Roundup of the second matchweek of 2026-27 Sky Bet Championship action.
Tariyk Arconte’s brace plus Luke Cundle’s finish saw Millwall cruise to the summit of the Championship with a 3-0 victory over Norwich at The Den, as the Canaries finished a man down following Jose Cordoba’s red card for a foul on Arconte.
Isaac Price’s brace saw West Brom climb to second with a 3-1 comeback victory at home to Burnley, after Harry Whitwell dragged the Baggies level with an equaliser following Callum Styles’ eighth-minute own-goal.
Goals from Lloyd Jones and Tyreece Campbell saw Charlton sit third with a shock 2-1 victory at West Ham, in which Joel Piroe on debut netted the Hammers’ consolatory goal before Valentin Castellanos missed a 93rd-minute penalty.
Fer Lopez’s brace and Adam Armstrong’s effort saw Wolves climb to fourth with a 3-1 victory at Preston, despite Jordan Thompson’s 91st-minute consolatory effort for the Lilywhites.
QPR slipped to fifth after a goalless draw against Bolton at Loftus Road.
Second-half headers from Andri Gudjohnsen and Todd Cantwell saw Blackburn move up to sixth with a 2-1 comeback win at home to Middlesbrough, after Jeremy Sarmiento had put Boro into a 12th-minute lead.
Watford sit seventh after they played out a 1-1 draw at Wrexham in which Luca Kjerrumgaard nodded them into a 14th-minute lead, only for Danny Imray to equalise for the hosts just eight minutes later.
Swansea rounded out the top eight with a goalless draw against Sheffield United.
Elsewhere, rock-bottom Southampton moved onto -1 points with a 3-1 home win over Stoke through late goals from Divin Mubama and Ryan Manning, after Cyle Larin’s opener was cancelled out by Ethan Galbraith whilst Stoke finished a man down in injury time after Svante Ingelsson’s red card for fouling Samuel Edozie.
Derby twice fought back through Carlton Morris and Bobby Clark for a 2-2 draw at home to Cardiff, after the Bluebirds twice led at Pride Park with goals from Cian Ashford and Yousef Salech.
Demarai Gray’s 95th-minute penalty rescued Birmingham City a 2-2 draw at home to Bristol City, with the Robins having led through goals from Scott Twine and Dom Ballard either side of Sam Tickle’s own-goal equaliser for the Blues.
Reeco Hackett’s 32nd-minute penalty couldn’t prevent Lincoln City suffering a 3-1 loss at home to Portsmouth, as Ryan Kavuma-McQueen and Adrian Segecic put the visitors in front before Ebou Adams’ long-range strike settled the contest at Sincil Bank.
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