Roundup of the latest Sky Bet Championship action as just two teams preserved their unbeaten starts to the season.
Swansea remained top of the table despite having been held to a goalless draw at home by Wrexham.
Will Lankshear’s 20th-minute winner saw Middlesbrough climb into second with a 1-0 win at QPR, which dropped the Hoops to third.
Yu Hirakawa’s 91st-minute finish saw Bristol City go fourth with a 2-1 comeback victory at Burnley, in which Aaron Ramsey initially put the Clarets in front at Turf Moor before Rob Dickie headed the visiting Robins level.
Jimmy-Jay Morgan netted a 36th-minute winner as West Brom beat Watford to put themselves fifth in the table.
Charlton slumped to sixth with their first league loss of the season as they fell to a 4-0 defeat at Stoke City, as Justin Devenny’s debut brace and goals from Ethan Galbraith and George Hirst gave the Potters victory before the Addicks’ Danny McNamara was red carded in the 50th minute.
Lyndon Dykes’ brace plus goals from Caleb Taylor and Camiel Neghli saw Millwall sit seventh following a ruthless 4-0 victory over Bolton at The Den, despite red cards for Jenson Metcalfe and Josh Sheehan as both teams finished a man down following a late melee.
West Ham rounded out the top eight with a 3-0 win over Derby at the London Stadium, as Joel Piroe initially fired the Hammers in front before Edvin Austbo and Mohamadou Kante wrapped up the victory late on.
Elsewhere, Preston moved off the foot of the table at Burnley’s expense with a 2-1 victory over Lancashire rivals, Blackburn, as Callum Lang’s brace proved the difference for the Lilywhites before Stanley Mills’ own-goal denied them a clean sheet.
Cardiff slipped to third bottom with a 2-0 loss at Portsmouth as Conor Shaughnessy put the hosts in front, before Marezi wrapped up Portsmouth’s second win of the season.
Mikkel Ladefoged’s 87th-minute header rescued Lincoln City a 1-1 draw at home to Southampton, having fell behind to Wellington’s 44th-minute effort from 30 yards.
Goals from Mohamed Toure and Mathias Kvistgaarden saw Norwich win 3-1 at Sheffield United after Anthony Musaba’s opening strike was cancelled out by the Blades’ Patrick Bamford.
Jackson Tchatchoua’s 36th-minute own-goal rescued Birmingham a 2-2 draw against Wolves and kept the Blues still unbeaten, after Fer Lopez’s finish and Ladislav Krejci’s header twice put the Old Gold in front either side of Jay Stansfield’s initial equaliser.
Leave a Reply