West Bromwich Albion continue to sit atop of the Sky Bet Championship after a dramatic weekend of action affecting promotion and relegation battles.
Sam Morsy’s 73rd minute strike proved enough for Wigan to snatch a shock victory over the table topping Baggies at The Hawthorns, moving the Latics out of the relegation zone.
Middlesbrough consequently fell into the relegation zone, after Lewis Grabban’s late poke-in snatched a point for fourth-placed Nottingham Forest in a 2-2 draw, having initially overturned Ryan Yates’ opener to lead through strikes from Rudy Gestede and Lewis Wing.
Embed from Getty ImagesLeeds closed the gap to West Brom down to a single point, after Tyler Roberts netted a late brace in a brutal four goal thumping of Hull at the KCOM Stadium.
Fulham remain five points adrift of the Whites in third after defeating sixth-placed Preston through David Nugent’s own goal and a late Aboubakar Kamara strike.
Brentford’s winless run extended to five matches after blowing a two goal lead to draw 2-2 at Cardiff, with all four goals coming before half-time as the Bees remain in fifth.
Down in the relegation zone, Luton remain rock-bottom, after James Collins’ last gasp penalty earned them a point in a 1-1 draw at home against Stoke, who had led through Sam Vokes’ ninth minute rebound effort.
Barnsley fell to a two goal defeat at Reading as goals from Yakou Meite and George Puscas either side of the break, gifted the Royals a comfortable home victory as the Tykes remain off last place on goal difference.
Elsewhere, Bristol City remain in seventh after Tomas Kalas’ late own goal gifted Millwall a point, having initially led through Pedro Pereira’s tenth minute strike.
Blackburn and Swansea remain close behind in eighth and ninth respectively, following Bradley Johnson’s late equaliser for the hosts in a 2-2 draw at Ewood Park.
Tom Lawrence picked up a first half brace as Derby ran riot in a dominant 3-1 win at Sheffield Wednesday, moving the Rams level on points with the 12th placed Owls but behind on goal difference.
Scott Hogan opened and closed the scoring at St Andrews’ as Birmingham fought back for a 2-2 draw against QPR, having initially seen early second-half goals from Marc Pugh and Jordan Hugill cancel out Hogan’s opener.
Finally, Huddersfield dished out a four goal demolition to Charlton as Karlan Grant scored twice against his former Addicks at the John Smith Stadium.
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