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Barnsley and Wednesday get the point

Barnsley and Sheffield Wednesday shared the points at Oakwell with a 1-1 draw in a gripping South Yorkshire derby.

Wednesday new-boy Josh Windass had put the Owls in front on his debut before a calamitous Cameron Dawson mistake gifted Cauley Woodrow the equaliser.

Both sides came into the game on poor form and Wednesday boss Garry Monk looked to change that with five positive changes to his starting XI,  including full debuts for Connor Wickham and Windass.

Barnsley made only two changes. Brad Collins and Elliot Simoes replaced Samuel Radlinger and Aapo Halme.

Moments later, Wickham produced a brilliant forward run of his own, the on-loan striker carrying the ball past the halfway line and into the box – but he was unable to find anyone with his cross.

Chaplin nearly provided an early goal in the second half after some good work down the left allowed him to deliver an inviting cross which Brown was unable to reach.

Fernando Forestieri clipped a diagonal ball to Alessio Da Cruz, whose volleyed effort went just wide – but neither side were dominating the game.

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