Sheffield Wednesday boost their faint play-off hopes after a 2-0 home victory over Bristol City
First half goals from Barry Bannan and Lucas Joao earned the Owls their first league double over the Robins since the 1972/73 season.
The Robins had the better of the second half but Cameron Dawson, deputising in goal again for the injured Keiren Westwood, produced a fine double save to deny Famara Diedhiou and Josh Brownhill.
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Hide AdVictory moves Wednesday up to ninth in the Championship, trailing sixth-placed Middlesbrough by four points with two matches left to play.
Owls: Dawson; Iorfa, Lees, Hector, Lazaar; Reach, Pelupessy, Bannan, Boyd (Forestieri 74); Hooper (Onomah 59), Joao (Matias 88). Owls substitutes: Wildsmith, Fox, Winnall, Nuhiu.
Bristol City: O'Leary; Kalas, Webster, Wright (Palmer 55); Hunt, Brownhill, Pack (Walsh 83), Dasilva; Eliasson (Semenyo 64), Weimann, Diehiou. Substitutes: Marinovic, Baker, Taylor, Kelly.
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