Roundup of the seventh matchweek of the 2026-27 Sky Bet Championship.
This extended round saw the title lead change hands at the weekend, before one team with a game in hand in midweek wasted a chance to go top of the table.
Weekend
West Ham surged to the summit with a ruthless 6-0 demolition of Wrexham as Jarrod Bowen and Joel Piroe netted in the first half, before Konstantinos Mavropanos, Valentin Castellanos, Mohamadou Kante and Manor Solomon sealed the result.
First-half goals from Adam Idah and Moussa Yeo fired Swansea into second on goal difference as Zan Vipotnik wrapped up a 3-1 win at home to rock-bottom Burnley, after Largie Ramazani briefly reduced the Clarets’ arrears.
West Brom sat third after Callum Styles’ finish rescued them a 1-1 draw at home to fifth-placed QPR, after Chris Mepham’s own-goal initially put the West London club in front.
Ashley Phillips’ 91st-minute strike saw Middlesbrough sit fourth following a 4-3 victory over Norwich, in which Mohamed Toure initially put the Canaries in front before Sebastian Berhalter’s brace and Amario Cozier-Duberry’s effort put Boro in front prior to goals from Jovon Makama and Jacob Wright.
Charlton found themselves sixth after they were held to a 0-0 draw against Portsmouth at The Valley.
Raul Jimenez’s 90th-minute strike saw Wolves move into seventh with a 1-0 win at Sheffield United.
Southampton rounded out the top eight with a 4-1 victory over Bristol City at St Mary’s Stadium, as Cyle Larin struck twice before Kuryu Matsuki and Finn Azaz wrapped up the win whilst Lorent Tolaj netted the Robins’ consolatory goal.
Elsewhere, second-bottom Preston sacked Paul Heckingbottom after they fell to a 1-0 home defeat to Lincoln City as Freddie Draper netted the Imps’ winner.
Thierry Gale nodded in a 90th-minute winner as Bolton edged past Cardiff to a 1-0 win at home in a tightly-fought clash.
Paik Seung-Ho fired Birmingham City to a 2-1 comeback victory at Derby after Carlos Vicente cancelled out Bobby Clark’s 40th-minute opening goal.
Dapo Afolayan’s brace and Andri Gudjohnsen’s finish saw Blackburn clinch a 3-1 victory over Millwall at Ewood Park, despite Lyndon Dykes’ consolatory penalty for the Lions.
Jack McGlynn and Eric Bocat’s goals saw Stoke claim a 2-1 victory at Watford despite Amin Nabizada’s consolatory injury-time effort for the Hornets.
Midweek
Middlesbrough missed a chance to move top of the table as they climbed to third with a 2-2 draw at home to Millwall, as second-half goals from Cozier-Duberry and Will Lankshear completed a comeback after Tairyk Arconte and Dykes put the Lions into a comfortable first-half lead.
Lincoln City surged up to eighth through Draper’s 53rd-minute winner in a 1-0 win away against Bristol City and their former manager – Michael Skubala.
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