Norwich City continue to march towards promotion following a packed weekend round which saw the battle for second take a twist.
A first-half brace for Teemu Pukki followed by a strike from Todd Cantwell saw Norwich comfortably thrash Luton at Carrow Road.
Brentford’s clash against Rotherham was postponed due to another Coronavirus outbreak amongst the Millers who stay 22nd in the table, meaning that Watford claimed second after Adam Masina’s 17th minute effort proved enough to defeat Nottingham Forest.
Swansea knocked the Bees down to fourth after Andre Ayew struck a 97th minute penalty to defeat Middlesbrough, having seen the his opener cancelled out by a 91st minute equaliser from Sam Morsy for the Teessiders.
Steve Cooper’s Swans then moved level on points with Watford but stay third after Andre Ayew rescued them a point in a midweek draw at Blackburn, after Bradley Dack had fired Rovers ahead.
Reading stay fifth after Andy Yiadom provided an assist and goal in a 3-0 home win over second-bottom Sheffield Wednesday.
Daryl Dike’s smasher sent Barnsley up to sixth as the Tykes scrapped their way to a narrow home victory over Birmingham City.
Valerien Ismael’s Tykes then further consolidated sixth with a goalless midweek draw against Derby at home.
Bournemouth consequently slipped to seventh following a 1-1 away draw at Preston, in which Arnaut Danjuma fired the Cherries ahead before Daniel Johnson intercepted a pass and curled in a 70th minute equaliser.
Cardiff stay eighth after finding themselves held to a goalless draw at Huddersfield as Bluebirds boss, Mick McCarthy took charge of his 1000th match as a manager.
Elsewhere, Wycombe remain rock bottom and 13 points off safety as a valiant effort at Stoke ended in defeat as two goals in five minutes from Rhys Norrington-Davies and Harry Souttar gave the Potters victory at the BET365 Stadium.
Gareth Ainsworth’s Chairboys then tasted defeat in a midweek loss at QPR as Ilias Chair fired in a 23rd minute winner for the Hoops.
Early goals from Ilias Chair and Rob Dickie gifted QPR an away win at Bristol City as Nigel Pearson’s Robins endured a torrid display, which saw three substitutions before half time.
Blackburn ended their six match winless run as goals from Bradley Dack and Sam Gallagher proved enough to ease past Millwall at The Den.
Finally, Maxime Biamou fired in a 11th minute winner as Coventry defeated Derby in a scrappy contest to move six points clear of the relegation zone.
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