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Charlie Hughes' winner was his first goal of the season for Hull Hull City defender Charlie Hughes headed in a 94th-minute winner at Sheffield Wednesday to give them a vital three points in their battle against relegation from the Championship. Hughes' powerful finish provided a grandstand end to an otherwise dire encounter which saw the Owls suffer a fourth successive home defeat. Hull remain in trouble, with Luton Town and Derby County below them rousing themselves in recent weeks to find form, but the Tigers bounced back from defeat at Luton last week, their first in five games, to secure the win at Hillsborough. They still needed Ivor Pandur to produce a fine late stop from Dominic Iorfa to retain the lead, and put an end to Wednesday's lingering hopes of a play-off place. Hull went into the game knowing that Luton, one of the Championship's in-form teams, had picked up a point at home to Leeds earlier in the day, and they responded with a dogged performance against a Wednesday side that has now lost four consecutive home games for the first time since 2012. The Tigers began on the front foot but Sean Mc Loughlin sliced one chance wide following a corner and Michael Ihiekwe got a telling deflection on Kyle Joseph's shot as the Owls managed to stand firm. Wednesday fashioned two headed chances in a largely humdrum first half, but both fell to Josh Windass rather than aerial specialist Michael Smith, and Hull keeper Pandur was able to save both with ease. The best chance of the first half came at the other end as Joseph was teed up, eight yards out, but 19-year-old Wednesday keeper Pierce Charles produced a superb save to claw his shot away. Windass was on the end of another opportunity early in the second half, getting ahead of his marker to meet Marvin Johnson's cross, but again Pandur was perfectly positioned to save. Wednesday looked most likely to break the deadlock as the game moved towards a close, but Pandur kept out Shea Charles' shot as the on-loan Southampton man burst clear of the defence. Hull had one last chance as they were awarded a free-kick, and when Fenerbahce loanee Lincoln Henrique curled it to the edge of the penalty area, Hughes met it with a thunderous header that flew past Charles. Sheffield Wednesday manager Danny Rohl told BBC Radio Sheffield: "Big credit to my team, to take this tough week, to stay here and go again, to fight again for our club. It took time to come into it, but in the second half it was one direction. "It's hard but the key message for me is that this team has big, big character and big, big belief. A lot of players take all the setbacks again and again and it makes me very proud. "The motivation comes from the inner circle, there's no question mark. The emotional level was there - they want to fight, they want to go and do everything, but you can understand what it means for this group. "It makes no sense to speak about the play-offs. We should be honest, and we're not ready for the play-offs. We did an outstanding job and felt we were always close, but in the second half of the season in all these tight games, we could have won maybe six home games, but we didn't. " Comments can not be loaded To load Comments you need to enable Java Script in your browser Last Updated 5th April 2025 at 17: 05 Please Note: All times UK. Tables are subject to change. The BBC is not responsible for any changes that may be made. Manager: Danny Röhl Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1 Manager: Rubén Sellés Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1 Manager: Danny Röhl Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1 Manager: Rubén Sellés Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1 We're still improving Match stats. Let us know what you think. Championship All competitions All competitions All competitions Sheffield Wednesday are looking to complete their first league double over Hull City since beating them twice in 1990-91 under Ron Atkinson. Hull lost 3-1 at Hillsborough last season but haven’t suffered consecutive league defeats away at Sheffield Wednesday since August 1972. Sheffield Wednesday have lost each of their last three home league matches, losing each game by a one-goal margin. The Owls haven’t lost four in a row at home since December 2012. Hull won 3-0 away at Sheffield United earlier this campaign but have never previously won away at both Sheffield clubs in a league season. The last side to beat both by three or more goals away from home in one season was Huddersfield Town in 1953-54 (6-3 at United, 4-1 at Wednesday). Sheffield Wednesday’s Barry Bannan has four assists in his last 10 Championship appearances and since 2015-16, only Jed Wallace (56) and John Swift (48) have more assists in the competition than the Scotsman (44). Match ends, Sheffield Wednesday 0, Hull City 1. Second Half ends, Sheffield Wednesday 0, Hull City 1. Attempt missed. Stuart Armstrong (Sheffield Wednesday) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right following a corner. Attempt blocked. Michael Ihiekwe (Sheffield Wednesday) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Iké Ugbo. Corner, Sheffield Wednesday. Conceded by João Pedro. Corner, Sheffield Wednesday. Conceded by Sean Mc Loughlin. Attempt saved. Dominic Iorfa (Sheffield Wednesday) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Goal! Sheffield Wednesday 0, Hull City 1. Charlie Hughes (Hull City) header from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Lincoln following a set piece situation. Dominic Iorfa (Sheffield Wednesday) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. Foul by Dominic Iorfa (Sheffield Wednesday). Matt Crooks (Hull City) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Substitution, Hull City. Matt Crooks replaces Regan Slater. Delay over. They are ready to continue. Delay in match (Sheffield Wednesday). Attempt saved. Shea Charles (Sheffield Wednesday) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Callum Paterson. Fourth official has announced 6 minutes of added time. Attempt missed. Marvin Johnson (Sheffield Wednesday) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Iké Ugbo. Substitution, Sheffield Wednesday. Iké Ugbo replaces Djeidi Gassama. Lewie Coyle (Hull City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. Barry Bannan (Sheffield Wednesday) wins a free kick on the left wing. Copyright © 2025 BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking.