Roundup of the latest Championship action as the race for automatic promotion saw a surprise twist at the top.
League leaders, Leicester saw their 11-match unbeaten run in all competitions ended by a 3-1 loss at Coventry, as Callum O’Hare’s brace and Milan van Ewijk’s goal saw the Sky Blues move up to sixth after Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall had put the Foxes ahead before Abdul Fatawu’s red card.
Conor Chaplin’s header saw second-placed Ipswich cut their deficit to eight points with a comeback 2-1 home win over seventh-placed Sunderland, after Kayden Jackson had cancelled out Jack Clarke’s opening goal.
Che Adams, Adam Armstrong, Ryan Fraser and Sekou Mara all found the net as third-placed Southampton thrashed third-bottom Sheffield Wednesday 4-0 at St Mary’s Stadium.
Goals from Patrick Bamford, Daniel James and Georgino Rutter saw fourth-placed Leeds cruise to a 3-0 win at Cardiff.
Brandon Thomas-Asante’s brace plus Tom Fellows’ opening goal and Dominic Hyam’s own-goal fired fifth-placed West Brom to a 4-1 home win over Blackburn.
Tyler Morton’s injury-time goal failed to prevent eighth-placed Hull losing 2-1 at home to Norwich, as Jonathan Rowe and Christian Fassnacht both struck for the Canaries.
Down in the relegation zone, Rotherham remain rock bottom after a 1-0 defeat at home to Stoke as Lewis Baker struck in first-half injury time for the Potters from a free-kick.
Jake Livermore’s quick-fire second half brace saw Watford win 2-1 at second-bottom QPR, despite Lyndon Dykes’ 77th minute consolatory goal for the Hoops.
Huddersfield moved four points clear of the drop after Josh Koroma’s equaliser rescued them a 1-1 draw at home to Plymouth Argyle, after Morgn Whittaker had put the visitors ahead in the 12th minute.
Elsewhere, second half goals from Isaiah Jones and Marcus Forss saw Middlesbrough come from behind to win 3-1 at Millwall after Lukas Engel cancelled out Joe Bryan’s 10th minute strike.
Will Keane came on as a substitute and scored twice as Preston beat Bristol City 2-0 at Deepdale to boost their play-off ambitions.
Finally, Birmingham City came from behind twice to snatch a 2-2 draw at home to Swansea in their first game under Tony Mowbray, after Siriki Dembele then Jordan James had cancelled out goals from Harry Darling and Jamal Lowe respectively.
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