Swansea head into the summer break sat atop of the Sky Bet Championship after a dramatic change of lead, whilst two former Premier League teams continue to struggle at the foot of the table.
Wayne Routledge’s 90 minute rebound strike from a corner proved the difference for Swansea against Leeds in a tough encounter, which means that the Yorkshire team drops to third after Charlton climbed to second courtesy of a 2-0 win at Reading.
West Brom are up to fourth after coming from behind to beat Blackburn in a lively meeting, which finished 3-2 to the hosts.
Embed from Getty ImagesBradley Dack gave Rovers a first minute lead when he put away an interception from Lewis Travis on Semi Ajayi, only for Matt Phillips to equalise shortly afterwards before turning provider as he set up Jake Livermore to lash in a rebound shot and give the Baggies a 2-1 lead after 31 minutes.
Grady Diangana then cut in from the left with five minutes until half-time and played a chip over Christian Walton to make it 3-1, although the fifth and final goal came in first-half injury time when a series of poor clearances from a Stewart Downing free-kick found Bradley Johnson to reduce Rovers’ deflict.
Bristol City and Fulham complete the top six after finding themselves held to draws by Middlesbrough and Cardiff respectively.
Embed from Getty ImagesElsewhere, Stoke and Huddersfield continue to prop up the table after both blew one goal away leads to suffer respective 2-1 defeats at Birmingham City and Luton, with Birmingham’s teenager – Jude Bellingham scoring their winner on his home debut against the Potters.
Hull and Nottingham Forest both came from behind to take 1-1 draws with Millwall and Preston respectively.
Sheffield Wednesday suffered consecutive league defeats for the first time this season, after Fernando Forestieri’s opener was cancelled out by Jordan Hugill’s brace to hand QPR a 2-1 win at Hillsborough.
Brentford ended a two match losing run as Bryan Mbeumo’s tap-in and an Ollie Watkins brace handed them a comfortable home win over Derby, who are now winless in their last five league games
Finally, Wigan remain third-bottom after being held to a goalless draw at home by Barnsley.