Sheffield Wednesday 1-2 Queens Park Rangers: Jordan Hugill double guides Rangers to win

Jordan Hugill's double enabled Queens Park Rangers to beat Sheffield Wednesday and record back-to-back Championship wins for the first time since December 2018.

Rangers had to come from behind at Hillsborough after Wednesday took a first-half lead when Fernando Forestieri tumbled in the box and Steven Fletcher stepped up to send Joe Lumley the wrong way from the penalty spot.

It took the visitors until the hour mark to get back into the game, when Hugill was set away by a perfect through ball from Nakhi Wells, and rounded Keiren Westwood before slotting in.

The striker added his second just four minutes later when Ryan Manning whipped the ball in and Hugill diverted into the net.

Wednesday, still under interim coach Lee Bullen, were unbeaten in their opening two games at Hillsborough this season, having only lost two of their last 16 home matches in the Championship, but this reverse was their third defeat this term.

The Owls will rue missed opportunities at 1-0 that might have put the game beyond their opponents, in particular when Fletcher directed a header wide when well placed.

They might have snatched a point had Adthe Nuhiu connected more precisely with a wonderful Barry Bannan cross with minutes left.

Rangers, to their credit, did not buckle following Fletcher's penalty and through Hugill and the busy Nakhi Wells, who had two efforts well saved by Westwood, they had an attacking threat.

Following his loan move from West Ham, Hugill now has five goals in his first six league games for the R's, who are eighth in the table,

Sheffield Wednesday caretaker boss Lee Bullen:

"I've been at the club long enough to know the demand of the support and that performance, especially in the second half, was nowhere near acceptable for a club of this size.

"To say I'm disappointed would be an understatement. It was lethargic, not enough movement and we didn't move the ball quick enough. The two goals we lost you wouldn't see in a playground.

"In the first half we had little spells when we did switch play and decided to get the ball out to full-backs. On occasions we did that, but we never did it enough, we never did it quick enough and in the second half we never did it at all."

QPR manager Mark Warburton:

"We went in at half-time and found ourselves 1-0 down but we had to do more of the same. We needed to move the ball a bit quicker, be a bit more positive with our decision-making going forward to create chances and we did that.

"They've got good players here and we knew the threat they posed but we dealt with it really well - it was a deserved three points.

"We've played very well in a couple of games and got nothing out of it. The players know they can come to a place like this and score goals. Full credit to them. They've worked so hard on and off the pitch."