Sheffield Wednesday 1-1 Huddersfield Town: Paterson own goal denies Owls
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Sheffield Wednesday's Callum Paterson (left) knew little about his own goal
Darren Moore was denied his first win as Sheffield Wednesday boss as Callum Paterson's unfortunate own goal gave Huddersfield a draw at Hillsborough.
The point ends Wednesday's seven-match losing Championship run but they are now nine points from safety with 10 games left after Birmingham's victory over Reading.
The Owls led a nervy game against the run of play when Josh Windass ran onto Jordan Rhodes' flick to lash past visiting keeper Ryan Schofield.
Huddersfield created little until Keiren Westwood saved Naby Sarr's effort from a free-kick, with the ball rebounding in off the backtracking Paterson.
The point moves Carlos Corberan's Terriers 10 points clear of the relegation zone, stretching their unbeaten run to four matches.
Going into the match no side had lost more Championship matches in 2021 than Wednesday's nine, while Huddersfield's 10 points since the turn of the year was the lowest in the division - so the scrappy nature of the game was no surprise.
There were strong penalty shouts either side of Windass' impressive opener, Huddersfield denied a spot-kick when Fraizer Campbell was brought down by Julian Borner and the hosts left equally aggrieved when Richard Keogh's challenge on Rhodes in the box went unpunished.
Westwood made an excellent save to keep out Sarr's prod towards goal from Isaac Mbenza's free-kick, but the unknowing Paterson ran straight onto the ball which hit him and went into his own goal from just a couple yards out.
The Scotland utility man almost made amends late on but his shot was kept out by Terriers keeper Schofield, who stayed big to thwart him from Elias Kachunga's reverse pass.
Sheffield Wednesday manager Darren Moore told BBC Radio Sheffield:
"I said to the boys 'if you're not going to win the game you make sure you don't lose the game', and we've done that.
"I saw more commitment and desire from the team - we got the goal and after that it was a case of us doing our jobs, in terms of the defending and being resolute.
"It was a bizarre way to concede because when you look at the way we defended all night, we were pretty solid really apart from a couple of long-range efforts."
Huddersfield head coach Carlos Corberan told BBC Radio Leeds:
"I was happy with the first 30 minutes because we were very aggressive, dominating the game and playing the game in the offensive half.
"I think in the moments we dominated the game more we didn't score, and the moments where we didn't create enough chances we scored.
"At the end it was, for me, a fair result because both teams could get the three points, but the point was the minimum result that our effort deserved."