Sheffield Wednesday moved into the Sky Bet Championship play-off spots after two second-half goals from Steven Fletcher gave them a 2-1 victory over Brentford at Hillsborough.
The Owls’ top scorer took his tally to 10 for the season to complete a comeback victory after Bryan Mbuemo opened the scoring in the first half.
Wednesday started brightly and almost took the lead in the opening minute, as Jacob Murphy’s cross was nearly turned into his own net by Ethan Pinnock.
Mbuemo might have scored just before the goal after his volley went inches wide, but made no mistake from Josh Dasilva’s corner as he headed in from close range to put Brentford one goal up.
The hosts looked to bounce back after conceding, with Murphy’s low cross again causing trouble for the Bees’ rear-guard, but Fletcher couldn’t get on the end of it.
Morgan Fox’s whipped cross found its way to Fletcher in the box, who controlled the ball well on his chest, but his acrobatic effort went wide of the mark.
The hosts’ best chance of the game fell to top scorer Fletcher again, but Brentford goalkeeper David Raya did well to deny his effort at full stretch.
The Owls’ pressure paid off in the 69th minute as Fletcher notched his ninth of the season from the penalty spot to level the scores.
Brentford’s Rico Henry was adjudged to have handled the ball for the penalty, before the striker stepped up and coolly converted from the spot.
Wednesday’s marksman struck again four minutes later as he controlled well from Harris’ cross to turn inside and finish past goalkeeper Raya.
Brentford could’ve equalised in the 90th minute as Said Benrahma broke away from his defender, but his curled effort went agonisingly wide as Wednesday held on for all three points.
