Peterborough United v Sheffield Wednesday LIVE: Owls 3-0 down with rampant hosts in command

Owls’ appeals for a spot-kick fall on deaf ears despite plenty of protests for handball from Johnson’s goalbound shot. Edwards the offender, as per replays.

Adeniran coming on for Smith

Clarke-Harris nods a header onto the roof of the net. A fourth would render next week’s tie irrelevant.

Gregory is about to come on for Wednesday but is it too little too late?

Super-quick counter that Owls can’t deal with. Mason-Clark pings in the ball and Poku is unmarked to stoop home a third.

Ihiekwe nods over the bar from Bannan’s inswinging FK.

Ward, urged to shoot by the home fans following his goal, accepts their invitation but hammers a shot well over.

Posh get the second half started.

As you were for Wednesday ahead of a huge, monumental second half.

Dawson 4

Palmer 5

Iorfa 4

Flint 4

Ihiekwe 5

Johnson 3

Bannan 4

Vaulks 3

Paterson 4

Smith 4

Windass 4

Wednesday trail 2-0 at the break. All to do for Moore’s men.

Flint just about gets his toe to the ball as Posh counter. Dawson then clears it. Owls living dangerously.

Smith puts in a centre and Windass rises highest but his header is tame and bounces before Norris gathers.

Windass ghosts into the box but his effort takes a deflection off a Posh defender and goes behind for a corner.

Ward has all the time in the world to pick his spot and leathers one past Dawson albeit with the aid of a deflection. All to do now….

The Owls have just over ten minutes until the half-time break and they need to awake from their slumber.

Paterson, with runners either side of him, opts to shoot but lashes it well over and it hits the roof of the stand behind the goal.

Paterson with a clean strike that is heading goalwards from a corner only to smash into Flint.

Windass plays in Bannan who feeds Johnson. He wins a corner for the Owls as they look to mount a quick response.

Taylor lashes home after a loose clearance by Vaulks falls his way – but Dawson should have done much better as he tamely puts out a hand but it dribbles into the goal.

Posh go long but Clarke-Harris takes it down beautifully and it lands at the feet of Mason-Clark whose goalbound attempt is cleared behind by Palmer

Kent gets a yellow for a cynical take-down on Windass, who looked to have a clear run at goal prior to the foul.

Mason-Clark takes aim but sees his effort blocked by a Wednesday defender. Hosts getting a bit of momentum.

Smith presses his man and wins the ball back. He bore down on goal but his effort was tame and Norris was able to easily smother.

Poku gets away from Flint but Ihiekwe goes to ground perfectly-timed to nip in in the nick of time.

Wednesday get us underway

Gabi Zakuani, Craig Mackail-Smith and Aaron McLean have just been paraded onto the pitch pre-match with the home fans serenading them….

Atmosphere building at London Road, with the away end starting to fill up….

They will be full of momentum coming into the play-offs so late on. I’ve been there as a player myself so I know how the buzz can affect the place. They have got threats all over the pitch but hopefully we can keep them quiet tonight.

The Owls fans come out to boos from the home fans but warm applause from the small number of Wednesdayites housed in the away end – it’ll be packed come kick-off….

All our focus is here, tonight, the here and now. We’ve finished the 46-game season and now it’s all about tonight. We’ve done the work and we want a good performance from that.

Our points return has been very good and although there have been blips along the way, we have achieved our objective of reaching the play-offs and now it is about fully focusing on what is ahead…

Are we predicting many changes?

Will Windass start?

We’ll find out at 7pm

The English Football League have confirmed that the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) system will be operation in all three of this season’s play-off final matches at Wembley. The governing body made the VAR announcement ahead of the first batch of semi-final matches, with Peterborough United taking on Sheffield Wednesday at the Weston Homes Stadium this evening.

EFL confirm VAR play-off plans that could impact Sheffield Wednesday and their promotion rivals

Barry Bannan has assisted 13 league goals for Wednesday this season, with only Leif Davis (14) providing more in League One in the 2022/23 season

Sheffield Wednesday are about to embark on another play-off ride, when they travel to Peterborough United later tonight. The Owls go to Cambridgeshire for the first leg of their semi-final hoping to seal glory and clinch a return to the Championship after two years away.

Sheffield Wednesday’s play-off history in pictures from Cardiff victory to Sunderland heartache

There was plenty covered by Darren Moore in his pre-match presser yesterday.

Click here to recap the best of it.

Not long until Wednesday begin another play-off campaign. Here’s hoping it has a happier ending! Stay with us for plenty of updates throughout the night….