2019-20 Sky Bet Championship: Week 14 Roundup

West Bromwich Albion remain top of the Sky Bet Championship after another crazy weekend of position swaps and goals. 

Matt Phillips gave the Baggies an early lead before Macauley Bonne’s header restored parity on the hour mark, which seemed to put the Addicks in control after Nathan Ferguson was sent off for a reckless challenge on Chris Solly, despite Grady Diangana initially seeing red in a case of mistaken identity by referee – Matt Donohue. 

Hal Robson-Kanu then appeared to had won it for the 10-man West Brom with a 81st minute curler, until Semi Ajayi fouled Naby Sarr and Josh Cullen dispatched a 94th minute penalty to earn the Addicks a 2-2 draw. 

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Preston meanwhile came from behind to beat Blackburn 3-2 and go second through Tom Barkhuizen’s brace plus a Daniel Johnson penalty, having initially fallen behind thanks to a Declan Rudd own goal and Sam Gallagher’s effort, 

Leeds slip to third after being held to a goalless draw at Sheffield Wednesday in a tight Yorkshire Derby, which allowed Swansea to split the pair in fourth after Ben Wilmot’s header proved the difference against Cardiff in a hard fought Welsh Derby. 

Bristol City round out the top six after Pedro Pereira’s header rescued them a late draw, having initially seen Andreas Weimann’s opener cancelled out by a Chey Dunkley brace for Wigan. 

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Down at the bottom, goals from Christopher Schindler and Karlan Grant helped Huddersfield to fend off a late strike from Barnsley’s Jacob Brown as the Terriers edged a tense Yorkshire Derby and moved out of the relegation zone. 

Middlesbrough consequently fell into the bottom three after playing out a goalless draw against 10-man Fulham, after Marek Rodak was red-carded for handling Jonny Howson’s shot outside the box. 

Stoke meanwhile stay second last after losing 2-0 at Millwall as their former manager, Gary Rowett officially took charge of the Lions in the dugout for the first time.

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Elsewhere, Ollie Watkins’ brace plus a Said Benrahma penalty was enough for Brentford to beat QPR 3-1 in a competitive West London Derby. 

Jarrod Bowen’s late double helped Hull past Derby in a tight mid-table clash as the Tigers improved to 13th, and above the Rams who slip to 15th. 

Lukasz Jutkiewicz’s late header meanwhile helped Birmingham past Luton after Kristian Pedersen initially opened the scoring, only to then turn provider as his interception by Izzy Brown allowed Harry Cornick to equalise for the Hatters.

Finally, Nottingham Forest’s clash with Reading at the City Ground was postponed due to a waterlogged pitch and will be played at a later date.