Roundup of a huge round of Championship action as the second tier returned from the first international break of 2025-26 season.
Sontje Hansen was accredited with Middlesbrough’s crucial second equaliser in a dramatic 2-2 draw at Preston, in which Lewis Dobbin and Jordan Storey put the Lilywhites ahead twice either side of Matt Targett’s initial leveller for Boro on the rebound.
Bosun Lawal’s 21st-minute header proved enough for Stoke to move up to second with a 1-0 home win over Birmingham City.
Harry Amass’s fifth-minute own-goal sent Bristol City on their way to third in an eventual 3-0 victory at second-bottom Sheffield Wednesday, which was confirmed through first-half strikes from Emil Riis Jakobsen and Anis Mehmeti.
Ten-men Leicester twice battled back to a 2-2 draw at third-bottom Oxford United in which Will Lankshear’s opener was cancelled out by Jordan Ayew before Aaron Ramsey was red carded, which allowed the Us to retake the lead through Boubakary Soumare’s own goal but Ricardo Pereira snatched a point for the Foxes in the 55th minute.
West Brom slipped to fifth with a narrow defeat at home to Derby as Andreas Weimann netted a 84th-minute winner against his former team.
Coventry rounded out the top six after Haji Wright’s 96th-minute strike salvaged a 1-1 draw at home to Norwich, after Mathias Kvistgaarden tucked in a 17th-minute opener for the visiting Canaries.
Down in the relegation zone, Sheffield United remained rock bottom after a 5-0 defeat at Ipswich in which Jaden Philogene netted a hat-trick, whilst George Hirst and Jack Clarke too found the net.
Kieffer Moore’s 67th-minute consolatory strike couldn’t prevent Wrexham slipping to 21st and two points above the bottom three in a 3-1 home loss to QPR, as Conor Coady’s own-goal and Richard Kone’s effort put the Hoops in control before Rumarn Burrell wrapped up victory.
John Egan’s 97th-minute equalising strike saw Hull move three points clear of the drop with a 2-2 draw at Swansea, in which Zan Vipotnik and Ronald had twice put the Swans in front either side of Oli McBurnie’s initial equaliser.
Elsewhere, Ryoya Morishita slotted in a 47th-minute winner as Blackburn scraped past Watford at Vicarage Road.
Ra’ees Bangura-Williams 88th-minute rebound equaliser rescued a 1-1 draw for Millwall at ten-men Charlton, having fell behind to Sonny Carey’s first-half strike before the Addicks’ Kane Ramsay was red carded for a foul on Aidomo Emakhu.
Finally, Southampton held South Coast rivals, Portsmouth to a goalless draw at St Mary’s Stadium.
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