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Martyn Waghorn's double against Sheffield Wednesday took his tally to 12 for the season

Two goals from Martyn Waghorn gave Ipswich a hard-fought win over Sheffield Wednesday at Hillsborough.

Mick McCarthy's men would have been behind but for a superb save from Bartosz Bialkowski to keep out Atdhe Nuhiu in a goalless first half.

The deadlock was broken by Waghorn from close range before Lucas Joao equalised for the Owls with a side-foot finish.

Waghorn then curled in a sublime free-kick from the right hand side of the box to seal a second successive win.

The Tractor Boys lost winger Mustapha Carayol to injury in the 25th minute, but his replacement Freddie Sears played a key part in Waghorn's first goal.

His pinpoint cross from the right was headed on by Callum Connolly, allowing Waghorn to pounce and fire home for the lead.

Nuhiu pressed for the equaliser and the Kosovo international poked wide before Joao showed good composure to slot a neat finish into the bottom right corner.

But former Rangers man Waghorn, who moved to Portman Road in August and had not scored since 2 December, netted from a set-piece to take his tally to 12 goals for the season.

Sheffield Wednesday boss Jos Luhukay:

"Over 90 minutes, we have a team with no belief. They have not the confidence to play offensive and create chances.

"We had maybe only two or three chances and it was not enough to make a result. Ipswich had three chances and scored two times.

"When you have not a result, you must win games to get confidence back. They must stay together. We now have three days to speak with each other and Saturday is a new chance to do it better than we did today."

Ipswich manager Mick McCarthy:

"I think overall we deserved to win.

"It was a right royal scrap in the first half and we matched them in every department.

"We didn't allow them to play and I thought we just shaded it. In the second, we were the better team.

"It was great to see Waggy get two goals - his second was real quality. He's got a wand of a left foot. For him now to get his goals, he can calm down a bit and play his game and he'll get more."