Sheffield Wednesday 1-3 Aston Villa: Villa score two stoppage-time goals to win

Aston Villa scored two goals in stoppage time at Steve Bruce's Sheffield Wednesday to win a sixth straight Championship game.

Albert Adomah smashed in on the rebound to put Villa 2-1 up and Tammy Abraham slotted home in the fourth minute of injury time to take Dean Smith's side up to fifth in the table.

The defeat was former Villa manager Bruce's first loss since taking over at Hillsborough at the start of February, ending a 12-match unbeaten run for the Owls.

The game had looked destined for a draw following first-half goals from Wednesday striker Gary Hooper and Villa's John McGinn, but Steven Fletcher missed a second-half penalty for the hosts, before the late drama.

Adomah's goal came after Keiren Westwood had saved well from substitute Jonathan Kodjia, and Chelsea loanee Abraham coolly scored his 23rd league goal of the campaign with almost the final kick.

Wednesday striker Hooper, playing just his second game since returning from a 15-month injury lay-off, had earlier given the Owls the ideal start when he slotted in George Boyd's cross.

But McGinn levelled midway through the first half with a sublime half-volley following good work from Andre Green on the touchline.

Fletcher had a golden opportunity to make it 2-1 to the hosts after the break when he was chopped down by Tyrone Mings in the box, but his weak spot-kick was saved by Jed Steer.

The loss severely dented Wednesday's hopes of making the play-offs as they have slipped six points behind sixth-placed Bristol City.

Owls manager Steve Bruce told BBC Radio Sheffield:

"We're all going home disappointed. They played fantastically well but sometimes in football you don't get what you deserve and that was the case.

"The way we played, the way we went about it I couldn't have asked for anything more. We've missed a big opportunity. We missed that penalty, but it's not our day.

"Sometimes when you're going for the play-offs it's not about how you play it's about the results and Aston Villa go home knowing they got that result, but were very fortunate."

Aston Villa head coach Dean Smith told BBC WM:

"In this stage of the season where we're pushing to get a play-off spot, we were on a five-game winning run and now we've got that to six.

"It was very much a tale of two halves. First half we started really well and then we caught.

"We controlled the ball and looked dangerous, but we didn't work the goalkeeper as much as we should have."