Burnley remain top of the 2022-23 Sky Bet Championship following a huge round of action.
Whilst Burnley continued to march towards automatic promotion, Sheffield United continued to fend off the growing threat of Middlesbrough in the race for second amidst a fierce battle for play-off spots just behind those two clubs.
Now, here is a full roundup of all the action across the weekend and two rearranged midweek fixtures.
Weekend
Goals from Anass Zaroury, Connor Roberts, Josh Brownhill and Michael Obafemi saw league leaders, Burnley thrash third-bottom Huddersfield 4-0 at Turf Moor.
Sheffield Utd remain second after Ryan Porteous’ 73rd minute own goal handed the Blades a scrappy home win against Watford.
Middlesbrough slipped seven points behind Sheffield United in third place after Michael Carrick’s in-form Boro suffered a shock 2-0 defeat at West Bromwich Albion, as Daryl Dike struck twice in the space of two minutes for the Baggies.
Sam Gallagher’s brace plus Samuel Szmodics’ goal saw fourth-placed Blackburn dampen Gareth Ainsworth’s home bow as QPR manager, as Rovers clinched a 3-1 away win at Loftus Road.
Zian Flemming’s ninth-minute goal saw Millwall scrape a narrow win at Stoke as Gary Rowett’s Lions stayed fifth.
Carlton Morris’s 47th minute header saw Luton defeat Birmingham City at St Andrew’s to stay sixth and round out the play-off spots.
Down in the relegation zone, Wigan remain rock-bottom after they blew a first-half lead to lose 2-1 at ten-men Preston as Tom Cannon netted the hosts’ winner following Daniel Johnson’s equalising penalty to cancel out Greg Cunningham’s own goal opener.
Sonny Carey’s injury-time strike couldn’t prevent second-bottom Blackpool losing 3-1 at Reading, as Tom Ince struck twice for the Royals either side of Andy Carroll’s penalty.
Cardiff remain four points clear of the drop despite suffering a 2-0 defeat at Norwich, as Gabriel Sara and Marquinhos scored for the Canaries in the space of four minutes before half-time.
Elsewhere, Amad Diallo’s injury-time goal couldn’t prevent Sunderland falling to their second consecutive defeat as Tony Mowbray’s Black Cats lost 2-1 at Coventry, as Viktor Gyokeres set up Jamie Allen’s opener before adding the Sky Blues’ second goal.
Nakhi Wells’ 70th minute penalty saw Bristol City scrape a narrow home win against Hull after Anis Mehmeti’s cross was handballed.
Chiedozie Ogbene cancelled out Joel Piroe’s goal as Rotherham fought back to draw 1-1 at Swansea.
Midweek
Second-half goals from Elijah Adebayo and Luke Berry saw sixth-placed Luton fight back to snatch a 2-2 draw at home to fifth-placed Millwall, after the Lions led through Flemming and Tom Bradshaw’s strikes.
Finally, 12th-placed Preston held Coventry to a goalless draw at home in a game where the visitors were more clinical, despite neither team finding a breakthrough goal.
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