Sheffield Wednesday came from a goal down to finally beat Yeovil by two goals to one at a snowy Hillsborough stadium this afternoon.

Jonathan Obika had given the Glovers a 40th minute lead but the Owls hit back through a pair of Johnsons. Winger Jermaine hit a beauty into the top corner of 56 minutes and defender Reda sewed the victory up when he lashed in with twelve minutes to go.

On reflection, the Owls deserved the points on the overall performance though Gary Johnson's men played the better football for large portions of the game forcing the hosts to revert to a long ball game utilising the physical presence of Gary Madine in a lone striker's role.

After boss Gary Megson made a double change early in the second half and withdrew the ex-Carlisle frontman in favour of Ryan Lowe, the football returned and eventually grabbed the win that sends them second in the table.

For Town, another defeat against a big team but a vast improvement on last month's 4-0 drubbing at neighbours Sheffield United and they remain in eighteenth place in the npower League One table.

Manager Gary Johnson made just one change to his eleven that started last weekend's 2-1 win over Preston North End. Paul Huntington's red card and subsequent suspension meant a debut for former Owls defender Richard Hinds, back at his previous club.

Such has been the turnaround in personnel and team formation that only two of the eleven that started the September clash between the sides began today's match with Luke Ayling and Ed Upson keeping their places while everyone else was either injured, suspended, out-of-favour or had left the club.

Hinds is a tough uncompromising defender and if Glovers needed proof, they saw it early on when he was injured in a clash of heads with a Wednesday defender and needed two minutes of off-field treatment to stem the flow of blood.

The only clear sight of goal that either side had in a scrappy first twenty minutes was when John Bostock, on loan from Tottenham and a pal of Glovers stars Obika and Dean Parrett, curled a free kick from twenty yards onto the roof of the net.

Parrett could have exacted the perfect punishment on his Spurs team mate when he broke down the right and should have shot but instead squared it towards Gavin Williams, allowing midfielder David Prutton to produce a saving tackle.

Jermaine Johnson, in his flashy yellow boots, was looking dangerous as ever down the flank and had two first half efforts on goal; the first curled just wide while the second was blocked by the chest of Hinds frustrating the Jamaican attacker.

On forty minutes, slightly against the run of play, Yeovil took the lead when Ryan Dickson's probing run down the left saw him cross towards Jon Obika. The frontman still had plenty to do and he got in front of his defender to poke home his second goal of this season's loan spell.

Incredibly the Glovers almost went in two goals ahead when Parrett's cross from the right was met by home defender Danny Batth whose stretched clearance almost diverted the ball into his own net but keeper Stephen Bywater scrambled back and retreived the situation.

With Wednesday booed in at half time by their impatient supporters, Megson knew he had to pull a rabbit out of the half time hat and see a major improvement if he was to turn his side's fortunes around. With only seven minutes of the second period gone, he withdrew both Gary Madine and Jon Otsemobor and replaced them with Lewis Buxton and prolific striker Ryan Lowe.

Almost immediately, the Owls looked a better footballing team and less of a hoofball one, and their equaliser took only four minutes to arrive. Jermaine Johnson broke down the flank and hit a stunning strike into the top corner leaving Yeovil keeper Sam Walker helpless.

Wednesday had their tails up now and Megson introduced Clinton Morrison halfway through the second half as another attacking threat with a lot of experience. Jermaine Johnson hit an effort into the side netting but with twelve minutes left, the winner arrived.

A deep free kick was played into the Yeovil penalty area and after being headed on, Walker produced a great save to deny a second header but Reda Johnson was on hand to lash home the winner with his seventh strike of the season.

Yeovil stepped up after the second goal and Ed Upson, Gavin Williams and Dickson all had shots blocked or deflected as they attempted to drag a point out of the game but to no avail and Gavin Williams' last minute shot from a corner was their final chance of an immensely frustrating match that was close, but ultimately pointless.