Roundup of the latest Sky Bet Championship action as teams battled cold temperatures which battered the UK.
Marvin Ducksh’s brace and Lewis Koumas’ strike saw Birmingham City upset league leaders, Coventry 3-2 in a thriller at St Andrew’s, in which Josh Eccles and Ellis Simms netted for the Sky Blues before Bobby Thomas was red carded in injury-time for lashing out at Phil Neumann.
Ipswich’s trip to Portsmouth was postponed due to a frozen pitch at Fratton Park.
Middlesbrough consequently took advantage of Ipswich’s postponement to return to second with a 4-0 home win over Southampton, as Morgan Whittaker scored twice whilst Sammy Silvera and Alan Browne too got on the scoresheet.
Watford’s trip to Hull was postponed less than 30 minutes due to a frozen touchline which dropped both teams down to sixth and seventh respectively.
Preston consequently moved up to fourth with a 2-0 victory at Bristol City through goals from Lewis Dobbin and Alfie Devine.
Caleb Taylor’s 92nd-minute header saw Millwall climb to fifth with a 2-1 victory at home to Swansea, after Mihailo Ivanovic’s finish was cancelled out by Ben Cabango’s close-range equaliser.
Down in the relegation zone, Rumarn Burrell’s strike and Rayan Kolli’s late brace saw QPR cruise to a 3-0 victory at home to rock-bottom Sheffield Wednesday.
Second-bottom Oxford United saw their trip to Sheffield United postponed due to a frozen pitch at Bramall Lane.
Third-bottom Norwich failed to take advantage of Portsmouth’s postponement to climb out of the bottom three, as they fell to a 2-0 home defeat against Stoke through second-half goals from Sam Gallagher and Sorba Thomas.
Elsewhere, Matty James netted a 48th-minute winner as Wrexham won 2-1 at Derby to move to within one point of the play-off spots, after Sam Smith’s opener was cancelled out by an equaliser from the Rams’ Ben Brereton Diaz.
Mousa Baradji’s brace cancelled out Charlie Kelman’s brace as Blackburn came from behind at home to draw 2-2 against Charlton.
Abdul Fatawu volleyed in a 94th-minute winner as Leicester scraped past West Bromwich Albion in a Midlands derby between two out-of-form teams, after Jordan Ayew’s opener had been cancelled out by Karlan Grant.
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