Sheffield United missed out on moving top of the Sky Bet Championship in a matchweek of rearranged matches, albeit containing just eight matches due to Carabao Cup involvement.
Sheffield United missed a chance to move top of the table following a 1-0 home defeat to Yorkshire rivals, Rotherham United who snatched a first-half winner through Ben Wiles’ 38th minute strike from Chiedozie Ogbene’s pass.
Burnley and Blackburn consequently stay top after having suffered contrasting 1-0 results against Norwich and Blackburn respectively last month, whilst Bristol City won their rearranged clash against Preston a few weeks ago due to the Robins’ Carabao Cup involvement this week.
Joao Pedro’s brace saw Watford climb to fifth with a narrow victory against Reading at Vicarage Road, as he scored a 15th minute penalty then wrapped up victory in the 87th minute.
QPR consequently slipped to sixth after Lyndon Dykes’ second minute opening goal was cancelled out by two Josh Ruffels goals, as Huddersfield fought back to win 2-1 at Loftus Road despite staying rock-bottom.
Swansea sit eighth after being held to a 2-2 draw at Birmingham City, as Troy Deeney’s 89th minute goal rescued the Brummies a point after Olivier Ntcham and Matt Grimes had fired the Swans ahead from behind.
Luton slipped to ninth in manager – Nathan Jones’ potential farewell match after Nick Powell’s header and Tom Lockyer’s own goal fired Stoke to a 2-0 home win over the Hatters, as Jones considers leaving Kenilworth Road to join the Premier League’s Southampton following discussions.
Late goals from Gustavo Hamer and Viktor Gyokeres fired Coventry up to 12th in the table with a 2-0 home win over Wigan, after their original tie in August was postponed due to pitch repairs at Coventry Building Society Arena.
Mark Robins’ Sky Blues though have two further home matches against Huddersfield and West Brom to rearrange, albeit due to pitch repairs and Queen’s death respectively earlier in the season.
Marcus Forss’ knockdown header assisted Isiah Jones opening goal before Forss himself scored from the penalty spot, with Chuba Akpom eventually wrapping up victory in the 65th minute to complete a 3-0 win away at Blackpool.
Regan Slater’s quick-fire late brace saw Hull come from behind to defeat Cardiff in a five-goal thriller away to the Bluebirds, who had come from behind through Callum Robinson and Gavin Whyte to cancel out Dimitrios Pelkas’ early opener.
Sunderland’s home clash with Millwall meanwhile is the only tie from the matchweek postponed in September yet to be played, with both clubs instead set to meet at the Stadium of Light on 3 December in a 12:30pm GMT kick-off.
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