Norwich City continue to march towards a second Sky Bet Championship title in three seasons on a huge weekend of action throughout the table.
Comeback second-half goals from Teemu Pukki and Todd Cantwell saw Daniel Farke’s Canaries fight from behind to beat second bottom Sheffield Wednesday at Hillsborough, after Jordan Rhodes had fired the Owls into an early seventh minute lead.
Watford remain second after Adam Masina bent in a 94th minute free-kick winner after Francisco Sierralta’s flicked own goal to put Cardiff ahead was cancelled out a minute later by Nathaniel Chalobah.
Conor Hourihane’s third minute strike from Yan Dhanda’s pass secured victory for third placed Swansea as they scraped past Luton in a feisty encounter at Kenilworth Road.
Brentford stay three points behind the Hornets and Swans in fourth after Ivan Toney’s early penalty clinched victory at Blackburn, following a foul from Darragh Lenihan on Tarique Fosu.
Yakou Meite rescued a late point for fifth placed Reading after Tom Holmes bundled Sammy Ameobi’s 49th minute low cross into his own net, thus handing Nottingham Forest the initial lead.
Barnsley stay sixth and five points clear of seventh-placed Bournemouth after second-half goals from Dominik Frieser and Carlton Morris completed a comeback 3-2 win , having seen Michal Helik’s opener cancelled out by Arnaut Danjuma before Dominic Solanke put the Cherries in front in first half injury time.
Down in the relegation zone, rock bottom Wycombe grabbed a narrow winner over Preston to climb to within nine points of safety, with Ryan Tafazolli heading in a 27th minute winner from a corner.
Rotherham remain third bottom after their home game against Coventry was postponed due to a Coronavirus outbreak amongst the Millers.
Birmingham City sit three points clear of the relegation zone after finding themselves thrashed at home by Bristol City, as Kasey Palmer scored first before assisting with Callum O’Dowda’s winner after Antoine Semenyo had doubled their lead.
Elsewhere, Middlesbrough cruised to a comfortable home win against Stoke with Grant Hall and Paddy McNair scoring in the first half, before Nathaniel Mendez-Laing wrapped up victory from Sam Morsy’s counter-attack pass in the 88th minute.
Huddersfield moved nine points clear of relegation as Juninho Bacuna’s 55th minute half-volley smasher proved enough to defeat QPR at the Kiyan Prince Foundation Stadium.
Finally, Shaun Hutchinson headed in a 45th minute winner for Millwall to beat Derby, thus extending the Rams’ winless run to five matches.
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