Sunderland moved up to fourth in the Championship as they dismantled winless Sheffield Wednesday at Hillsborough.
Dan Ballard met Alex Pritchard’s inswinging corner to power home an early close-range header unchallenged.
And it was 2-0 after just eight minutes when the Championship’s top scorer Jack Clarke was allowed to cut across the face of the 18-yard box and lash home his sixth of the season inside the right-hand post.
Clarke heaped more pressure on Owls boss Xisco Munoz when he tucked a 30th-minute penalty into the bottom corner – his sixth goal in five games – after Bambo Diaby had pulled down Mason Burstow.
Rock-bottom Wednesday have mustered just two points and five goals in nine league games this season and are four points from safety having played a game more.
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