Ranked: Sheffield Wednesday’s 5 best performers v Cheltenham

Sheffield Wednesday came away with a massive 4-1 win over Cheltenham after their game at the weekend.

The win has seen Wednesday rise to sixth in the league and therefore claiming the final play-off spot as it stands.

Despite Cheltenham going a goal ahead just four minutes into the game, the Owls responded immediately with Massimo Luongo levelling the sacred in the seventh minute. Lee Gregory put Wednesday ahead in the 58th minute before Jack Hunt and George Byers added another two for the home side to seal the win.

Here we look at the five best performers in the Sheffield Wednesday squad according to SofaScore’s ratings.

George Byers

Scorer of the fourth and final goal, Byers comes out as the best performer from this game.

During the game, he had one shot on target which he converted showing us he used his time in front of goal wisely.

Byers put in a strong performance all over the pitch making six tackles, winning 14 ground duels and four aerial duels.

With 64 touches of the ball, we can see how his team behind and in front of him could rely on him to play through the middle. With 87% passing accuracy for yesterday’s game it shows us that Byers was able to do this efficiently.

Here we see that Byers was all over the pitch and did well at supporting his players from both a defensive and attacking aspect whilst guiding the ball through the middle of the pitch making him the top performer in the game.

Massimo Luongo

Not only was Luongo the player to level the scores up, but he also provided the assist for the final goal showing us the impact he on the game from an attacking point of view.

Luongo was attempting both crosses and long passes as well as choosing to take the ball himself forward. 50% of his dribble attempts