Facts
Huddersfield Town snatched a late leveller through Ishmael Miller to secure a deserved share of the points in an absorbing 1-1 draw at Sheffield Wednesday.
The first half was largely a non-event, with David Edgar going closest when his shot was cleared off the line but it sprung to life after the break.
But it looked as if the Owls would inflict another defeat on Chris Powell's side as substitute Sergiu Bus turned home at the far post in the closing stages following Marnick Vermijl's surge past debutant Reece James and cross, only for Miller to bundle the ball in from Sean Scannell's knock-down just two minutes later.
Town team (3-5-2): Smithies; Smith, Hudson, Lynch; Scannell, Butterfield, Edgar, Coady, James; Vaughan, Wells (Miller, 64). Not used: Allinson, Wallace, Lolley, Carroll, Gobern, Majewski.
Analysis
A tale of two substitutes - Powell is often chastised for his decisions regarding substitutions but he largely got this one spot on as he replaced the ineffective Nahki Wells with the more powerful and direct Miller, who caused plenty of problems for the Owls backline.
Owls boss Stuart Gray threw as many attacking options from his bench as possible to find what had seemed an elusive winner until Bus stepped up, only for it to prove a precursor for a late Town rally which yielded an equaliser.
Main man
Mark Hudson - Miller deserves the plaudits for changing the game but the influence of Town's skipper today also could not be under-estimated as he largely helped keep a shot-shy Owls attack at bay.
He was strong in the air and committed in the tackle and went in too over-zealously on a combination of Owls players in the second half to earn a booking, but it epitomised the spirit in the Town rearguard.
Bigger picture
The result Powell wanted was secured - Town's setup was quite defensive and in the first half they paid for it at times, because no-one could get close enough to isolated frontmen Nahki Wells and James Vaughan, but Powell sought a point from a tough test and eventually got one.
With Wigan Athletic losing yesterday and Millwall's win reducing the gap to eight points, Town are effectively where they started the Easter programme - nine points from the bottom three - so this was a helpful result if not a perfect one.
