An injury-time header from Lee Gregory was enough to earn the home side all three points after Jack Hunt’s first-half effort was cancelled out by Ayoub Assal.
The Owls were left frustrated for large periods and struggled to break down their visitors, who had new manager Mark Bowen in the dugout for the first time.
But Gregory’s tenth goal of the season sent Hillsborough into raptures and helped put daylight between Sheffield Wednesday and Oxford United in seventh.
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But Gregory’s tenth goal of the season sent Hillsborough into raptures and helped put daylight between Sheffield Wednesday and Oxford United in seventh.