For the first time since the appointment of Garry Monk as manager, Sheffield Wednesday tasted defeat on Tuesday night, suffering a 1-0 loss to Hull City at the KCOM Stadium.

Having pulled themselves to within touching distance of the Championship play-offs ahead of the trip to Humberside, this will have been a frustrating result for the Owls, with the Tigers' summer signing Tom Eaves heading home his first goal for the club to secure a 1-0 win for Grant McCann's side on Tuesday.

Interestingly, Monk had made just one change to his side for the meeting with Hull from the one that thrashed Middlesbrough 4-1 at The Riverside Stadium on Saturday, with Sam Winnall replacing the club's top scorer this season, Steven Fletcher, in attack for Wednesday.

So how did Winnall cope with stepping into that void for The Owls on Tuesday night?

Here, we put the spotlight on the 28-year-old's performance at the KCOM Stadium to find out.

Perhaps worryingly for Winnall's hopes going forward, the striker was substituted 68 minutes into the game, to be replaced fellow striker Jordan Rhodes, who it was recently claimed is facing an uncertain future at Hillsborough, which arguably doesn't bode well for Winnall.

The stats, however, do seem to suggest that Monk's decision to withdraw Winnall was understandable, particularly given the lack of influence he appeared to be making on a side who were at that point chasing a game.

Having taken just two shots throughout the game, neither of which were on target, it appears as though Winnall was struggling to pose much of a threat to the Hull goal on Tuesday, and certainly not one to replicate the sort of threat posed by Fletcher, who has five goals from his nine league appearances so far this season.

What is also likely to be a concern for Winnall and Wednesday, is that not only did he fail to really get to close to getting on the scoresheet, but he also struggled to really impose himself on the Hull defence.

With Winnall failing to attempt any dribbles or aerial duels, it doesn't appear as though the striker was really putting the Tigers' defence under any sort of pressure, meaning he wasn't going to really force Hull into any errors that may have led to a breakthrough for Wednesday either.

Furthermore, while a pass success rate of 66.7% does look fairly solid, the fact that Winnall only attempted nine passes throughout the course of the game again arguably limited his influence in terms of creating opportunities for his teammates.

That is likely to be a source of frustration, particularly with his one key pass suggesting that he could have made a difference in that respect, had Winnall been involved in that aspect of the game.

It seems, therefore, that this is a performance Winnall will be keen to put behind him as quickly as possible.

With Fletcher expected to return for the visit of Wigan to Hillsborough on Saturday, however, there may be some concern on Winnall's part, that he may have to wait sometime to do just that.

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