A packed final midweek round of the 2020-21 Sky Bet Championship season saw the respective battles for second and survival throw up more surprises.
Championship leaders, Norwich missed a chance to seal the 2020-21 title after Dan Gosling struck a 57th minute winner for second-placed Watford at Carrow Road, which reduced the Hornets’ deficit to five points.
Watford however are now on the brink of promotion with just three points required from their final three games, after Albert Adomah teed up Lyndon Dykes to fire in a late winner for QPR to leave Swansea staring directly at the play-offs.
Tariq Fosu’ rebound strike saw Brentford come from behind to snatch a 1-1 draw at home to Cardiff, after Kieffer Moore fired the Bluebirds ahead from the penalty spot following Ethan Pinnock’s handball of Curtis Nelson’s header.
Dominic Solanke provided two assists and a goal as Bournemouth thrashed Millwall 4-1 at The Den to go third on Wednesday evening, punishing Swansea and Brentford’s failure to win 24 hours earlier.
Daryl Dike delivered an overhead kicked winner as Barnsley stay sixth following a hard-fought Yorkshire derby away at Huddersfield.
Seventh-placed Reading slipped six points behind the Tykes after finding themselves held to a goalless draw at Luton.
Down in the relegation zone, Adebayo Akinfenwa’s 94th minute penalty secured rock-bottom Wycombe a shock comeback win to move six points from safety, after Uche Ikpeazu cancelled out Tyreeq Bakinson’s opener for Bristol City.
Josh Windass struck a 37th minute winner via Darragh Lenihan’s deflection as Sheffield Wednesday defeated Blackburn to climb to within four points of survival, although Darren Moore’s Owls remain second bottom on goal difference.
Rotherham missed an opportunity to move to within a point of safety after Middlesbrough came from behind to defeat Paul Warne’s Millers 2-1 after Matt Crooks was red carded for an elbow on Grant Hall.
Elsewhere, goals from Ben Whiteman, Ched Evans and Ryan Ledson saw Preston cruise to a comfortable 3-0 home victory over Derby, leaving Wayne Rooney’s Rams just four points clear of the drop with three matches left of this season.
Viktor Gyokeres’ late strike secured Coventry City victory away at Stoke in a five goal thriller, after the Potters twice came from behind to cancel out goals from the Robins’ Tyler Walker and Max Biamou.
Finally, Lewis Grabban’s late injury-time penalty rescued Nottingham Forest a 1-1 draw away at Birmingham City, after Marc Roberts had headed the Blues in front from Ivan Sanchez’s corner.
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