Huddersfield v Sheffield Wednesday: Championship – live!

37 min This is better from Huddersfield. Grant beats a couple of players and angles a lofted cross towards the far post, where Hadergjonaj heads the ball tamely into the arms of Westwood. I think he was trying to steer it towards Campbell, who was in space to his left.

35 min Kongolo moves infield from the left and hits a stinging right-footed shot from the edge of the box that Westwood can’t hold. Happily for him, it rebounds to safety.

31 min It’s been a blue-collar match so far. Bannan has shown the usual touches of class, but the effort:quality ratio leaves a little to be desired.

27 min Grant’s corner is headed away as far as Hogg, who slashes over the bar from 25 yards.

26 min Grant goes on a lovely run from the left, beating Odubajo and then Iorfa before Odubajo makes a good recovery challenge on the edge of the area.

22 min I think the Cowley brothers will be pretty happy with Huddersfield’s start. They’ve been bright and breezy in possession, Campbell in particular, and are a little unfortunate to be behind.

20 min The lively Campbell beats Hutchinson with a lovely piece of skill and plays the ball wide towards Hadergjonaj. He has options in the middle … and sidefoots his cross straight at the keeper Westwood.

19 min “Signs of a fresh approach already for Huddersfield,” says Jerry Strachan. “Starting 12 men may prove to be a masterstroke. Playing Hogg twice in the same match is inspired.”

Ach, thanks for pointing it out – I’ll change it.

16 min Good play from Kongolo. He marches forwards from left-back, plays a one-two with Campbell and volleys over the bar on the stretch.

14 min Campbell tries to get Huddersfield going again with a lively tackle on Hutchinson. Bannan then takes Hogg out, increasing the temperature some more.

11 min That was such good play from Kadeem Harris, who beat his man with ease and then delivered a fine cross.

That’s an excellent goal. After a long passing move from Wednesday, Bannan finds Harris on the left. He surges towards the byline, beating Hadergjonaj easily with a stepover before standing up a lovely cross. Fletcher towers over Elphick in the six-yard box to thump a header into the net.

8 min Huddersfield win the first corner of the match, on the right. Grant curls it in, and there’s a foul on a Wednesday defender.

6 min At the other end, Chalobah sidefoots a low shot from 25 yards that is comfortably held by Westwood, sprawling to his left.

5 min A long goalkick from Westwood is headed down by Fletcher to Reach, who knees the ball up and hits a volley that goes straight at Grabara from 20 yards. He didn’t really get hold of it.

4 min The Wednesday right-back Odubajo takes one in the personal space, prompting much mirth in the commentary box.

3 min A slow start, with both teams having a look at each other.

The players emerge, looking ready for action. Danny Cowley and Garry Monk shake hands warmly in the tunnel. For all concerned, a new era is about to begin.

And here’s Garry Monk

“It’s been a good week. I’ve had so much support and a really good welcome. It’s only been a short period with the players but we’ve tried to do some good work without being overbearing. It’s a really good group – very motivated and positive – and it’s been difficult to leave people out.

“This is a huge, historic club. I got a sense of that when I had a loan spell here. It’s our job to fight for that, and hopefully we can start well today.”

Danny Cowley’s pre-match thoughts

“It’s been a really good week – a bit of a whirlwind, but it’s been great to meet the people of Huddersfield: the players, the staff and some of the supporters. At this stage we’re trying to get to know the players as people, and once you do that you can start to build respect and trust, and then hopefully we can start to affect them. We’ve got no Alex Pritchard, who hasn’t been able to train We’ve picked a team we feel can be successful on the day.”

Huddersfield (4-2-3-1) Grabara; Hadergjonaj, Elphick, Schindler, Kongolo; Hogg, Chalobah; Diakhaby, O’Brien, Grant; Campbell.
Substitutes: Schofield, Bacuna, Kachunga, Mbenza, Mounie, Stankovic, J Brown.

Sheffield Wednesday (4-4-2) Westwood; Odubajo, Iorfa, Borner, Palmer; Murphy, Hutchinson, Bannan, Harris; Fletcher, Reach.
Substitutes: Dawson, Fox, Lee, Winnall, Nuhiu, Luongo, Bates.

Referee Simon Hooper.

Hello. The 2019-20 season literally starts today for Huddersfield and Sheffield Wednesday, who both go into this lunchtime match with new managers. The Cowley brothers are in charge at the John Smith’s Stadium, while Garry Monk has taken over from Wednesday caretaker Lee Bullen.

Bullen did a decent job, winning three of his six games, and a win today would move Wednesday to within two points of Charlton in second. The Cowleys start their new job from a position of weakness: Huddersfield are second from bottom, with one point from six games.

That was then and this is now. Huddersfield can draw a line under those first six games, and the fact they’ve won only one of their last 31 league games. For the first time in a while, the John Smith’s Stadium is an optimistic place.

Kick off is at midday.