The Owls beat struggling Accrington Stanley 3-0 at Hillsborough to end a worrying six-game winless run.

And Barnsley edged a nervy encounter with Shrewsbury, 2-1.

While that was happening, leaders Plymouth lost for only the second time at Home Park this season as Lincoln won 2-0.

Dennis Adeniran celebrates his first-half goal with Mallik Wilks as Wednesday beat Accrington 3-0 (Picture: Steve Ellis)

And Ipswich were set to go top of the league only for Cheltenham to snatch a late 1-1 draw.

It all means this for the current League One table.

Pos	Team	P	GD	Pts
1	Sheffield Wednesday	41	+39	84
2	Plymouth Argyle	40	+26	83
3	Ipswich Town	40	+47	82
4	Barnsley	40	+32	78
5	Peterborough United	41	+23	70
6	Bolton Wanderers	40	+22	68
7	Derby County	41	+20	68
8	Wycombe Wanderers	41	+13	65
9	Portsmouth	41	+10	63

And what does it mean for the promotion race? Well, data experts FiveThirtyEight.com have crunched the numbers and here’s the new predicted League One finishing positions.

Nicky Cadden celebrates scoring as Barnsley beat Shrewsbury (Picture: Bruce ROllinson)

The number crunchers have reacted swiftly to the Bank Holiday Monday results to determine who gets promoted in first and second and who finishes in 3rd to 6th and in the play-offs.

Pos	Team	P	GD	Pts
1	Ipswich Town	46	+53	94
2	Sheffield Wednesday	46	+43	94
3	Plymouth Argyle	46	+30	94
4	Barnsley	46	+37	89
5	Bolton Wanderers	46	+27	80
6	Peterborough United	46	+25	78
7	Derby County	46	+22	76
8	Wycombe Wanderers	46	+16	74
9	Portsmouth	46	+11	71

For more details visit FiveThirtyEight.com

New outcome to League One promotion race predicted after Easter Monday wins for Sheffield Wednesday and Barnsley FC, including Ipswich Town, Derby County, Bolton Wanderers, Plymouth Argyle and Portsmouth