Well I asked for more goal threats in this half, and I've certainly got it. Derby have looked the more likely to score, and could rue those missed opportunities against a side that don't like giving up chances easily.  

Derby break again and Tom Ince finds space on the left to play a low ball in to the area, but Barry Bannan slides in to take it away from Chris Martin.

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Derby are all over Sheffield Wednesday at the moment. This time Marcus Olsson plays a ball into the area that goalkeeper Keiren Westwood needs to catch before Johnny Russell gets there at the back post.

Derby really should be ahead in this match now. Cyrus Christie plays the ball through to Johnny Russell, who was in an offside position but the flag stayed down, and when one-on-one with Keiren Westwood, can only hit the ball against the keeper.

Then Christie recycles the ball and finds Chris Martin, who smashes well over the bar.

That should have been 1-0.

Craig Bryson has the best chance of the match so far as Cyrus Christie pulls the ball back to him on the edge of the box, but the Derby midfielder can't get his shot into one of the corners and Keiren Westwood saves before the ball is cleared.

Huge call for a penalty for Derby as Alex Lopez challenges Rams right-back Cyrus Christie in the area, but Lee Mason says no. That goes in the 'seen them given' category.

Meanwhile, Mason goes back to book Kieran Lee for a foul on Craig Bryson in the build up.

Sheffield Wednesday have certainly bossed the early stages of this half, and they work the ball from left to right before Aiden McGeady has a strike blocked by Will Hughes.

Derby are pinned into their own half here.

Sheffield Wednesday forward Fernando Forestieri forces Scott Carson into a fine save with a good shot with his weaker left foot.

That was the first real test for the Derby keeper today.

Craig Bryson is the second Derby player to receive a yellow card from Lee Mason today, after a late tackle on Alex Lopez.

Derby midfielder Will Hughes has the first effort of the second half, turning a couple of defenders before his strike towards goal fails to trouble the goalkeeper.

The teams are back out at the iPro Stadium and Sheffield Wednesday get us back under way.

We've also just seen some pictures of former Owls defender Reda Johnson in the away end wearing his ex-team's colours and posing for pictures.

Middlesbrough can go back to the top of the Championship if they record a victory over Ipswich while Brighton can keep up the pace on the automatic promotion places with a win over already-relegated Charlton. At the bottom, MK Dons will be relegated if they fail to beat Brentford at home.

In League One, leaders Wigan could all-but confirm their immediate return to the Championship if they beat Southend and Walsall lose at play-off rivals Bradford City. At the bottom Colchester must beat second-placed Burton to have any chance of keeping their survival hopes alive. Doncaster almost certainly need to beat Coventry and there's a huge derby between 21st Blackpool and 19th Fleetwood.

York City will be relegated from the Football League if they lose at promotion-chasing Accrington while Oxford, Plymouth and Bristol Rovers could all end the day as high as second depending on how results go.

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It says a lot about the half of football when one of the most memorable parts of it was a clash of heads between Marcus Olsson and Fernando Forestieri...

Let's hope we get some serious threats to a goal in the second half.

A draw could be enough for Sheffield Wednesday to secure their play-off place today. All they need to do is better Cardiff's result against bottom club Bolton.

If the Owls don't do it today, they'll have another chance next week, when they face.... Yeah, you guessed it: Cardiff.

'Ohhhh!' goes the home crowd. Tom Ince just curls the free-kick over the bar and that is the final action of a half without many goal threats.

Craig Bryson is felled on the edge of the Sheffield Wednesday area by Alex Lopez. Can Derby take advantage of a very dangerous position and end the half on a very positive note?

Derby have a succession of corners, but none of them come to anything. That's basically been the story of this half. Lots of 'nearly' opportunities.

We've got four minutes of added on time for that earlier clash of heads between Marcus Olsson and Fernando Forestieri.

I spoke too soon about no action. Derby forward Tom Ince turns in the area and finds Johnny Russell, but his cross into the danger zone cannot find anyone to smash in into the open goal, with keeper Keiren Westwood off his line.

If you hadn't realised, today is St George's Day, so without much going on on the pitch, here's a picture of a ram with a couple of flags for no reason.

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Slight penalty shout for Derby when Johnny Russell goes down under a challenge from an Owls defender, who had his hand on the Rams player.

However, Russell was already slipping over and the hand on him was not enough to make him go down. It would have been a harsh one.