Week Four Roundup – Sport Grill

Roundup of the first midweek round of 2022-23 Sky Bet Championship season as leaders – Blackburn suffered a first defeat of campaign.

Blackburn’s unbeaten start came to a shock end at the Select Car Leasing Stadium in a 3-0 away defeat against Reading, as Tom McIntyre, Junior Hoilett and Lucas Joao all struck for the Royals.

Hull sit a point behind in second following a 1-1 draw away to Burnley at Turf Moor as the hosts’ Jay Rodriguez cancelled out Ozan Tufan’s opener.

Ken Sema cancelled out George Hall’s 18th minute opening goal as he rescued Watford a point away to Birmingham City, which saw Rob Edwards’ Hornets climb to third on goal difference.

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Anel Ahmedhodzic provided a goal and assist apiece to lift Sheffield United to fourth in a 2-1 home victory over Sunderland, as the visiting Black Cats saw Dan Neil red-carded in the first-half and Lynden Gooch eventually netted a consolatory goal in the 55th minute.

Injury-time own goals from Ben Cabango and Nathan Wood saw fifth-placed Millwall snatch a last-gasp 2-2 draw at Swansea City, with the Swans having led through early goals from Ryan Manning and Michael Obafemi.

Cardiff round out the top six despite being held to a goalless draw away to third-bottom West Brom at The Hawthorns.

Down in the relegation zone, Coventry remain rock-bottom after their home clash against Wigan was postponed due to pitch safety concerns.

Last season’s Play-Off semi-finalists, Luton slipped to second-bottom following a 2-0 loss at Bristol City as Nakhi Wells and Tommy Conway struck in the first-half, although the hosts finished with 10 men after Mark Sykes was red-carded for a two footed tackle on Luke Freeman.

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Elsewhere, early goals from Josh Sargent and Daniel Sinani saw Norwich defeat Huddersfield 2-1 to secure their first league win of the season, although Patrick Jones halved the Terriers’ losing deficit despite Tom Lees’ dismissal early in the second-half for the visitors.

D’Margio Wright-Phillips’ injury-time equaliser saw Stoke City snatch a point at home to Middlesbrough, who had come from behind to lead through Phil Jagielka’s own goal after Duncan Watmore had cancelled out Jacob Brown’s opening goal.

Josh Bowler’s first-half injury-time strike saw Blackpool snatch a narrow away victory at QPR.

Finally, Preston and Rotherham continued their unbeaten starts with a goalless draw between the pair at Deepdale.