QPR overhauled a two-goal deficit to claim a deserved win in their Coca-Cola Championship clash with Sheffield Wednesday.

The Owls stunned the Loftus Road faithful by defying constant Rangers pressure to go ahead through a Gavin Mahon own goal, before Marcus Tudgay's penalty looked to have put them on course for a barely deserved three points.

But Rowan Vine started the comeback with his first goal of the season and Mahon atoned for his earlier mishap by heading Gareth Ainsworth's men level.

With two minutes of normal time remaining Damion Stewart then rose to head home Lee Cook's cross to seal the points for Rangers.

The Londoners will see the victory as nothing more than they deserved as they created chance after chance throughout the game and were denied by the woodwork twice in the first half.

The game began in lively fashion and the home side were soon on the front foot and creating chances.

Heidar Helguson fired wide from an acute angle after breaking down the right before Adel Taarabt wasted a great opportunity to open the scoring after he blasted over from six yards.

Helguson again missed the target from a good position before Wayne Routledge hit the post after bearing down on Wednesday goalkeeper Lee Grant.

From the resulting corner defender Stewart had his header cleared off the line by Richard Hinds.

Rangers' complete dominance continued and they missed another opportunity to take a deserved lead as Jordi Lopez failed to work Grant from eight yards out.

And they were stung by a rare Wednesday attack in the 35th minute.

Etienne Esajas forced a corner and, after taking it short, crossed into the area where Mahon made a mess of his attempted clearance and succeeded only in heading past Radek Cerny.

The goal did nothing to stop the constant flow of home chances, though, as Icelandic striker Helguson fired onto the post and Lopez forced Grant into a neat save.

Early in the second half Wednesday made Rangers pay for their missed chances when they doubled the lead from the penalty spot. Kaspars Gorkss felled Leon Clarke and Tudgay fired down the centre of the goal, with Cerny diving over the ball.

Rangers could easily have dropped their heads after finding themselves 2-0 down after total domination, but they continued to attack Wednesday and battled back into the game just after the hour.

Routledge showed directness as he produced a surging run into the penalty area before laying the ball back for substitute Vine, who had the simplest of tasks to tap the ball home from close range.

The goal buoyed Ainsworth's side and with 18 minutes remaining they restored parity when Mahon executed his header in much better fashion in Wednesday's area and the ball nestled in the bottom corner.

Rangers had the scent of victory and hustled for one more chance, and just as it looked as though Rangers would have to settle for a point, Cook broke down the left and put in a cross for Stewart, who thumped his header past Grant.

Wednesday were forced onto the front foot and for the first time in the game they put Rangers under pressure and they almost levelled, but Cerny produced a finger-tip save to deny Darren Potter and Rangers held on.

Teams

QPR Cerny, Ramage, Stewart, Gorkss, Connolly, Cook,Mahon (Leigertwood 76), Taarabt (Vine 56), Lopez (Ephraim 68),Routledge, Helguson.

Subs Not Used: Delaney, Miller.

Booked: Taarabt, Cook.

Goals: Vine 62, Mahon 74, Stewart 88.

Sheff Wed Grant, Spurr, Hinds, Wood (Beevers 46), O'Connor,Potter, Esajas (Johnson 77), Clarke (Sodje 78), Buxton, Varney,Tudgay.

Subs Not Used: McAllister, Jeffers.

Booked: Varney, Beevers.

Goals: Mahon 35 og, Tudgay 53 pen.

Att: 13,742

Ref: Darren Deadman (Cambridgeshire).