Roundup of the final round of Sky Bet Championship fixtures in 2023, as teams looked to enter 2024 on an early high.
League leaders, Leicester prevailed 2-0 away at Cardiff through goals from Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall and James Justin.
Ipswich remain in second place but slipped eight points behind Enzo Maresca’s Foxes with a goalless draw at home to third bottom QPR.
Quick-fire goals from Carlos Alcaraz and Che Adams saw third-placed Southampton beat Plymouth 2-1 at St Mary’s, despite Ryan Hardie’s injury-time consolatory goal for Argyle after he intercepted Gavin Bazunu.
Fourth-placed Leeds suffered a 1-0 away defeat at fifth-placed West Brom after Grady Diangana struck a 37th minute rebound winner for the Baggies.
Alfie Jones’ 63rd minute strike saw Hull beat Blackburn 3-2 to reclaim sixth, after early goals from Liam Delap and Aaron Connolly had been cancelled out by Rovers’ Sammie Szmodics and Harry Pickering although the visitors finished with ten men afte Dominic Hyam’s red card.
Down in the relegation zone, Rotherham remain rock bottom following a 1-1 draw at home to Sunderland, in which Sam Clucas’ opening goal was cancelled out by a thunderous equaliser from Jack Clarke.
Marvin Johnson struck a 27th minute winner as Sheffield Wednesday won away at Preston, despite George Byers’ late red card following a clash with Mads Frokjaer.
Huddersfield’s gap to the bottom three was reduced to four points with a 2-1 defeat at home to Middlesbrough, as Jonny Howson mashed in a late winner for the visitors after the Terriers’ Michail Helik cancelled out Josh Coburn’s opening goal.
Elsewhere, Liam Cullen’s injury-time free-kick rescued Swansea a 2-2 draw at Coventry, after Haji Wright and Ellis Simms had turned the match around for the hosts after Liam Walsh had put the Swans ahead in the seventh minute.
Tom Bradshaw poked in a 18th minute winner from Brooke Norton-Cuffy’s low cross as Millwall scraped past Norwich at The Den, despite George Saville’s red card for a late foul on Jonathan Rowe.
Ryan Mmaee cancelled out Jake Livermore’s goal as Stoke came from behind to hold Watford to a 1-1 draw at Vicarage Road, although the hosts finished with ten men after Vakoun Bayo was red carded for a scrap with Luke McNally.
Finally, Birmingham City held Bristol City to a goalless draw at St Andrew’s.
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