Roundup of latest Sky Bet Championship action as the second tier returned from the last international break of 2025.
Victor Torp netted a 61st-minute winner as league leaders, Coventry stayed top with a comeback 3-2 victory at home to ten-men West Brom, after Josh Eccles and Ellis Simms cancelled out Aune Heggebo’s brace whilst the Baggies’ Jayson Molumby was red carded in the 49th minute.
Middlesbrough slipped seven points behind in second after Morgan Whittaker’s 54th-minute equaliser salvaged a 1-1 draw away to Oxford United, having fell behind to Luke Harris’ first goal for the U’s.
Bae Jun-ho’s 48th-minute header couldn’t prevent third-placed Stoke losing 2-1 at Leicester, with Stephy Mavididi and Patson Daka having fired the Foxes to victory with their first-half goals.
Anis Mehmeti achieved a hat-trick of assists to lift Bristol City up to fourth with a 3-0 victory at home to Swansea, as Rob Dickie, Emil Riis Jakobsen and Yu Hirakawa finished off his chances.
Preston slipped to fifth with a 2-1 home defeat to Lancashire rivals, Blackburn as Andri Gudjohnsen headed in a 62nd-minute winner for the visitors after Lewis Miller’s header was cancelled out by Alfie Devine’s finish.
Hull rounded out the top six despite having suffered a 3-2 loss at QPR in which Joe Gelhardt and Enis Destan put them ahead either side of Ilias Chair’s equaliser, before Jimmy Dunne and Rumarn Burrell completed a comeback for the hosts.
Down in the relegation zone, rock-bottom Sheffield Wednesday’s hopes of staging a miraculous great escape were dealt a blow as they suffered a 3-0 defeat at home to third-bottom and local rivals – Sheffield United, as Tyrese Campbell’s brace and Tom Cannon’s strike proved enough for Chris Wilder’s Blades.
Norwich began life under Philippe Clement with a 4-1 defeat away at Birmingham City in which Marvin Ducksh and Jay Stansfield both scored braces for the Blues, despite Mathias Kvistgaarden’s 33rd-minute consolatory effort for the Canaries.
Portsmouth moved four points clear of the drop with a 3-1 victory at home to Millwall as Zak Swanson’s effort and Tristian Crama’s own-goal put them in control, before Jordon Williams netted a 89th-minute winner after Mihailo Ivanovic pulled a goal back following Joe Bryan’s red card for the visitors.
Elsewhere, Finn Azaz’s brace plus goals from Ryan Manning, Adam Armstrong and Caspar Jander saw Southampton cruise to a 5-1 victory at Charlton in a first-half thriller, which saw Lloyd Jones’ header deny them a clean sheet.
Luca Kjerrumgaard’s effort and Edo Kayembe’s brace saw Watford snatch a comeback 3-2 victory at Derby, after Dion Sanderson and Sondre Langas had put the Rams in control with their first goals for the club.
Finally, Ipswich played out a goalless draw at home to Wrexham.
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