Roundup of the latest Sky Bet Championship action as the first relegation of the 2025-26 English Football season was confirmed.
Coventry remained top of the table following a 2-0 victory at West Bromwich Albion, through first-half goals from Ephron Mason-Clark and Jack Rudoni.
Middlesbrough slipped three points behind in second after a goalless draw at home to second-bottom Oxford United at the Riverside Stadium.
Casper De Norre’s consolatory strike couldn’t prevent third-placed Millwall suffering a surprise 3-1 loss to Portsmouth at The Den, as Gustavo Caballero and John Swift fired Pompey into an early second-half lead before Marlon Pack sealed their victory.
Late goals from George Thomasson, Callum Doyle and Nathan Broadhead saw sixth-placed Wrexham recover from 3-2 to beat fourth-placed Ipswich 5-3 at home, having twice led in the first half through Kieffer Moore and Josh Windass amidst equalisers from Anis Mehmeti and Ivan Azon before Cedric Kipre put the visitors in front.
Daniel Bennie and Richard Kone’s late goals gifted QPR a 3-1 victory at fifth-placed Hull, having initially led through Paddy McNair’s 21st-minute own-goal before Joe Gelhardt pulled the Tigers level in the 39th minute.
Birmingham sat two points off the last play-off spot in seventh after early goals from Carlos Vicente and Marvin Ducksh proved enough for a 2-1 win at Norwich, despite Kenny McLean’s 67th-minute consolatory finish.
Down in the relegation zone, Charlie McNeil’s consolatory finish couldn’t prevent Sheffield Wednesday’s relegation being confirmed in a 2-1 loss at Sheffield United as Patrick Bamford and Harrison Burrows scored for the Blades amidst red cards for Kalvin Phillips and Gabriel Otegbayo as both teams finished a man down.
Leicester remain third-bottom after they were denied victory in a 2-2 draw at Stoke as Ben Wilmot completed his brace in the 89th minute for the hosts, after Divin Mukasa and Harry Winks put the Foxes ahead from behind after Wilmot’s third-minute opener.
Yuki Ohashi’s 95th-minute header saw 20th-placed Blackburn move five points clear of the drop with a 1-0 victory against Lancashire rivals, Preston at Ewood Park.
Elsewhere, Luca Kjerrumgaard and Mamadou Doumbia fired Watford to a 2-0 home win over Derby.
Zan Vipotnik netted a 26th-minute volley winner as Swansea edged past Bristol City in a 1-0 home win.
Ross Stewart’s header was cancelled out by Sonny Carey’s deflected strike as Charlton fought back for a 1-1 draw at Southampton.