Roundup of the latest action as the Sky Bet Championship returned from the first international break of the 2026-27 season.
Second-half goals from Moussa Yeo and Adam Idah saw Swansea remain top of the table in a 2-1 comeback victory at home to Norwich, after Jacob Wright put the Canaries into a 28th-minute lead.
Will Lankshear’s 57th-minute winner saw Middlesbrough climb to second with a 1-0 win over fifth-placed Wolves in their 150th anniversary celebratory match at the Riverside Stadium.
West Ham slipped to third after Jarrod Bowen’s 70th-minute equaliser rescued them a 1-1 draw at home to sixth-placed QPR, having initially fell behind to Nicolas Madsen’s penalty after Tomas Soucek controversially fouled Paul Smyth.
Goals from Lamine Cisse and Ben Wilmot saw ten-men Stoke win 2-1 at Bolton to go fourth despite a red card for Maksym Talovierov in the 20th minute, whilst Theo Blair salvaged a 92nd-minute consolatory goal for the Trotters.
August Priske’s 41st-minute penalty saw Birmingham move up to seventh with a 1-0 win at West Brom.
Millwall rounded out the top eight with a 1-0 win at rock-bottom Preston after Camiel Neghli rifled in a 79th-minute winner from Luke Cundle’s cross, as the Lilywhites suffered a disappointing defeat in their first game under new manager – Graham Alexander.
Down in the relegation zone, Burnley moved off the foot of the table with a 4-0 victory at Watford through goals from Jacob Bruun Larsen, Zeki Amdouni, Reo Hatate and Marcus Edwards.
Derby slipped to second bottom after Sammie Szmodics’ ninth-minute opener was cancelled out by Ollie Rathbone’s 88th-minute equaliser, as the Rams were held at home to a 1-1 draw by Wrexham.
Cardiff sit above the relegation zone on goal difference after a 2-1 loss at Blackburn in which Callum Robinson netted their consolatory second-half goal, after Andri Gudjohnsen and Todd Cantwell netted first-half goals for the hosts.
Elsewhere, Patrick Bamford’s brace and Tahith Chong’s first goal for Sheffield United saw the Blades defeat Lincoln City 3-0 at Bramall Lane.
Southampton claimed their first South Coast derby league win over Portsmouth since November 2004 as James Bree swept in a 20th-minute winner, before the Saints survived with ten men following Cam Bragg’s red card after a double yellow-card booking.
Scott Twine’s 27th-minute penalty rescued Bristol City a 1-1 draw at Charlton after Karlan Grant put the Addicks into an eighth-minute lead.
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