Burton Albion 1-1 Sheffield Wednesday
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Joe Mason's last goal came for Wolves on 14 January in a 1-0 win over Aston Villa
Joe Mason scored just 31 seconds after coming on as a sub as Burton Albion salvaged a point against Sheffield Wednesday in the Championship.
The Owls took the lead shortly after losing goalkeeper Keiren Westwood to injury as Gary Hooper backheeled Jack Hunt's ball in from close range.
But debutant Mason levelled for the home side with a shot on the turn.
Daniel Pudil had an effort cleared off the line and David Jones also went close as Wednesday sought a winner.
But the draw saw them extend their unbeaten run to four games.
Marvin Sordell headed wide for Burton in the early stages and had another chance saved by Westwood before the striker clashed with the Irish goalkeeper after 25 minutes.
After six minutes of treatment Westwood tried to continue, but had to be replaced by Joe Wildsmith - putting his place in the Republic of Ireland squad for the forthcoming World Cup qualifiers against Georgia and Serbia in doubt.
George Boyd had a goal for Wednesday disallowed for offside just before half-time, and although the visitors looked the more likely side to take all three points, they were unable to find a winner.
Burton Albion manager Nigel Clough:
"It's been a brilliant eight days for us. To lose your first three games and then get four points and a cup win is brilliant stuff.
"If you go into the international break on a loss, it affects the whole two weeks.
"Everyone goes into it on a downer, but we are on a three-game unbeaten run and we have a game against Manchester United to look forward to in a couple of weeks, so everyone will be on a high and so they should be."
Sheffield Wednesday manager Carlos Carvalhal:
"It is two points lost today in my opinion.
"We did a compact, solid performance. My players ran and fought a lot and we did just as we did at Fulham last week. We got one goal there and one goal here.
"We had a second goal, but it was offside so we have to accept that. Second half we controlled the game, but could not get that second goal."