Roundup of the latest Sky Bet Championship which saw a surprise curveball at the top of the table.
League leaders, Coventry were dealt their second league defeat of the season in a 3-0 loss at Ipswich, as goals from Sindre Egeli, George Hirst and Ivan Azon fired the Tractor Boys up to fourth.
Middlesbrough moved seven points off the summit after a ruthless 4-1 victory away at Hull through first-half goals from David Strelec, Alex Gilbert, Morgan Whittaker and Riley McGree, although Joe Gelhardt denied Boro a clean sheet with a consolatory penalty after he was fouled by Sol Brynn.
Millwall stayed third after Mihailo Ivanovic rifled in a 59th-minute winner at Bristol City.
Preston sat fifth after Harrison Armstrong’s strike rescued them a 1-1 draw at home to Wrexham after Kieffer Moore put the visitors into a fourth-minute lead at Deepdale.
Stoke rounded out the top six after a tough 4-0 away defeat at Sheffield United in which Mark McGuiness, Femi Seriki and Patrick Bamford netted in the first half, before Sydie Peck’s penalty wrapped up the result.
Down in the relegation zone, rock-bottom Sheffield Wednesday saw their trip to Blackburn abandoned due to a waterlogged pitch as they trailed 1-0 through Yuki Ohashi’s 33rd-minute left-footed finish.
Second-bottom Norwich suffered a 3-2 defeat at Watford despite having led through Josh Sargent and Oscar Schwartau, which were both cancelled out by goals from Luca Kjerrumgaard before Tom Ince netted the hosts’ winner.
Portsmouth remain third bottom but now have a game in hand after their trip to Charlton was abandoned after a medical emergency in the stands, with the match having been goalless at time of stoppage and subsequent abandonment before confirmation came of the fan’s death.
Elsewhere, Finn Azaz’s sixth-minute opener and Adam Armstrong’s brace saw Southampton defeat Birmingham 3-1 at St Mary’s Stadium, despite Demarai Gray having pulled a goal back for the Blues early in the second half before Armstrong netted his second goal.
First-half goals from Bobby Decordova-Reid, Oliver Skipp and James Justin saw Leicester thrash Midlands rivals, Derby 3-1 at Pride Park, amidst Sondre Langas’ consolatory header for the Rams.
Rumarn Burrell’s second half brace fired QPR to a 3-1 win against West Brom after Jonathan Varane opened the scoring, whilst Aune Heggebo’s consolatory effort denied the Hoops a clean sheet.
Marko Stamenic’s header and Josh Tymon’s volley saw Swansea defeat Oxford United 2-0 at home.
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