Category: Championship League

• Managerless Coventry draw with Sheffield United
• Burnley win at Bristol City; Middlesbrough hit six

Sunderland were denied three points in dramatic circumstances as Millwall’s Femi Azeez levelled three minutes into stoppage time, earning the hosts a 1-1 draw. Aaron Connolly’s goal had put the Black Cats ahead in a a game heavily delayed by medical emergencies in the crowd, but they were unable to hold out.

Chris Wilder called Sheffield United’s 2-2 draw at Coventry “a point gained”, despite seeing his side pegged back twice in a hard-fought game at the CBS Arena. Tyrese Campbell opened the scoring before Norman Bassette scored his first Coventry goal. Jesurun Rak-Sakyi put the Blades back in front before they had Anel Ahmedhodzic sent off for grabbing Bassette by the throat and throwing him to the floor in a rush of blood just before half-time. Coventry piled on the pressure in the second half and Bobby Thomas headed them level with 10 minutes remaining.

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• Club’s leading goalscorer collapsed at auction event
• Watford chairman: ‘We will do all we can to help’

Watford have sent best wishes to their record goalscorer and appearance-maker, Luther Blissett, after he was taken ill at the weekend. According to the My Local Hero charity, the 66-year-old Blissett was taken to hospital after collapsing following an auction event at the Grove hotel in Watford on Saturday.

Watford’s chairman and chief executive, Scott Duxbury, said: “Luther and all of his loved ones know they have our full support. We will do all we can to help.” The club said in a statement: “Everyone connected with Watford FC would like to wish Luther the fullest possible recovery.”

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• Robins sacked last week after seven years in charge
• Doug King, the club’s owner, confirms Lampard’s interest

Doug King, the Coventry owner, has revealed that Frank Lampard is a contender to replace Mark Robins as the Championship club’s next manager.

King has said the former Chelsea, Derby County and Everton coach is among a large number of interested parties in the vacant post.

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The Steel City derby may not be played quite as regularly as some others or quite have the same pull on a national scale but there is no doubting that what you do in this ­fixture can make you a legend in this particular part of the world.

That was evident enough here before the first meeting between Sheffield United and Sheffield Wednesday in over 2,000 days. To whet the appetite, and perhaps even stir up some emotions, United opted to welcome the goalscorers from their last derby win in 2017 – John Fleck, Leon Clarke and Mark Duffy – on to the Bramall Lane pitch.

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• Rob Edwards says future is ‘out of my hands’
• Sunderland drop point; Leeds beat QPR

Rob Edwards apologised to Luton’s fans and admitted he did not know whether he would hold on to his job after his side collapsed 5-1 at Middlesbrough. Luton’s rapidly-imploding season went from bad to worse as they suffered their heaviest defeat since last season’s relegation from the Premier League.

Luton conceded four in the opening 54 minutes as they were repeatedly ripped apart by Michael Carrick’s improving Middlesbrough side, and while Jordan Clark scored a consolation with 13 minutes remaining, Finn Azaz completed Boro’s rout.

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• Leaders Sunderland held to draw at Preston
• Luton move out of drop zone with Cardiff win

Japhet Tanganga fired in-form Millwall to a 1-0 win over Leeds to move the hosts up to fifth in the Championship table.

The defender struck in the 40th minute to secure a fourth consecutive 1-0 victory for Neil Harris’s side and hand Leeds just their second league defeat of the season.

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• Blades climb to second, Wednesday sink Norwich
• Plymouth edge Pompey to claim first win in five

Harrison Burrows scored with almost the last kick of the game as Sheffield United came from behind to snatch a 2-1 Championship victory over Bristol City at Ashton Gate.

The hosts took a 75th-minute lead when substitute Sinclair Armstrong raced onto Max Bird’s through-ball and was tripped as he rounded goalkeeper Michael Cooper. Another replacement, Anis Mehmeti, drilled the resulting spot-kick low to Cooper’s right and, although the keeper guessed correctly, he could not keep the shot out.

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• Bellingham sent off as leaders Sunderland held at QPR
• Sheffield United third after 2-0 victory at Blackburn

Watford climbed into the playoff places after Vakoun Bayo struck four times in their 6-2 win at Sheffield Wednesday.

After Wednesday’s Michael Smith cancelled out Ryan Porteous’s opener, Watford restored their lead through penalties from Tom Ince and Bayo, an Ivory Coast forward. Bayo completed his hat-trick either side of Pol Valentín’s goal for Wednesday before scoring his fourth in the 88th minute.

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West Bromwich Albion’s winless run was extended to seven Championship matches after Tahith Chong’s superb equaliser helped Luton to a 1-1 draw at Kenilworth Road.

A cagey affair was blown wide open by Albion’s Josh Maja, whose creative flick inside the area saw him score his eighth of the season just before the break.

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Norwich launched a storming comeback to secure a 3-3 draw with Middlesbrough in a thrilling Championship clash at Carrow Road.

The Canaries looked down and out when the visitors took a two-goal lead into the interval after going behind early on. But after seeing Tommy Conway being denied what would have been a hat-trick from the penalty spot midway through the second period, the hosts found another lease of life, with Borja Sainz scoring his second to pull one back almost immediately.

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• Burnley in second and Leeds in third drop points
• Drama as Plymouth fight back to draw 3-3 with Preston

Sunderland cemented their position at the top of the Championship with a dominant 2-0 win over Oxford. After back-to-back away victories over Hull and Luton, they made it three wins in six days thanks to Jobe Bellingham’s 16th-minute header and Wilson Isidor’s first-time volley.

Burnley in second and Leeds in third dropped points, allowing Sheffield United to gain ground as they moved on from back-to-back defeats with a 2-0 victory over Stoke. Goals either side of the break from Kieffer Moore and Tyrese Campbell ended Stoke’s four-match unbeaten run. A minute’s silence was observed before kick-off in memory of the former Sheffield United player George Baldock, who died this month at the age of 31.

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Josh Windass and Michael Smith returned to the Sheffield Wednesday lineup to spark a turnaround 2-1 victory over bottom-placed Portsmouth.

Smith was making only his second start of the campaign, having found himself behind Jamal Lowe in Danny Rohl’s pecking order, while Windass has missed recent matches.

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• Striker was sent racist comment on social media
• Abuse took place during Wednesday’s loss to Sunderland

Luton have reported a racist comment sent to forward Elijah Adebayo on social media during Wednesday night’s Championship match against Sunderland.

The Hatters player had been subjected to racist abuse online last season while playing in the Premier League, which at the time left Adebayo “tired” and contemplating not reporting the matter over his disillusionment.

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• Régis Le Bris’ team win 2-1 at Kenilworth Road
• Burnley scrape 1-1 draw with Hull as Sheffield United lose

Sunderland moved three points clear at the top of the Championship with a 2-1 win at Luton.

Carlton Morris’s first-half strike was controversially ruled out for offside and the home side were left to rue other missed chances when the visitors took the lead early in the second half.

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• Bachmann errors help Farke’s side to 2-1 win
• Cardiff beat Portsmouth to climb out of bottom three

Leeds moved up to second in the Championship as two goalkeeping blunders by Watford’s Daniel Bachmann helped them to a 2-1 win at Elland Road. The Austria goalkeeper was at fault for both Leeds’ goals as they raced into a 2-0 lead inside the opening seven minutes through Largie Ramazani and Brenden Aaronson.

Kwadwo Baah pulled one back for Watford, who were much improved in the second half, but Leeds held on for back-to-back home wins in the space of five days. Daniel Farke’s side extended their unbeaten league run to six matches and have now lost one of their first 11, while Watford slipped to a fifth straight league defeat on the road.

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