Roundup of latest Championship action as just one team extended their winning start to the season ahead of the international break.
Tommy Conway netted a 64th-minute winner from substitute, Matt Targett’s debut assist to propel unbeaten Middlesbrough to the summit with a 1-0 win at home to rock-bottom Sheffield United.
Stoke’s unbeaten start came to an end as they slipped to third and were leapfrogged by West Brom into second, after a spillage from Viktor Johansson allowed Nat Phillips to net the Baggies’ 14th-minute winner at the BET365 Stadium.
Goals from Abdul Fatawu and Ricardo Pereira saw Leicester climb to fourth with a 2-0 home win over Midlands rivals, Birmingham City.
Coventry sit fifth after they were held to a 2-2 draw at Oxford Utd in which they twice led through goals from Haji Wright and Victor Torp, although Will Lankshear and Cameron Brannagan equalised for the Us who moved up to third bottom.
Emil Riis Jakobsen’s brace plus goals from Anis Mehmeti and Max Bird fired Bristol City up to sixth with a 4-2 victory at home to Hull, having initially fell behind to Joe Gelhardt’s third-minute opener for the Tigers before Kyle Joseph netted a 93rd-minute consolatory effort for the visitors.
Down in the relegation zone, Zan Vipotnik and Ronald’s goals secured a 2-0 win for Swansea at Sheffield Wednesday which dropped the Owls to second bottom in the table.
Derby sit one point above the drop zone after they were held to a 2-2 draw at fifth-bottom Ipswich in which Jacob Greaves opened the scoring for the hosts, before Carlton Morris and Rhian Brewster put the Rams on course for victory until Jack Clarke netted a 106th-minute equalising penalty.
Blackburn are two points clear of the bottom three after they lost 2-0 at home to Norwich through Josh Sargent’s brace for the Canaries, whilst they also finished a man down following a red card for Sean McLoughlin for a foul on Sargent which allowed him to net his first goal from the spot.
Elsewhere, Koki Saito and Richard Kone struck late to clinch QPR’s first win of the season with a 3-1 victory at home to London rivals – Charlton, after Paul Smyth’s opener had been cancelled out by Rob Apter’s volley.
Wrexham ended their 43-year wait since their last second-tier victory with a 2-0 win at Millwall through goals from Kieffer Moore’s header and a 108th-minute goal from Lewis O’Brien.
Andre Dozzell netted a 41st-minute strike to seal a home victory for Portsmouth against Preston at Fratton Park.
Kwadwo Baah cancelled out Cameron Archer’s opener as Watford ultimately twice came from behind to draw 2-2 at home to Southampton, after Nestory Irankunda and Ryan Manning both scored their teams’ second goals from free-kicks.
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