Gary Hooper at the double as Sheffield Wednesday brush aside Leeds

Sheffield Wednesday made an emphatic return to winning ways by brushing aside Leeds United 3-0 at Hillsborough. Wednesday came into the game on the back of successive defeats, by Birmingham City and rivals Sheffield United, but this victory has them moving in the right direction once more. They now occupy 12th in the Championship while Leeds fall to fifth, behind in-form Bristol City on goal difference.

Gary Hooper scored two first-half goals for Wednesday before Kieran Lee capped the victory eight minutes from time, to condemn Leeds to a second defeat inside five days. Hooper, who has now scored seven goals in as many matches, could have had himself a hat-trick but he rattled the crossbar late on. But the hand of the Leeds goalkeeper Felix Wiedwald denied the Wednesday striker during six minutes of second-half stoppage-time.

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