Match ends, Fleetwood Town 1, Sheffield Wednesday 0.
Fleetwood dumped in-form Sheffield Wednesday out of the FA Cup to reach the fifth round for the first time.
Carlos Mendes Gomes headed the only goal to decide the fourth-round replay and set up a trip to Burnley.
Darren Moore's Wednesday side are top of League One and had been unbeaten in 15 games dating back to early November.
Fleetwood have lost four straight games in the same division, and this was their first win against Wednesday at the sixth time of asking.
With half an eye on Saturday's trip to Ipswich, Moore made 10 changes from the side which beat Plymouth on Saturday, including handing a debut to 17-year-old Sean Fusire.
Fleetwood bossed the early stages and the lively Promise Omochere - who scored in the 1-1 draw at Hillsborough in the initial tie - headed an early chance wide and moments later spun in the box and thudded a strike against the post with David Stockdale flat-footed.
The pressure continued as Omochere headed another chance wide and fired off target following another spin.
Fisayo Dele-Bashiru shot straight at Jay Lynch at the other end following a neat flick from Lee Gregory who then rattled the underside of the crossbar with a header just before the half-hour.
Phoenix Patterson curled narrowly wide and Danny Andrew drove straight at Stockdale before the break but the hosts could not find a breakthrough for all their dominance.
After a swathe of Owls changes at the break, Fleetwood had to wait until the hour to break the deadlock as Mendes Gomes rose highest to power a header from a free-kick past Stockdale.
Cian Hayes saw appeals for a penalty waved away soon after but it was Moore's side who finished the stronger.
Michael Smith saw a shot deflected wide, Dele-Bashiru saw penalty appeals dismissed, while Smith got in the way of a Mallik Wilks effort and George Byers fired wide as the visitors ran out of steam.
Fleetwood's fifth-round game at Turf Moor will take place on either Tuesday, 28 February or Wednesday, 1 March.
Fleetwood manager Scott Brown told BBC Radio Lancashire: "We seem to like the cup. We've played an exceptional team four times now (twice in the league and twice in the FA Cup since Boxing Day). At half-time we turned around and saw the 'Land of the Giants' coming on and the big guns came on - we were a small team today but what we did do well was look after the ball.
"I'm delighted for these lads, I've given them hell the last couple of days. I wasn't happy with the performance on Saturday (in the 3-2 home defeat by Burton) so over the last couple of days we've been working hard, watching a lot of videos, getting an understanding of how we want to play.
"On Saturday, nobody listened. Today was exceptional, every single person did their job. Balls in the box they defended with their lives.
"I thought we dictated the game really well. The second half was always going to be a little bit deeper. From start to finish I thought the lads were exceptional. It was always going to be a hard game and they stood up to it."
Sheffield Wednesday boss Darren Moore told BBC Radio Sheffield:
"I said at half-time I wasn't happy with how we started the game. We were lacklustre in our approach and they were more on the front foot. We had a couple of goalmouth scares and (David Stockdale) has pulled off one or two saves.
"Second half we got more into the game, we had a couple of half chances that I thought we could have done better with. To lose the game in the manner that we have, from a set play, is really disappointing because it's something this season that we've taken great pride in.
"The result tonight - we've only got ourselves to blame."
Line-ups
Fleetwood
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 13Lynch
- 28Johnston
- 4Sarpong-Wiredu
- 18Holgate
- 3Andrew
- 16Warrington
- 10Robertson
- 23Patterson
- 7Mendes GomesBooked at 45minsSubstituted forMacadamat 74'minutes
- 21HayesBooked at 84minsSubstituted forNsialaat 86'minutes
- 20OmochereBooked at 81mins
Substitutes
- 6Johnson
- 22Nsiala
- 27Macadam
- 29Boyle
- 36Thiam
- 37Baker
- 39McMillan
- 50McMullan
Sheff Wed
Formation 3-4-1-2
- 31Stockdale
- 32HuntBooked at 67mins
- 2PalmerSubstituted forIorfaat 45'minutes
- 15FamewoSubstituted forAlimi-Adetoroat 45'minutes
- 30FusireSubstituted forWindassat 70'minutes
- 8AdeniranBooked at 29minsSubstituted forByersat 70'minutes
- 19Bakinson
- 3BrownBooked at 51mins
- 17Dele-Bashiru
- 7Wilks
- 9GregoryBooked at 42minsSubstituted forSmithat 45'minutes
Substitutes
- 6Iorfa
- 11Windass
- 14Byers
- 18Johnson
- 22Shipston
- 24Smith
- 25Dawson
- 34Durrant
- 37Alimi-Adetoro
- Referee:
- Darren Bond
- Attendance:
- 2,936
Match Stats
- Possession
- Home47%
- Away53%
- Shots
- Home13
- Away11
- Shots on Target
- Home2
- Away2
- Corners
- Home2
- Away1
- Fouls
- Home13
- Away16
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Full Time
Second Half ends, Fleetwood Town 1, Sheffield Wednesday 0.
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Adam Alimi-Adetoro (Sheffield Wednesday) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Promise Omochere (Fleetwood Town).
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Foul by Michael Smith (Sheffield Wednesday).
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Harrison Holgate (Fleetwood Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Attempt blocked. Jaden Brown (Sheffield Wednesday) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
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Mallik Wilks (Sheffield Wednesday) wins a free kick on the right wing.
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Foul by Danny Andrew (Fleetwood Town).
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Corner, Sheffield Wednesday. Conceded by Brendan Sarpong-Wiredu.
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Attempt blocked. Mallik Wilks (Sheffield Wednesday) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Substitution
Substitution, Fleetwood Town. Aristote Nsiala replaces Cian Hayes.
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Attempt missed. George Byers (Sheffield Wednesday) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the right.
Booking
Cian Hayes (Fleetwood Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Jaden Brown (Sheffield Wednesday) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Cian Hayes (Fleetwood Town).
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Corner, Fleetwood Town. Conceded by Jack Hunt.
Booking
Promise Omochere (Fleetwood Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Adam Alimi-Adetoro (Sheffield Wednesday) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Promise Omochere (Fleetwood Town).
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A cup run wouldāve been nice but the risk and reward factor needs to come into play. Itās a shame weāre out but weāve got a league title to win.
Seriously tho, fair play to those travelling Owls. 27k on a Tuesday night is mightily impressive. Just hope your lot smash league nah cos lets be reyt that was always more important.
From a Fleetwood fan.
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