FA Premier League - Sunday 25th April 1999, from Hillsborough

V

Result
Sheffield Wednesday	0	0	Chelsea
Att: 21,652

Teams
Srnicek	Hitchcock
Atherton	Ferrer
Walker	Leboeuf
Thome	Desailly
Stefanovic	Babayaro
Alexandersson	Lambourde
Jonk	Poyet
Sonner	Wise
McKeever	Goldbaek
Carbone	Vialli
Booth	Forssell

Subs

Subs

Cresswell - Booth (80 mins)	Zola - Forsell (46 mins)
	Newton - Poyet (59 mins)

Un-used Subs

Un-used Subs

Pressman	Kharine
Newsome	Duberry
Cobian	Nicholls
Haslam

Match Report

Owls stalemate kills of Chelsea title hopes report from Official Swfc site Wednesday are still looking for a couple more points to guarantee Premiership safety but it was a good performance by the Owls to deny a Chelsea side the three points so vital to their title aspirations. The game was far from a classic but Wednesday rediscovered their defensive resilience with their first clean sheet in 12 games as Chelsea's attacks floundered. Danny Wilson's men now in all probability need just one more point to guarantee their survival. The Owls are now eight points clear of Southampton and Charlton with just three games to go and considering Wednesday's strong goal difference one more point would be enough. With Petter Rudi away on international duty Danny Wilson handed a full debut to Irish U21 winger, Mark McKeever, who despite a nervous start looks a highly promising prospect. Ironically it was McKeever's early mistake that nearly saw Chelsea take the lead. Bjarne Goldbaek should have done better but his left-foot shot sailed wide of Pavel Srnicek's right-hand post. However despite this mistake the young winger got better as the game went on and had two decent opportunities in either half. The first saw him drill a left-foot drive wide in the first half and the second saw him volley over the crossbar 10 minutes after the break. At the other end Chelsea had a couple of half chances as Mikael Forssell turned and shot in the box but his effort was deflected for a corner and then player-boss, Gianluca Vialli Vialli flicked a near-post downward header into the side-netting. Half-time: Owls 0-0 Chelsea In the second half an increasingly frustrated Vialli fired another near post chance off the edge of the post and into the side-netting but it was a largely disappointing attacking effort from Chelsea with the best of the chances falling to the home side. Beni Carbone came closest, following a through ball free-kick from Wim Jonk, but his long range effort grazed Kevin Hitchcock's crossbar. Richard Cresswell had a late shot blocked and Des Walker slipped when Hitchcock was stranded on the floor and the goal was at his mercy. Somehow the breakthrough could not come as both sides ground out a draw.