to create anything in the early stages, but Wolves defender Jody Craddock - restored to the captaincy in the absence of Karl Henry - did well to stop the run of Leon Clarke as he raced in on goal.

Wolves would have been two up in the 15th minute were it not for Lee Grant, who made a good close-range block at the near post as Kightly met Ebanks-Blake's cross.

The visitors continued to look dangerous and George Friend headed just wide as he ran in to meet Dave Edwards' cross from the right. Edwards, who passed a fitness test on a thigh injury to play, lashed just wide with a shot from the edge of the area just before the half-hour mark.

At the other end, Jermaine Johnson was responsible for a woeful miss as Wednesday went on the counter-attack. Breaking from a Wolves corner, Johnson ran from the half-way line but after beating two defenders, he fired a poor effort way over the bar with only Wayne Hennessey to beat.