Fulham extended their lead at the summit of the Sky Bet Championship following the latest round of midweek action.
Aleksandr Mitrovic’s brace saw Fulham defeat second-bottom Peterborough 2-1 at Craven Cottage, as Jack Marriott netted a consolatory goal in the Posh’ first match since Darren Ferguson resigned as manager on Sunday.
Mitrovic’s two goals also saw him become the outright record goalscorer in a single Championship season, eclipsing the 31 goal total set by Brentford’s Ivan Toney last season en route to promotion via the play-offs.
Bournemouth remain second but now nine points behind the league leaders after their trip to Swansea was postponed due to storm damage at the Liberty Stadium.
Ben Davies’ 92nd minute winner for ten-men Sheffield United after Charlie Goode’s red card saw the sixth-placed Blades defeat Blackburn Rovers at Bramall Lane, which meant that Tony Mowbray’s Rovers slipped to fifth.
Ten-men QPR consequently moved up to third with a 2-1 home win over Blackpool as Luke Amos struck a 89th minute winner for the Hoops, after Josh Bowler cancelled out Jimmy Dunne’s header following a red card for Dion Sanderson.
Late goals from Josh Koroma and Jonathan Russell fired Huddersfield up to fourth in a comeback 2-1 win over Cardiff, after Tommy Doyle put the Bluebirds ahead in the 61st minute.
Middlesbrough round out the top seven after comeback goals from Paddy McNair and Marcus Tavernier saw the Boro defeat West Brom 2-1 at home, having fallen behind to Jayson Molumby’s 28th minute opener.
Down in the relegation zone, Barnsley remain rock-bottom as Carlton Morris set up Callum Styles’ opener before netting himself in a 2-0 win at Hull.
Derby again sits third-bottom as first-half goals from Jed Wallace and Tyler Burey fired Millwall to a 2-1 away win at Pride Park, despite Jake Cooper’s late own goal halving Derby’s eventual loss.
Goals from Lucas Joao and John Swift fired Reading to an eight-point gap to the relegation zone in an eventual 2-1 home victory over Birmingham City.
Elsewhere, Danny Hylton and Cameron Jerome fired Luton to a 2-1 second-half victory at Stoke despite Lewis Baker’s injury-time curled strike, which left the Hatters sat eighth and two points off the play-off spots.
Viktor Gyokeres’ 89th minute winner fired Coventry up to eighth as the Sky Blues won 2-1 at Bristol City, having initially seen Ian Maatsen’s opener cancelled out by Chris Martin’s header.
Finally, Preston held Nottingham Forest to a goalless draw at Deepdale.
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