Roundup of latest midweek round action in 2025-26 Sky Bet Championship.
Second-half goals from Tatsuhiro Sakamoto, Bobby Thomas and Brandon Thomas-Asante saw Coventry come from behind to beat second-bottom Sheffield United 3-1 at home, after Sam McCallum put the Blades in front against his former team.
Lewis Baker’s brace and Steven Nzonzi’s goal fired Stoke up to second with a 3-0 win at Oxford United.
Middlesbrough slipped to third after Luke Ayling’s 96th-minute header rescued them a 1-1 draw at Leicester, after Jordan Ayew put the Foxes in front with a late first-half penalty before Boro’s Alfie Jones was red carded in the 90th minute.
Thierry Small and Milutin Osmajic found the net to lift Preston up to fourth with a 2-1 victory at home to Swansea, despite Eom Ji-Sung’s 80th-minute consolatory effort for the Swans.
Millwall slipped to fifth with a demoralising 4-0 loss at Birmingham as Paik Seung-Ho and Demarai Gray put the Blues in front, before Alex Cochrane and Jay Stansfield wrapped up victory.
Charlton rounded out the top six with a 1-0 victory at home to West Brom through Sonny Carey’s 95th-minute winner.
Down in the relegation zone, Norwich moved up to third-bottom after Mathias Kvistgaarden rescued them a 1-1 draw at rock-bottom Sheffield Wednesday, with Barry Bannan having fired the Owls into a fourth-minute lead.
Portsmouth sat fifth bottom and five points above the drop after they held Wrexham to a goalless draw at Fratton Park.
Southampton moved up to 19th with a 2-1 win at QPR through goals from Jay Robinson and Leo Scienza just days after Will Still was sacked as manager, whilst Rumarn Burrell netted the hosts’ consolatory goal.
Elsewhere, Lars-Jorgen Salvesen fired in a 83rd-minute winner as Derby beat Hull 2-1 at Pride Park, after Carlton Morris’ opener was cancelled out by Joel Ndala.
Jaden Philogene rescued Ipswich a 1-1 draw at home to Watford after the in-form Imran Louza opened the scoring for the Hornets.
Yuki Ohashi struck in the fifth minute of first-half injury-time to fire Blackburn to a 1-0 away victory at Bristol City.
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