Game #2744 | League game #2496
Season game #14 | Division One game #12
Highfield Road # | Bobby Gould game #
Coventry City 17th | Sheffield Wednesday 4th (22)

Steve Ogrizovic saved Mel Starland's penalty, 75 minutes.

McGrath plays his first game since the Dell disaster last season. He looks composed but fouls Varadi for a 75th-minute penalty. Oggy saves Sterland’s spot-kick and newly promoted Owls suffer their first defeat in nine league games. Gibson pounces on a rebound from Barnes’ cross.