Roundup of the latest Sky Bet Championship action which saw a change at the summit going into October’s international break.
Yang Min-Hyeok’s 23rd-minute finish saw Portsmouth condemn Middlesbrough to a first league defeat of the season in a 1-0 win at Fratton Park.
Coventry consequently replaced Boro at the summit after a ruthless 5-0 away triumph at second-bottom Sheffield Wednesday, as Brandon Thomas-Asante’s brace opened the scoring before Haji Wright, Ellis Simms and Tatsuhiro Sakamoto wrapped up the result.
Late goals from Abdul Fatawu and Jannik Vestergaard lifted Leicester up to third with a 3-1 win at Swansea, after Jordan James’ opener had been cancelled out by a 70th-minute penalty from Adam Idah.
Second-half goals from Thierry Small and Daniel Jebbison saw Preston beat Charlton 2-0 at Deepdale to move up to fourth.
Million Manhoef’s 49th-minute deflective finish was cancelled out by Augustus Kargbo’s strike as Stoke were held to a 1-1 draw at Blackburn.
QPR rounded out the top six with a 2-1 comeback victory at Bristol City as Richard Kone cancelled out Emil Riis Jakobsen’s opener, before Paul Smyth extended the Hoops’ unbeaten run to six games with a 84th-minute headed winner.
Down in the relegation zone, Sheffield United remain rooted to the foot of the table after they slipped to a 1-0 loss at Hull through David Akintola’s 30th-minute winner.
Blackburn’s draw dropped Oxford United to third bottom after the Us suffered a 2-1 loss at Watford, having led through Max Alleyne’s third-minute own-goal before Jeremy Ngakia’s brace on the stroke of half time sealed the Hornets’ win.
Derby sit two points above the bottom three after Patrick Agyemang cancelled out Adam Armstrong’s early finish in a 1-1 draw at home to Southampton.
Elsewhere, Millwall cruised to a 3-0 home win over West Brom through goals from Jake Cooper, Femi Azeez and Zak Sturge.
Goals from Jaden Philogene and Jack Clarke saw Ipswich end a 12-match winless streak in the East Anglian derby against Norwich with a 3-1 home win, after Cedric Kipre’s opener was cancelled out by Oscar Schwartau.
Patrick Roberts’ first goal in his loan spell at Birmingham saw the Blues salvage a 1-1 draw away at Wrexham, after the Red Dragons had led through George Dobson’s 13th-minute header from Max Cleworth’s knock-on headed assist.
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