Championship LIVE: Scores & text commentaries from seven games

Summary

Sunderland beat Oxford Utd to go five points clear at top of Championship
Plymouth fight back from 3-0 against Preston to level
Millwall score stoppage-time winner at Swansea; Sheff Utd beat Stoke
Teenager Brown earns point for Derby after Simons opener for Hull
Burnley 0-0 QPR, West Brom 0-0 Cardiff
Lunchtime results: Coventry 3-2 Luton, Bristol City 0-0 Leeds, Watford 1-0 Blackburn
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Live Reporting

Ian Woodcock, Chris Peddy, Ben Ashton & Deepak Mahay

Two changes apiece for Robins and Whitespublished at 12:17 British Summer Time 26 October
Bristol City v Leeds (12:30 BST)
Bristol City make two alterations from Tuesday's comeback 2-2 draw with Stoke City. Marcus McGuane and Yu Hirakawa come into midfield for Joe Williams, who serves a one-match suspension, and Anis Mehmeti, who drops to the bench.
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Leeds United make two enforced changes from the side that started the 2-1 win over Watford on Tuesday. Junior Firpo is banned and Largie Ramazani is out for up to six weeks with an ankle injury picked up early on against the Hornets. Sam Byram and Dan James come into the 11.
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Rovers venture into impenetrable Hornets nestpublished at 12:15 British Summer Time 26 October
Watford v Blackburn (12:30 BST)
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After a good start to the season, Watford have stuttered since September, winning just two of their past eight games and come into this off the back of three defeats in four.
The Hornets endured two tough away games in the past week, losing 3-0 at Luton last Saturday before a 2-1 loss to Leeds at Elland Road on Tuesday night saw them slip to ninth.
Tom Cleverley’s side are back on home soil today where they’re unbeaten so far this season (W4, D1) and welcome Blackburn who have promotion aspirations of their own.
Rovers arrive at Vicarage Road in sixth place and recovered from their first two defeats of the season by beating Swansea 1-0 at Ewood Park last weekend and sharing a goalless draw with fellow challengers West Brom on Wednesday.
But John Eustace’s men have struggled on their travels and are still winless away from home, drawing three and losing two.
It’s very much a clash of one side who are great at home and another who struggle on the road. Will that theme change this afternoon?
From play-off finalists to Championship strugglerspublished at 12:12 British Summer Time 26 October
Coventry v Luton (12:30 BST)
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Coventry and Luton meet today for the first time since the Hatters' penalty shootout victory in the 2023 Championship play-off final at Wembley.
The Sky Blues' Fankaty Dabo missed the 12th penalty in the shootout, after the sides had drawn 1-1 after 120 minutes, to send Luton up to the Premier League that day.
Since then, Luton have been relegated straight back to the second tier and Coventry suffered heartbreak under the arch on penalties again, this time against Manchester United in the FA Cup semi-final.
They now find themselves in the relegation zone with nine points from 11 games, while Luton sit in an underwhelming 19th place with pressure building on boss Rob Edwards.
Robins look to end barren Leeds runpublished at 12:10 British Summer Time 26 October
Bristol City v Leeds (12:30 BST)
Bristol City's recent record against Leeds United doesn't make for great reading for Robins fans.
Of the past 18 meetings between the two teams, the Whites have come out on top 15 times, with two draws and just one win for the west country side.
That being said, Bristol City are unbeaten in their past six league games and they're unbeaten at Ashton Gate since 2 March.
Tale of the tapepublished at 12:07 British Summer Time 26 October
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An early win at Bristol City could see Leeds move top of the table before Sunderland host Oxford United later.
Meanwhile, Portsmouth's defeat at home by Sheffield Wednesday last night ensured Pompey are almost certain to end the weekend bottom of the Championship table.
However, just four points separate Pompey from 18th-placed Stoke City, who travel to Sheffield United later.
Smith stunner gives Owls Pompey winpublished at 12:04 British Summer Time 26 October
FT: Portsmouth 1-2 Sheff Wed
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The EFL action for the weekend got under way last night as Portsmouth welcomed Sheffield Wednesday.
The home side took the lead through Connor Ogilvie just before half-time, as they looked to secure a first home victory of the season.
However, Josh Windass levelled for the Owls before former Pompey striker Michael Smith hammered home a superb long-range winner.
Those three points lifted Danny Rohl's men up from 18th all the way to 11th, while Portsmouth remain bottom.
Friday's reverse was their sixth league defeat of the season, one more than they suffered in the whole of 2023-24 as they won the League One title.
Leeds target top spotpublished at 12:01 British Summer Time 26 October
Bristol City v Leeds (12:30 BST)
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Good afternoon and welcome to today's Championship live text.
We've got three early games for you to get things started and then seven more straight after.
The pick of our opening three matches sees third-placed Leeds visit Bristol City, with a win potentially enough to send the Whites top, albeit quite possibly just for a few hours.
It's unlikely to be a straightforward day for Daniel Farke's men though, as the Robins, like their visitors today, are unbeaten since 14 September.

Championship Table

Position	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Difference	Points	Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first
1	Sunderland	12	9	1	2	23	9	14	28	Result Loss Result Win Result Draw Result Win Result Win Result Win
2	Burnley	12	6	5	1	17	5	12	23	Result Draw Result Win Result Draw Result Win Result Draw Result Draw
3	Leeds United	12	6	5	1	19	8	11	23	Result Win Result Draw Result Draw Result Win Result Win Result Draw
4	Sheffield United	12	7	3	2	14	6	8	22	Result Draw Result Win Result Win Result Loss Result Loss Result Win
5	West Bromwich Albion	12	5	5	2	13	7	6	20	Result Loss Result Loss Result Draw Result Draw Result Draw Result Draw
6	Blackburn Rovers	12	5	4	3	16	12	4	19	Result Win Result Loss Result Loss Result Win Result Draw Result Loss
7	Watford	12	6	1	5	16	19	-3	19	Result Win Result Loss Result Win Result Loss Result Loss Result Win
8	Norwich City	11	4	5	2	19	13	6	17	Result Win Result Win Result Draw Result Win Result Draw Result Draw
9	Middlesbrough	11	5	2	4	11	9	2	17	Result Loss Result Win Result Win Result Loss Result Loss Result Win
10	Millwall	12	4	4	4	15	12	3	16	Result Win Result Loss Result Draw Result Draw Result Win Result Win
11	Bristol City	12	3	7	2	14	16	-2	16	Result Draw Result Draw Result Draw Result Win Result Draw Result Draw
12	Derby County	12	4	3	5	15	15	0	15	Result Loss Result Loss Result Win Result Draw Result Draw Result Draw
13	Sheffield Wednesday	12	4	3	5	13	18	-5	15	Result Win Result Draw Result Win Result Loss Result Draw Result Win
14	Oxford United	12	3	5	4	15	15	0	14	Result Draw Result Draw Result Draw Result Draw Result Draw Result Loss
15	Hull City	12	3	5	4	14	16	-2	14	Result Win Result Win Result Loss Result Loss Result Draw Result Draw
16	Preston North End	12	3	5	4	13	17	-4	14	Result Loss Result Win Result Draw Result Win Result Draw Result Draw
17	Swansea City	12	3	4	5	8	8	0	13	Result Draw Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss
18	Coventry City	12	3	3	6	14	17	-3	12	Result Loss Result Win Result Loss Result Loss Result Draw Result Win
19	Stoke City	12	3	3	6	13	17	-4	12	Result Loss Result Win Result Draw Result Draw Result Draw Result Loss
20	Cardiff City	12	3	3	6	11	18	-7	12	Result Loss Result Win Result Draw Result Win Result Win Result Draw
21	Plymouth Argyle	12	3	3	6	13	22	-9	12	Result Win Result Loss Result Win Result Loss Result Loss Result Draw
22	Luton Town	12	3	2	7	14	20	-6	11	Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss Result Win Result Loss Result Loss
23	Queens Park Rangers	12	1	6	5	11	19	-8	9	Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss Result Draw Result Draw
24	Portsmouth	12	1	5	6	12	25	-13	8	Result Draw Result Loss Result Draw Result Win Result Loss Result Loss

Key

Position 1 - 2 : Promotion
Position 3 - 6 : Promotion Play-off
Position 22 - 24 : Relegation

Sheffield United have been deducted two points for defaulted transfer payments.

Last Updated 26th October 2024 at 17:02

Please Note: All times UK. Tables are subject to change. The BBC is not responsible for any changes that may be made.

Summary

Live Reporting

Two changes apiece for Robins and Whitespublished at 12:17 British Summer Time 26 October

Rovers venture into impenetrable Hornets nestpublished at 12:15 British Summer Time 26 October

From play-off finalists to Championship strugglerspublished at 12:12 British Summer Time 26 October

Robins look to end barren Leeds runpublished at 12:10 British Summer Time 26 October

Tale of the tapepublished at 12:07 British Summer Time 26 October

Smith stunner gives Owls Pompey winpublished at 12:04 British Summer Time 26 October

Leeds target top spotpublished at 12:01 British Summer Time 26 October

Championship Scores and fixtures

Saturday 26th October

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