Sheffield Wednesday maintained their perfect start to the season on Saturday with a 2-0 victory over Barnsley at Hillsborough.

The Owls, who are still yet to appoint a replacement for Steve Bruce who left the club to takeover at Newcastle United last month, took the lead in the second minute against the Tykes as Jacob Murphy stroked home following a defensive error from the visitors.

Despite giving up the lion share of possession to Barnsley, Wednesday doubled their lead in the second-half courtesy of a precise finish from the edge of the area from Steven Fletcher.

Although it took a goal-line clearance from Julian Borner to prevent the Tykes from getting back into the game in the 68th minute, the Owls were able to successfully fend off further attacks as they clinched all three points in-front of their supporters.

Having scored on his debut for his new side, it will be intriguing to see whether Murphy can be the man to inspire the Owls to launch a real push for promotion during the 2019/20 campaign.

Here, in our latest spotlight article, we take an in-depth look into his performance against Barnsley...

After failing to establish himself as a regular starter for Newcastle during the first half of the 2018/19 campaign under then-boss Rafael Benitez, Murphy was loaned out to Wednesday's Championship rivals West Bromwich Albion where he made 15 appearances in all competitions, scoring twice.

Now playing his football at Hillsborough, the forward replaced Barry Bannan in caretaker manager Lee Bullen's starting eleven and made an immediate impact by scoring what the Owls will hope is the first of many goals this season.

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Before being substituted in the 74th minute of the game, Murphy was able to make two progressive runs which saw him take the game to Barnsley and thus provide the fans in attendance with some fleeting moments of real excitement.

Whereas the fact that he was only able to win 33.3% of his attacking duels suggests that he needs to improve on this particular facet of his game over the coming months, his ability to keep the ball moving resulted in the winger recording an impressive passing success rate of 83.3%.

If he can replicate, or even exceed this level of accuracy during the club's upcoming clashes with Millwall and Luton Town, Murphy could make the right-wing position his own as Bullen will able to place his trust in the former Norwich City man's abilities to maintain possession.

Although Murphy is primarily in the team to attack, throughout the clash against Barnsley on Saturday he was also able to illustrate his defensive skills.

With the Tykes meticulously trying to break down the Owls, the Newcastle loanee was able to win six defensive duels which is an eye-catching total for a player who is not championed for this particular skill-set.

By using this performance as a platform to build on for the rest of the season, Murphy could prove to be one of the Owls' biggest transfer coups in recent years.