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2026-27 Sky Bet Championship: Week Three Roundup

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Roundup of the third round of Sky Bet Championship action across the August Bank Holiday weekend. 

Karlan Grant’s 56th-minute winner saw Charlton move top of the table with a 1-0 victory at home to Preston.

Rodrigo Gomes’ brace plus goals from Raul Jimenez and Jordan James saw Wolves climb to second with a 4-1 comeback victory over Stoke at Molineux, after Sam Gallagher fired the Potters into a shock second-minute lead as they ultimately slid to rock bottom of the table.

Joseph Opoku, Eom Ji-Sung and Ronald found the net as Swansea battered Derby 3-0 at Pride Park to sit third.

QPR found themselves sat fourth after Jimmy Dunne’s header sealed a 2-1 comeback win at Blackburn after Paul Smyth cancelled out Ryoya Morishita’s opener.

Will Lankshear’s brace and Luke Ayling’s finish saw Middlesbrough rise to fifth with a 3-1 victory at home against West Brom, as Jimmy-Jay Morgan’s header meant that the Baggies slipped to seventh.

Millwall fell to sixth after they fell to a 5-1 loss at Southampton in which Mark Sykes initially put the Lions in front, before Cyle Larin’s brace plus goals from Finn Azaz, Leo Scienza and Tom Fellows lifted the Saints off the foot of the table up to 18th.

Phil Neumann’s brace saw Birmingham round out the top eight with a 2-1 victory at Wrexham, despite Callum Doyle having briefly equalised for the Red Dragons.

Elsewhere, braces from Mohamed Toure and Andre Brooks saw Norwich romp to a 4-1 victory over ten-men Burnley at Carrow Road, in which Josh Laurent netted a consolatory goal for the Clarets in the 27th minute before he was later red carded.

Lorent Tolaj and Jason Knight found the net as Bristol City beat Portsmouth 2-1 at Ashton Gate, although Marko Milovanovic denied the Robins a clean sheet with an injury-time penalty.

Ben House’s finish saw Lincoln City claim their first win the Championship with a 1-0 victory at Bolton.

Cian Ashford’s rebound equaliser rescued Cardiff a 2-2 draw at home to Sheffield United, with Jack Moylan having initially put the Bluebirds in front before Tom Cannon’s penalty and Callum O’Hare’s finish put the Blades ahead in the opening seven minutes.

Mattie Pollock’s 27th-minute own-goal gifted West Ham a 1-1 draw at Watford after Amin Nabizada fired the Hornets in front.

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