Roundup of the latest Championship action which saw massive implications across the table.
Sheffield United suffered a shock defeat at Oxford United as Siriki Dembele netted a 38th-minute winner for the Us to end the Blades’ unbeaten five-match run.
Leeds missed the opportunity to return to the summit through Dan James’ equaliser as they salvaged a 1-1 draw away at second-bottom Luton, after Isiah Jones had fired the Hatters into an early lead.
Jaidon Anthony’s comeback brace ensured that Burnley didn’t suffer a similar fate with a 2-1 victory at Coventry which propelled them to the summit, after Haji Wright had put the Sky Blues initially into a fifth-minute lead.
Fourth-placed Sunderland continued their outside push for automatic promotion with a 1-0 win away at West Brom, through Trai Hume’s 35th-minute winner.
Quick-fire goals from Tommy Conway and Samuel Iling-Junior in the opening eight minutes lifted Middlesbrough up to fifth with a 2-0 victory away at Blackburn.
First-half goals from Ross McCrorie and Nakhi Wells lifted Bristol City into the final play-off spot in sixth position with a 2-1 home win over Watford, although Mamadou Doumbia netted a consolatory 80th-minute effort the Hornets.
Down in the relegation zone, Plymouth moved to within four points of safety with a 2-1 win over Norwich through Ryan Hardie’s first-half brace, despite Josh Sargent’s consolatory goal for the visitors right at the start of the second half.
Charlie Hughes’ 94th-minute header lifted Hull out of the bottom three with victory at Sheffield Wednesday.
Cardiff consequently slipped into the bottom three following a goalless draw at QPR.
Elsewhere, Mihailo Ivanovic’s brace fired Millwall to a 2-1 home win over Portsmouth despite Andre Dozzell’s brief equaliser for the visitors.
Eom Ji-Sung netted a 78th-minute winner as Swansea scraped past Derby to a narrow home win.
Finally, Lewis Baker’s 75th-minute penalty rescued Stoke a 1-1 draw at Preston after Kaine Kesler-Hayden put the hosts into an early lead.
