Norwich secured top spot for Christmas as teams scrapped to place themselves in the best position possible ahead of the festive fixtures.
Emiliano Buendia opened the scoring for Norwich after sashing in from close range following Kenny McClean’s pass before teeing up Todd Cantwell to smash in and guarantee them top spot come Xmas Day, as Cardiff suffered a second defeat in seven games after losing 2-0 at Carrow Road.
Bournemouth remain second after finding themselves held to a goalless draw by Luton at Kenilworth Road.
Jamal Lowe’s second minute strike helped Swansea to victory over Barnsley as an accidental own goal from Victor Adeboyejo saw the Tykes saw to a two goal away defeat, as the Welsh hosts climbed to third.
Brentford rose to fourth after Bryan Mbeumo’s brace following Mathias Jensen’s opener helped the Bees to a 3-1 win over Reading, despite Sone Aluko’s second-half consolatory for the Royals.
Watford fell to defeat at Huddersfield as Frazier Campbell’s strike from Ben Foster’s error coupled with an own goal from Etienne Capoue saw the Terriers rise to 12th.
Middlesbrough complete the top six after claiming a dominant 4-1 comeback win over former manager, Aitor Karanka and his Birmingham City team, in which Neil Etheridge flicked a corner into his own net before Lewis Wing rifled in a powerful low shot to seal victory
Down in the relegation zone, Sheffield Wednesday climbed off the foot of the table after Tom Lees headed in from Barry Bannan’s corner to clinch a narrow home win over Coventry.
Wycombe consequently slipped to rock-bottom despite Ans Mehmeti’s late strike to rescue a draw against QPR, who took the lead through Jason McCarthy’s own goal.
Derby remain third-bottom after their clash at Rotherham was postponed less than ninety minutes before kick-off due to a Coronavirus outbreak amongst the Millers.
Elsewhere, Nottingham Forest moved above Rotherham into 20th and a point clear of the drop after 18 year-old Alex Mighten scored his first senior goal to equalise at Millwall, who had taken the lead just two minutes earlier from Tom Bradshaw’s second consecutive strike in two games.
Stoke climbed to seventh after Nick Powell’s header from Morgan Fox’s sixth-minute cross
Finally, Daniel Johnson’s 21st minute penalty after Taylor Moore fouled Scott Sinclair proved enough for Preston to defeat Bristol City at Deepdale.
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