Ipswich defeated Sheffield Wednesday at Hillsborough to keep pace in the Championship.

Just before halftime, Conor Chaplin finished off Leif Davis’ pullback to secure the victory. Devis Vasquez, the Owls’ goalkeeper, was the only reason the visitors didn’t win by a bigger margin.

Ipswich is third, one point behind leaders Preston, and continues to be unbeaten on the road.

Wednesday has one point from their first six games and is still winless.

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The visitors had the better start, and on minute 14, when Freddie Ladapo connected with Wes Burns’ low cross for his fourth goal in three games, Vasquez had to react fast to stop him.

On minute 36, Burns surged into the area and saw the keeper parry a low effort from an angle, but Chaplin’s follow-up shot went over.

After coming off the bench to face his former team, Ipswich forward George Hirst, the son of former Owls striker David, immediately blasted an angled lob over Vasquez’s crossbar before having a low shot denied by the goalkeeper’s left hand.

In the latter moments, Vasquez also denied Broadhead from an angle, and the hosts’ best chance to tie the score came from Owls substitute Ashley Fletcher’s errant header.

Xisco Munoz, manager of Sheffield Wednesday, said:

“I’m very, very upset with the first 45 minutes, and all I can say is sorry (to the supporters). The team responded well after it, but not sufficiently.

“In my opinion, we should exert the same degree of effort for 90 minutes.

“I was extremely, extremely unhappy with the first half, so I can say’so sorry’ to the supporters today. Because of how extremely competitive the Championship is, taking the points will be impossible if we don’t make any changes.

Kieran McKenna, the Ipswich manager, said on BBC Radio Suffolk:

Picking only one thing is difficult. The game, the play, and the outcome were all fantastic. Today’s big one for us was this. It serves as a gauge for us as a squad because we haven’t been able to win here in the last several trips.

“I thought it was a terrific performance. We pressed effectively, created some big opportunities, and dominated the game. We scored just before halftime, but I think we were due a little bit more.

“I felt we should have been two or three up in the second half. The last 20 minutes were encouraging because you have to play the game out differently when you don’t score the second goal; you have to defend well-organized and resolutely.