Roundup of the latest Championship action as Sunderland continued to sit atop.
Sunderland continued to sit at the summit but stuttered to a goalless draw at third-bottom QPR, despite having finished a man down after Jobe Bellingham’s red card for a foul on Zan Celar.
Leeds consequently cut their gap to three points with a 3-0 win at home to third-bottom Plymouth, as Dan James, Joel Piroe and Brenden Aaronson struck in the space of eight first-half minutes.
Harrison Burrows and Tyrese Campbell found the net to put Sheffield United into third with a 2-0 win at Blackburn.
Burnley slipped to fourth with a 1-0 loss at Millwall as Jake Cooper headed in a 52nd minute winner to put the Lions up to seventh.
Vakoun Bayo’s quadruple plus goals from Ryan Porteous and Tom Ince fired Watford up to fifth with a 6-2 win at Sheffield Wednesday, despite Michael Smith and Pol Valentin’s efforts for the Owls.
West Brom rounded out the top six with a 1-1 draw at Luton after Josh Maja’s effort was cancelled out by Tahith Chong’s equaliser.
Down in the relegation zone, Josh Murphy’s deflected strike rescued bottom-placed Portsmouth a 1-1 draw at Hull, after Joao Pedro netted his first goal for the Tigers.
Sam Greenwood’s free-kick couldn’t prevent Preston finding themselves two points above the drop with a 3-1 loss to Bristol City, as Yu Hirakawa, Nakhi Wells and Max Bird extended the Robins’ winning run to eight matches.
Oxford United also sat two points above the drop as Dane Scarlett’s late strike couldn’t prevent a 2-1 loss at home to Swansea, after Zan Vipotnik and Florian Bianchini struck for the Swans.
Elsewhere, Bobby Thomas, Haji Wright and Josh Eccles fired Coventry to a 3-0 win at Middlesbrough, after Boro’s Hayden Hackney had been red carded for two bookable offences.
Norwich’s seven-match unbeaten run came to a shock end with a 2-1 loss at Cardiff as Callum O’Dowda struck a 93rd minute winner, after Callum Robinson cancelled out Borja Sainz’s strike.
Finally, Ben Gibson headed in a 82nd minute winner to seal a 2-1 win for Stoke over Derby, after Tom Cannon had put the Potters ahead from the penalty spot prior to Viktor Johansson’s own-goal.
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