Sheffield Wednesday beat Bolton in Carabao Cup first round

Sheffield Wednesday advanced to the second round of the Carabao Cup following a 1-0 victory against Bolton, who had Xavier Simons sent off in the second half.Jamal Lowe scored seven minutes after coming on to make it a winning start to the season for Wednesday, who put in an improved performance following the break after weathering some first-half pressure.Thierry Gale carved out a couple of good early chances for the visitors. He set up Luca Stephenson, who shot narrowly wide, and then his low cross found Ruben Rodrigues, whose skewed effort from a good position missed the target.Rodrigues also had a free-kick saved by Joe Lumley in a first half dominated by Bolton, with Wednesday’s only effort of note a low drive from Callum Slattery which went inches wide.Bolton were reduced to 10 men i