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What a weekend it's been in the Championship so far.

Leaders Leicester beaten, high-flying Southampton match their club-record with a 19th league game unbeaten and Ipswich end a five-game winless run to go back up to second.

We've got one more stop to go as lowly QPR look to boost their survival hopes against Watford tomorrow.

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• Leaders Leicester suffer their first defeat since mid-November as they are beaten 3-1 by Coventry after playing the second half with 10 men following Abdul Fatawu's straight red card.
• Ipswich end the day where they started it in second and close the gap to seven points after coming from behind to beat Sunderland 2-1.
• Southampton briefly go second but remain third in the Championship with an emphatic 4-0 win over Sheffield Wednesday.
• Leeds also perform well, beating Cardiff 3-0 away from home.
• West Brom keep pace at the top by beating Blackburn 4-1.
• Birmingham score in added time to rescue a point at home to Swansea in Tony Mowbray's first match in charge.
• Preston put an end to a poor run of form with victory over Bristol City.
• Stoke maintain their undefeated start under new boss Steven Schumacher with victory at bottom side Rotherham.

You can catch up with reports from all of the games by clicking here.

Here's what Ipswich's win has done to the top of the table.

The Tractor Boys reclaim second place from Southampton, who briefly took it earlier after beating Sheffield Wednesday 4-0 at St Mary's.

It means Leicester's lead at the top is cut to seven points, with Ipswich the visitors to the King Power Stadium a week on Monday.

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Gary Bennett
Ex-Sunderland defender on BBC Radio Newcastle

It has been a game between two teams that are pretty evenly matched, but ultimately it came down to a team with a little more experience.

And also it came down to them being able to call upon another striker to score even with their man goalscorer being out today.

Their captain also was not involved today.

That is another game we have lost where you think we could have got something out of this game.

Mick Mills
Former Ipswich and England captain on BBC Radio Suffolk

A wonderful win, a giant three points, their first win of 2024 is monumental and ends their little run without a victory.

A really close game.

Sunderland have done a good job to come down here and make it so close.

We have seen three fabulous goals, an excellent match between two teams hell-bent on passing the ball for really good entertainment.

Ipswich show their mettle!

The Blues had dropped out of the top two for the first time since the start of September after Southamptons win earlier today.

They were winless in five games and they fell behind in this one to Jack Clarke's fine goal.

But they did NOT go under.

Kayden Jackson levelled the scores before the break and Conor Chaplin won it with a great header.

Town back up second, three points ahead of the Saints.

Brenner Woolley
BBC Radio Suffolk commentator

Harry Clarke has had a good game and gets the man of the match award.

The home side just looking to run out the clock now.

Axel Tuanzebe is on for Conor Chaplin. A striker off for a defender.

On the balance of things they've been worth this.

Into five minutes of time added on at the end of this one.

Sunderland need something to happen and they need it to happen now... well, in the next five minutes anyway.

Ipswich bring on Marcus Harness for the closing minutes.

Sunderland throw on striker Mason Burstow.

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West Bromwich Albion eased to a comfortable 4-1 win over Blackburn Rovers in the Championship.

Baggies manager Carlos Corberan felt the victory was the perfect way to bounce back from losing 1-0 to Swansea in his side's previous league game.

He BBC Radio WM: "The best way to recover from a defeat is to show this mentality from the first minute of the game.

"[Blackburn] are a team that like to play from the back every single ball and it means they have skilful players, but you can use this identity that they have to be aggressive and press."

Brandon Thomas-Asante was singled out for praise by Corberan after scoring two goals.

"For our strikers it's always important to have the feeling of the goal," the manager said, "He has been doing a very good job in terms of pressing and linking up the game. Today he made extraordinary work."

Heading into the final minutes.

Can Ipswich hold out to snap their five-game winless run in the league?

Nick Barnes
BBC Newcastle's Sunderland commentator

Lively this game can definitely be described as.

Could not think of a better word myself...pointless yellow cards galore...as lively as Black Cats chasing Tractor Boys you could say...

Ipswich want a penalty but they're just getting a corner.

Terribly lax passing in their own area presents the ball back to the home side and Luke O'Nien crashes into Omari Hutchinson.

The ball pops up for Conor Chaplin and his effort deflects wide.

Trai Hume booked for the away side for a challenge on Jeremy Sarmiento.

Both players went in full-blooded, seems a bit harsh.

The Black Cats bring on Nazariy Rusyn for Alex Pritchard. The latter looks pretty frustrated.

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Preston North End enjoyed just their second win in seven games in all competitions, with a 2-0 victory at home to Bristol City in the Championship.

The home side's persistence paid off as Will Keane - one of three half-time substitutes brought on by boss Ryan Lowe - scored two goals in the second half.

"We went into the staff room at half-time and I said I needed to make bold decisions," Lowe told BBC Radio Lancashire. "It's a tough decision to take people off at half-time. I felt we needed more power at the top end of the pitch.

"I felt whoever scored first would go on and win the game and I wanted it to be us, so we changed shape and went on the front foot," he added.

The result means that Preston are two points off the play-off places and Lowe was pleased with the backing of the fans at Deepdale this afternoon. "The atmosphere was bubbling more," he added.

"The intensity was more, we were more on the front foot and putting balls in behind, and as you have seen, we went and scored two good goals."

Gary Bennett
Ex-Sunderland defender on BBC Radio Newcastle

Conor Chaplin should have scored, he just tried to chest it in didn't he.

That should be that!

Sunderland live to fight on but only just.

Leif Davis' wicked free-kick from wide left is helped on by Conor Chaplin and the onrushing Luke Woolfenden can only clatter a close range shot against the post.

Gary Bennett
Ex-Sunderland defender on BBC Radio Newcastle

You have got to make a connection there.

He was on the six-yard line there maybe slightly wrong footed, but what a chance.

Reminder that Sunderland had the lead in this one.

They'd won the previous 12 times they'd gone in front in the league this season.

It's looking like it's going to be unlucky 13 for the Black Cats, as Adil Aouchiche fails to connect with a low cross.

What an eventful cameo he's had...