Roundup of latest Championship action as the top two avoided any horrors on Halloween.
Sebastien Berhalter’s 12th-minute goal and Will Lankshear’s brace saw Middlesbrough stay top with a 3-0 victory at home to Charlton.
Stephen Eustaquio, Joseph Opoku, Filip Lissah and Ross Stewart found the net as second-placed Swansea thumped Blackburn 4-0 at home in South Wales.
West Ham slumped from third to eighth after Jarrod Bowen netted in a 3-1 home loss to West Brom, as Felix Horn Myhre, Jimmy-Jay Morgan and Callum Styles’ goals fired West Brom up to fourth.
Fer Lopez, Adam Armstrong and Ladislav Krejci fired Wolves up to third with a 3-0 win over Cardiff at Molineux.
Kuryu Matsuki, Cameron Bragg, Keven Schlotterbeck and Welington found the net as Southampton rose to fifth with a 4-1 win at home against QPR, as Richard Kone netted a second-half consolatory goal for the Hoops.
Birmingham rose to sixth as August Priske’s brace and Alex Cochrane’s deflected shot secured a 3-1 win at Lincoln City, in which Tom Bayliss netted a consolatory goal for the Imps.
Ben Wilmot headed in the opening goal from Jack McGlynn’s assist before the latter snatched the second goal as Stoke defeated rock-bottom Preston 2-0 at home to climb to seventh.
Down in the relegation zone, second-bottom Derby lost 4-1 at Millwall as Kyrell Lisbie’s quickfire brace plus goals from Luke Cundle and Jake Cooper secured the Lions’ win, despite Filip Bilbja’s consolatory effort for the Rams.
Third-bottom Burnley held Portsmouth to a 0-0 draw at Turf Moor in their first match under new manager – Fabio Celestini.
Watford sat two points above the drop after they blew a two-goal lead in a 3-2 loss at Norwich, having led at half time through Myron Boadu’s first-half brace before Ben Chrisene, Anthony Musaba and Paris Maghoma netted in a comeback triumph for the Canaries.
Elsewhere, Scott Twine’s 93rd-minute winner saw Bristol City win 3-2 at Bolton after Dom Ballard put the Robins in front before Josh Sheehan and Sam Dalby put the Trotters ahead from behind, prior to Sam Bell’s equaliser for the visitors.
Ben Brereton Diaz netted a 30th-minute winner as Sheffield United edged past Wrexham in a 1-0 home win at Bramall Lane.
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