Roundup of the latest Sky Bet Championship action before the first international break of the 2026-27 season.
Stephen Eustaquio’s 51st-minute deflected winner saw Swansea return to the summit with a 2-1 comeback win at Lincoln City, after Moussa Yeo four minutes earlier cancelled out Reeco Hackett’s first-half penalty.
West Ham slipped to second after Mohamadou Kante’s strike and Konstantinos Mavropanos’ header rescued them a 2-2 draw at Millwall despite Kante’s 89th-minute red card, after Caleb Taylor and Camiel Neghli initially put Alex Neil’s Lions into a comfortable half-time lead.
Middlesbrough sit two points off the summit in third after Adilson Malanda’s finish rescued them a 2-2 draw at Birmingham City, having initially led through Max Arfsten before Liam Millar’s finish and Riley McGree’s own-goal put the hosts in front.
Wolves climbed to fourth through Fer Lopez’s 50th-minute winner in a 1-0 victory over fifth-placed Black Country rivals, West Brom after Lopez finished from his interception of Nat Phillips’ backpass.
Sixth-placed QPR overcame a 15th-minute red card for Dennis Cirkin to draw 2-2 at home to Preston, as Johnny Kenny’s first-half brace put the second-bottom Lilywhites in front before Kwame Poku and Paul Smyth rescued the Hoops a point.
Late goals from Jack McGlynn and Sam Gallagher fired Stoke up to seventh with a 2-1 comeback win at home against Sheffield United, after Kalvin Phillips had put the Blades ahead through a free-kick.
Bristol City rounded out the top eight as Dom Ballard’s 31st-minute header proved enough to snatch a 1-0 victory over Watford at Ashton Gate.
Elsewhere, Cardiff climbed out of the relegation zone with a 3-1 victory over Charlton at home through Jack Moylan’s brace and Yousef Salech’s finish, whilst Tyreece Campbell netted the Addicks’ consolatory goal.
Derby consequently dropped into the relegation zone despite Mo Fuseini’s 93rd-minute equaliser in a 1-1 draw at rock-bottom Burnley, after the Clarets led through Zeki Amdouni’s 34th-minute header from Lucas Pires’ corner.
Atsuki Ito’s 72nd-minute effort saw Bolton snatch a 4-3 win at Norwich, having twice fought back through Thierry Gale and Gaizka Larrazabal to cancel out Mohamed Toure and Ruairi McConville in the first half, before Sam Dalby put the Trotters in front before Jack Stacey pulled the Canaries level.
Keven Schlotterbeck’s own-goal saw Wrexham snatch a 2-1 victory over Southampton, having initially led through Kieffer Moore’s header before James Ward-Prowse pulled the Saints level.
Colby Bishop rescued Portsmouth a 2-2 draw at home to Blackburn after Oladapo Afolayan and Ryoya Morishita put the visitors in front, following Zak Swanson’s initial volley for the hosts.
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