Roundup of latest Sky Bet Championship action as the top two began to pull away from the pack.
Brandon Thomas-Asante’s brace saw Coventry stay top of the table with a 2-1 away win at Portsmouth, despite Mackenzie Kirk’s 96th-minute lob having denied them a clean sheet.
Middlesbrough remained just one point behind in second after Morgan Whittaker netted a left-footed sixth-minute winner away at rock-bottom Sheffield Wednesday.
First-half goals from Femi Azeez and Tristian Crama saw Millwall beat sixth-placed Stoke 2-0 to move up to third albeit four points behind Boro, with Azeez’s goal having marked their 6000th goal in the EFL as he and Crama finished assists from Thierno Ballo.
Scott Twine’s second-half brace saw Bristol City move up to fourth with a 3-1 comeback home win over Southampton, after Anis Mehmeti cancelled out Adam Armstrong’s 30th-minute opening goal.
Sonny Carey, Macaulay Gillesphey and Miles Leaburn fired Charlton up to fifth with a 3-0 away victory at Ipswich.
Down in the relegation zone, Sheffield United climbed out of the bottom three with a 3-1 win away at Blackburn through late goals from Harrison Burrows and Tyrese Campbell, after Axel Henriksson’s own-goal cancelled out Yuki Ohashi’s opener as the hosts slipped to second bottom.
Norwich fell to third bottom with a narrow 1-0 loss at Derby as David Ozoh struck a 55th-minute winner to give the Rams their first home win of the season, whilst Liam Manning’s Canaries’ winless run extended to seven matches.
Oxford United sat one point above the drop in 20th ahead of Sheffield Utd on goal difference, after the Us lost 1-0 at ten-men Wrexham through Nathan Broadhead’s 14th-minute winner before Callum Doyle was shown a 67th-minute red card.
Elsewhere, first-half goals from Liam Millar and Joe Gelhardt fired Hull up to seventh with a 2-1 home victory over Leicester, despite Aaron Ramsey’s consolatory second-half effort for the Foxes.
Rumarn Burrell’s 18th-minute volley handed QPR a 1-0 away win at ten-men Swansea, after Malick Yalcouye saw red for a 34th-minute headbutt on Steve Cook.
Rocco Vata netted a 54th-minute winner as Watford came from behind to defeat West Brom 2-1 at Vicarage Road, after Imran Louza cancelled out Isaac Price’s opener.
Phil Neumann headed in a 33rd-minute winner from Alex Cochrane’s free-kick as Birmingham snatched victory at Preston.
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