Roundup of latest Sky Bet Championship action ahead of the league’s return from March’s international break.
Morgan Fox’s own-goal and Jayden Bogle’s effort saw league leaders, Leeds come from 2-0 down to snatch a 2-2 draw at QPR, after Koki Saito and Steve Cook had put the Hoops in front although Saito was red carded in injury-time for a foul on Dan James.
Sheffield United capitalised on Leeds’ slip-up through Rhian Brewster’s clinical second-half strike to clinch victory at Sheffield Wednesday, which put the Blades only second on goal difference from Leeds.
First-half goals from Josh Brownhill and Jaidon Anthony saw third-placed Burnley cruise to a 2-0 away victory at Swansea.
Fourth-placed Sunderland suffered their heaviest away loss of the season in a 3-0 defeat at Coventry, in which Haji Wright netted a hat-trick for the Sky Blues which included two penalties.
Coventry moved up to fifth after West Brom slipped to sixth with a 1-1 draw at home to Hull, having led through Isaac Price’s opener which was cancelled out by Abu Kamara.
First-half goals from Mark Sykes and Nakhi Wells saw Bristol City sit outside of the play-off spots on goal difference with a 2-1 win at home to Norwich, despite Borja Sainz’s late consolatory goal for the Canaries.
Down in the relegation zone, Marcus Harness scored twice as third-bottom Derby won 3-2 at rock-bottom Plymouth with Harrison Armstrong also on the scoresheet for the Rams, amidst Argyle’s having recovered from 2-0 down through Mustapha Bundu’s free-kick and Nat Phillips’ own-goal before Harness netted the winner.
Luton remain second bottom after they stuttered to a goalless draw at home to Middlesbrough.
Yakou Meite netted a second-half winner as Cardiff stayed a point above the bottom three with a 2-1 win at Blackburn, having led through Yousef Salech before Yuki Ohashi pulled Blackburn level in a tight first half.
Elsewhere, Stefan Thordarson netted a 86th minute winner as ten-men Preston saw off Portsmouth 2-1 at Deepdale, despite Sam Greenwood’s injury-time dismissal, after Ryan Porteous’ opening goal was cancelled out by Coly Bishop.
Siriki Dembele curled in a 82nd-minute winner as Oxford United scraped past ten-men Watford at home after James Abankwah’s red card for the visitors.
Finally, Mihailo Ivanovic’s 94th minute penalty saw Alex Neil’s Millwall scrape a home win over his former team, Stoke.
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