Roundup of midweek Championship action as the promotion race continued to stay tight.
Goals from Sam Byram, Joel Piroe and Dan James saw Leeds thrash Luton 3-0 at Elland Road to stay top.
Callum O’Hare, Tyrese Campbell and Jesurun Rak-Sakyi found the net as Sheffield United beat Oxford United 3-0 to go second.
Burnley moved up to third with a 2-0 home win over Coventry through second-half goals from Jeremy Sarmiento and CJ Egan-Riley.
Sunderland slipped to fourth with a goalless draw at home to West Bromwich Albion.
Ryan Andrews’ 53rd minute winner saw Watford climb to fifth with a 1-0 home win over Bristol City.
Middlesbrough rounded out the top six on goal difference above West Brom following a 1-0 home defeat to Blackburn, in which Dominic Hyam netted a close-range winner.
Down in the relegation zone, Portsmouth’s home clash against Millwall was postponed due to a power failure at Fratton Park.
QPR took advantage of Portsmouth’s postponement to move off the foot of the table at their expense, as Zan Celar’s brace secured a 2-0 win at Cardiff.
Third-bottom Hull sacked Tim Walters following a 2-0 home loss to Sheffield Wednesday, as Josh Windass’ penalty and Michael Smith effort proved enough for the Owls.
Elsewhere, Borja Sainz’s hat-trick plus goals from Shane Duffy, Anis Ben Slimane and Ante Crnac saw Norwich thrash Plymouth 6-1, despite Mustapha Bundu’s consolatory goal for the visiting Pilgrims.
Zan Vipotnik and Ronald fired Swansea to a 2-1 win at Derby despite Nathaniel Mendez-Laing’s consolatory penalty for the Rams.
Finally, Stoke held ten-men Preston to a goalless draw despite Freddie Woodman’s red card for a 90th minute handball outside of the box.
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