Match ends, Sheffield Wednesday 2, Bristol City 1.
Ike Ugbo's double saw 10-man Sheffield Wednesday continue their upturn in form as they beat Bristol City 2-1 in the Championship.
The Owls took the lead early as Ugbo impressively controlled a ball into the area before turning and curling coolly inside the far post.
City levelled soon after as Jason Knight rose highest to head home a corner, but Ugbo scored the second header of the afternoon just before the break to give the Owls a lead their pressure deserved.
Ugbo and Pol Valentin had good second-half chances before Di'Shon Bernard was sent off with 12 minutes to go after a second booking, but Wednesday held on for victory.
The Owls' third win in four games sees them stay second-from-bottom of the table. They kept the gap between themselves and safety to three points after fellow strugglers QPR, Millwall and Huddersfield also won.
Bristol City stay 12th in the table after their second successive defeat.
The visitors had dominated the early possession and Tommy Conway saw an early strike beaten away by James Beadle.
Bui it was the hosts who took the lead as Ugbo's great recent form continued after good work in the build-up by Valentin and Liam Palmer.
The visitors levelled less than 10 minutes later as Knight got his fourth league goal of the campaign as he converted Taylor Gardner-Hickman's corner.
But Wednesday upped the pressure and Will Vaulks went close before Ugbo lost his man and got on the end of Marvin Johnson's cross as he scored for the fifth time in four games.
Zak Vyner glanced a Gardner-Hickman free-kick wide 12 minutes into the second half for City, three minutes before Ugbo should have had his hat-trick as the Canada forward made a mess of Ian Poveda's pass.
Valentin's wonderful strike with 17 minutes to go just went past the post before team-mate Bernard received his marching orders.
Despite being a man up, City failed to make a breakthrough and it was the Owls that could have got a third as Max O'Leary did well to save Michael Smith's stoppage-time effort.
Sheffield Wednesday manager Danny Rohl told BBC Radio Sheffield:
"I think, it was a big, big win today for us.
"It wasn't easy, we played against a strong side from Bristol, I think they have a good manager, they were well organised and had solutions with the ball.
"But we did well during the week, the focus was more to prepare my team to play our style of football and all in all we did well.
"Of course in the final minutes we had to fight with 10 men, but we did well again."
Bristol City head coach Liam Manning told BBC Radio Bristol:
"Not good enough. We started the game OK in the first five or 10 minutes - I thought we got in behind them a few times.
"Unfortunately at the minute when we face a bit of adversity, a bit of pressure, we have to go the other way, we have to step up and be counted.
"In the second half we looked better, we engaged a bit higher. A lot more of the play - even before the red card - was in their half of the pitch.
"Then, for me, the second half was more about quality rather than the behaviour side which we lacked first half, so I'm hugely annoyed right now."
Line-ups
Sheff Wed
Formation 5-4-1
- 26Beadle
- 14ValentínSubstituted forIorfaat 84'minutes
- 2Palmer
- 20Ihiekwe
- 17BernardBooked at 78mins
- 18JohnsonBooked at 70mins
- 36PovedaSubstituted forGassamaat 84'minutes
- 10Bannan
- 4Vaulks
- 45MusabaSubstituted forDiabyat 80'minutes
- 12UgboSubstituted forSmithat 84'minutes
Substitutes
- 1Dawson
- 5Diaby
- 6Iorfa
- 7Wilks
- 24Smith
- 31Shipston
- 33James
- 41Gassama
- 42Cadamarteri
Bristol City
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 1O'Leary
- 19TannerSubstituted forCornickat 68'minutes
- 26Vyner
- 16DickieBooked at 34mins
- 3PringSubstituted forRobertsat 45'minutesBooked at 61mins
- 8Williams
- 22Gardner-HickmanBooked at 53minsSubstituted forKingat 68'minutes
- 17SykesSubstituted forMcCrorieat 45'minutes
- 12Knight
- 11MehmetiSubstituted forWellsat 68'minutes
- 15Conway
Substitutes
- 2McCrorie
- 9Cornick
- 10King
- 21Wells
- 23Bajic
- 24Roberts
- 27Knight-Lebel
- 47Mebude
- Referee:
- Thomas Kirk
- Attendance:
- 26,328
Match Stats
- Possession
- Home48%
- Away52%
- Shots
- Home15
- Away12
- Shots on Target
- Home7
- Away2
- Corners
- Home4
- Away6
- Fouls
- Home8
- Away7
Live Text
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Full Time
Second Half ends, Sheffield Wednesday 2, Bristol City 1.
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Corner, Bristol City. Conceded by Michael Ihiekwe.
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Corner, Bristol City. Conceded by Michael Ihiekwe.
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Attempt blocked. Andy King (Bristol City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Tommy Conway.
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Attempt missed. Rob Dickie (Bristol City) right footed shot from more than 35 yards is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Zak Vyner.
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Attempt saved. Michael Smith (Sheffield Wednesday) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
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Attempt missed. Djeidi Gassama (Sheffield Wednesday) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
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Attempt missed. Ross McCrorie (Bristol City) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Rob Dickie.
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Corner, Bristol City. Conceded by Marvin Johnson.
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Corner, Bristol City. Conceded by Barry Bannan.
Substitution
Substitution, Sheffield Wednesday. Djeidi Gassama replaces Ian Poveda.
Substitution
Substitution, Sheffield Wednesday. Dominic Iorfa replaces Pol Valentín.
Substitution
Substitution, Sheffield Wednesday. Michael Smith replaces Iké Ugbo.
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Offside, Bristol City. Jason Knight is caught offside.
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Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Substitution
Substitution, Sheffield Wednesday. Bambo Diaby replaces Anthony Musaba.
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Delay in match because of an injury James Beadle (Sheffield Wednesday).
Dismissal
Second yellow card to Di'Shon Bernard (Sheffield Wednesday) for a bad foul.
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Attempt saved. Anthony Musaba (Sheffield Wednesday) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ian Poveda.
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Wednesday seemed a lot more up for it so credit to them.
2nd half, better from City but still no bite, my opinion Wednesday shaded it.
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Not sure getting closer to relegation zone than the playoffs was in the Chairman's briefing to the fans when they changed managers. Well done Wednesday though.
It will be a travesty if swfc go down.
Poveda, Palmer and Ugbo were excellent.
Nevertheless, at least our young un still enjoyed his first trip to the Old Lady "Look at size on her, Dad. She truly is an amphitheatre of gargantuan proportions."
From a Bristol City fan.
From a Manchester City fan.
All three results above us went the wrong way though. Millwall win at Soton... WTF!