Mateusz Klich and Fernando Forestieri during Sheffield Wednesday v Leeds
Mateusz Klich and Fernando Forestieri during Sheffield Wednesday v Leeds

Sky Bet Championship: Leeds held at Sheffield Wednesday while Bristol City draw with Aston Villa


Two wonderful goals from Adam Reach and Mateusz Klich lit up a fiesty Yorkshire derby as Sheffield Wednesday held Sky Bet Championship leaders Leeds to a 1-1 draw - the same scoreline as Bristol City v Aston Villa in Friday's other game.

The result allowed Leeds to edge a point ahead of Middlesbrough at the top of the Championship table while Wednesday remain unbeaten at home in the league this season.

Reach struck spectacularly for the home side with a left-footed long-range strike that went in off the far left post just before half-time.

But visitors Leeds hit back in the 54th minute as Klich curled in an elegant shot from outside the penalty area.

Barry Douglas had the visitors' first chance of note, with his stooping header forcing keeper Cameron Dawson to push the ball wide, and he came even closer later when a header came back off Dawson's right-hand post.

Wednesday's Michael Hector put a long-range effort wide. At the other end, Jack Harrison also missed the target with a low shot from the edge of the area.

In the final minute of the half, Reach struck with his audacious effort from around 30 yards out.

Leeds levelled when Klich beat Dawson with his shot that went just inside the keeper's left-hand post.

Wednesday threatened to earn an unlikely victory in stoppage time when Reach fired a shot on target but Peacock-Farrell was equal to it, producing a save.

Cooper had a final chance for Leeds, heading over in the dying moments of the game.

Bristol City 1-1 Aston Villa

A first-half header from midfielder Birkir Bjarnason earned Aston Villa a share of the points from a 1-1 Championship draw with Bristol City at Ashton Gate.

The hosts took a 16th-minute lead when Andreas Weimann's mazy dribble was halted on the edge of the Villa box and the ball broke to Josh Brownhill, who sent a low right-footed shot into the net from 20 yards, with goalkeeper Orjan Nyland looking at fault.

But Villa hit back in first-half stoppage-time when Callum O'Dowda was penalised for a needless foul and Conor Hourihane's driven free-kick from the left was nodded powerfully home by Bjarnason from the centre of the box.

A draw was a fair result to a game which saw both teams exert periods of pressure, but home fans appeared happier at the final whistle.

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