Roundup of the latest Sky Bet Championship action in a lively midweek round.
Ronald’s 90th-minute strike saw league leaders, Swansea snatch a 1-0 win at Millwall to stay top for a third consecutive matchweek.
Neto Borges’ 91st-minute close-range finish saw second-placed Middlesbrough snatch a 3-2 victory at eighth-placed Stoke, having twice led through Callum Brittain and Will Lankshear amidst equalisers for the Potters via Borges’ own-goal and Robert Bozenik’s finish.
West Ham remained third after a 6-0 victory at nine-men Lincoln City as Konstantinos Mavropanos’ header opened the scoring before Edvin Austbo, Jarrod Bowen and Pablo netted prior to Tomas Soucek’s brace following red cards for Tom Hamer and Conor McGrandles.
QPR surged up to fourth with a ruthless 4-0 victory over second-bottom Derby at Loftus Road, as Alfie Lloyd, Nicolas Madsen, Harvey Vale and Paul Smyth all found the net.
August Priske’s brace plus goals from Liam Millar and Demarai Gray saw Birmingham climb to fifth with a 4-0 win at home to rock-bottom Preston.
West Brom moved up to sixth with a 2-1 comeback win at Wrexham through goals from Isaac Price and Aune Heggebo, after Kieffer Moore had fired the hosts into a 64th-minute lead.
Southampton rose to seventh after Kuryu Matsuki netted a 54th-minute winner at Norwich in a 1-0 win.
Down in the relegation zone, Burnley moved out of the bottom three with a 2-2 draw at home to Charlton as Jacob Bruun Larsen and Largie Ramazani twice put them in front either side of Kayne Ramsay’s initial equaliser for the Addicks before Ivan Mesik rescued the visitors a 96th-minute second equaliser.
Watford consequently dipped to third-bottom on goal difference after Jack Moylan’s brace plus Mattie Pollock’s own-goal and goals from Ollie Tanner plus Callum Robinson saw Cardiff beat the Hornets 5-1, despite Hector Kyprianou’s consolatory effort.
Elsewhere, Ebou Adams netted a 89th-minute winner as Portsmouth beat ten-men Sheffield United at Fratton Park, having led through Zak Swanson and Adrien Segecic either side of Hamza Choudhury’s red card before Japhet Tanganga and Tom Cannon dragged the Blades level.
Late goals from Sam Dalby and Josh Sheehan saw Bolton claim a surprise 3-1 victory at Wolves, after Atsuki Ito’s opener was cancelled out by the Old Gold’s Jean-Ricner Bellegarde.
Oladapo Afolayan struck a 38th-minute winner as Blackburn edged past Bristol City to a 1-0 away win at Ashton Gate.
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