Roundup of midweek Championship action as the promotion race continued to stay closely fought.
Manor Solomon netted after 31 seconds to send Leeds on their way to an eventual 2-0 home win over Norwich which was confirmed by Dan James’ second-half effort.
Second-half goals from Rhian Brewster and Harrison Burrows fired second-placed Sheffield United to a comeback 2-1 win at ten-men Swansea, after Florian Bianchini had put the Swans in front prior to Harry Darling’s red card following Brewster’s equaliser.
Braces from Zian Flemming and Josh Laurent saw Burnley stay third with a ruthless 5-0 win at rock-bottom Plymouth, which was capped off by Josh Cullen’s effort.
Eliezer Mayenda struck a 28th minute winner as fourth-placed Sunderland snatched a controversial victory at Derby, in which the Black Cats saw their second goal by Wilson Isidor disallowed in bizarre scenes.
Goals from Hayden Hackney and Ben Doak lifted Middlesbrough up to fifth with a 2-0 home win over West Brom – in which the Baggies were back under the management of Tony Mowbray for the first time since 2009.
Blackburn rounded out the top six with a 2-0 loss at home to Coventry through goals from Ellis Simms and Brandon Thomas-Asante either side of half-time.
Down in the relegation zone, Luton remain second bottom after they lost 3-2 in a thriller at Oxford United in which Tom Krauss and Mark McGuiness twice put them ahead, albeit cancelled out by goals from Michal Helik and Ciaron Brown before Greg Leigh headed in the Us’ winner.
Joe Gelhardt’s consolatory strike couldn’t prevent Hull slipping to third bottom with a 2-1 home defeat to QPR, after Kenneth Paal and Koki Saito struck for the visiting Hoops.
Cardiff moved two points clear of the drop with a comeback 2-2 draw at Millwall after Calum Scanlon and Casper De Norre put the Lions into an early lead, only for Chris Willock and Yousef Salech to rescue the Bluebirds a point with a goal in injury-time of each half respectively.
Elsewhere, Milutin Osmajic’s brace saw Preston clinch a 2-1 win away at Watford despite Rocco Vata’s consolatory strike for the Hornets.
Colby Bishop’s penalty plus a header from Callum Lang and Connor Ogilvie’s effort saw Portsmouth thump Stoke 3-1 at Fratton Park, despite Ben Wilmot’s consolatory header which briefly reduced the Potters’ deficit.
Ross McCrorie’s 86th minute header rescued Bristol City a 2-2 draw at Sheffield Wednesday after Di’Shon had put the Owls back in front following goals from Djeidi Gassama and Nakhi Wells.
