Roundup of the latest Sky Bet Championship action as Leicester continued to stay atop of the table.
Comeback second-half headers from Jannik Vestergaard and Patson Daka plus Ricardo Pereira’s strike saw Leicester beat Millwall 3-2 to stay top, after Tom Bradshaw had nodded the Lions into a half-time lead whilst Kevin Nisbet eventually netted an injury-time consolatory goal.
Sam Morsy struck a 80th minute winner as second-placed Ipswich came from behind to beat Watford 2-1 at Vicarage Road after Yaser Asprilla’s early goal was cancelled out by George Hirst.
Leeds stay third despite having suffered a 1-0 defeat away at sixth-placed Sunderland, as Jobe Bellingham nodded in a 78th minute winner from Alex Pritchard’s cross.
Samuel Edozie’s volley saw fourth-placed Southampton snatch a 1-1 draw at Coventry after Haji Wright had initially put the Sky Blues ahead.
West Brom stay fifth following a 2-0 win at rock-bottom Rotherham through second half goals from Grady Diangana and Jed Wallace.
Comeback goals from Liam Delap and Ozan Tufan saw Hull sit seventh following a 2-1 win at Middlesbrough, after Emmanuel Latte Lath had put the hosts ahead in the sixth minute.
Down in the relegation zone, Bailey Cadamarteri’s equaliser proved in vain for second-bottom Sheffield Wednesday in an eventual 3-1 loss at Norwich, as Ashley Barnes and Jonathan Rowe wrapped up victory for the Canaries after Borja Sainz’s 25-yard strike had opened the scoring.
QPR missed a chance to climb out of the bottom three after they stuttered to a goalless draw at home to ten-men Plymouth Argyle, during which Dan Scarr was red carded for a 25th minute foul on Ilias Chair.
Huddersfield now sit just one point above the bottom three following a 3-1 home loss to Preston in which Ben Whiteman sealed the win for the visitors, after Danny Ward’s header pulled a goal back for the Terriers following first-half goals from Alan Browne and Will Keane.
Elsewhere, Arnor Sigurdsson and Scott Wharton netted for Blackburn in a 2-1 home win over Bristol City, despite Mark Sykes’ consolatory 60th minute goal for the Robins.
Juninho Bacuna chipped in a first-half injury-time winner for Birmingham City away to Cardiff, which handed the Blues a first away win under Wayne Rooney’s reign.
Finally, Harry Darling’s 89th minute header secured Swansea a comeback 1-1 draw at Stoke after Daniel Johnson’s penalty had put the Potters ahead.
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