Roundup of latest Sky Bet Championship action featuring a change of nearest title challenger.
Braces from Ellis Simms and Liam Kitching saw Coventry move ten points clear at the summit with a 4-2 victory at third-placed Middlesbrough, despite Morgan Whittaker’s strike and Bobby Thomas’ comedical own-goal having dragged Boro level from 2-0 down.
Sorba Thomas’ first-half brace plus Million Manhoef’s fifth-minute strike saw Stoke comfortably dispatch Charlton 3-0 at home to move up to second on goal difference.
Femi Azeez headed Millwall up to fourth with a 71st-minute winner over rock-bottom Sheffield Wednesday.
Second-half goals from Marcelino Nunez and Chuba Akpom saw Ipswich clinch a 2-0 away win at Hull to climb to fifth in the table.
Preston rounded out the top six with a 1-1 draw away at Watford after Daniel Jebbison’s opener was cancelled out by Mamadou Doumbia.
Down in the relegation zone, Norwich remained second-bottom with a frustrating 1-1 draw at home to Oxford United, having seen Jovon Makama’s 29th-minute strike cancelled out by Filip Krastev’s 95th-minute equaliser.
Sheffield United moved out of the relegation zone at Oxford Utd’s expense with a 3-0 victory over ten-men Portsmouth, after Sydie Peck, Patrick Bamford and Gustavo Hamer found the net following a 39th-minute red card for Terry Devlin.
Swansea sit two points above the drop in 19th position after Ethan Galbraith netted a consolatory goal in a 2-1 defeat at home to Derby, having fallen behind to goals from the Rams’ Joe Ward and Lars-Jorgen Salvesen.
Elsewhere, Taylor Harwood-Bellis’ brace and Finn Azaz’s curled finish saw Southampton thrash Leicester 3-0 at St Mary’s Stadium, although the visiting Foxes finished a man down after Olabade Aluko was red carded following two yellow card bookings.
Nathan Broadhead’s finish and Radek Vitek’s own-goal saw Wrexham beat Bristol City 2-0 at the STOK Racecourse Ground.
Paul Smyth netted a 78th-minute header to fire QPR to a 1-0 victory away at Blackburn.
Finally, West Brom played out a 1-1 draw at home to Birmingham City after Alex Mowatt’s 12th-minute opener was cancelled out by Marvin Ducksch’s equaliser.
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