Michael Smith brace helps send Sheffield Wednesday top of League One as Owls hit back to beat MK Dons

Michael Smith scored twice with Josh Windass, Lee Gregory and George Byers also on target while Jonathan Leko and Mohamed Eisa scored for the visitors. Leko struck in the second minute with a superb shot on the run from around 25 yards out.

Windass equalised in the ninth minute, getting on the end of a long ball and dinking the ball over the advancing Jamie Cumming in the visitors’ net. Eisa put MK Dons back in front on 24 minutes, latching onto a loose ball before getting into the area and slotting past Dawson.

Smith equalised from the penalty spot in the 54th minute after Tennai Watson was penalised for handling the ball following a long throw into the area. Substitute Gregory put the hosts ahead with a tap-in after Windass found him unmarked on 64 minutes.

Smith scored his second of the afternoon 10 minutes later with a deflected shot, the ball looping over Cumming before Byers rounded off the scoring with a header a minute from time. The result put the Owls top of the league on goal difference after Plymouth Argyle drew at home to Fleetwood Town.

Darren Moore’s side have a game in hand over their title rivals while the gap to third-placed Ipswich Town remains at eight points after they were 4-0 home winners over struggling Forest Green.