Sky Bet Championship round-up: West Brom hit seven, Leeds win again
(August 18 2018)
A round-up of the latest results in the Sky Bet Championship, including West Brom scoring seven and Leeds winning once again.
Sky Bet Championship results
Bristol City 0-2 Middlesbrough
Hull 0-1 Blackburn
Ipswich 1-1 Aston Villa
Leeds 2-0 Rotherham
Millwall 2-1 Derby
Reading 0-1 Bolton
Sheffield United 2-1 Norwich
West Brom 7-1 QPR
Wigan 2-2 Nottingham Forest
Preston 2-2 Stoke
Sky Bet Championship round-up
Marcelo Bielsa became the first Leeds manager to win his first four games in charge of the club as his side beat Yorkshire rivals Rotherham 2-0.
Leeds' third straight Sky Bet Championship win - they beat Bolton 2-1 in the Carabao Cup in midweek - maintained their 100 per cent start to the season and lifted them up to second in the table.
Luke Ayling's header broke the deadlock early in the second half and Kemar Roofe struck his third of the season in fine style in the 72nd minute.
Ayling's first Leeds goal was awarded with the aid of goal-line technology after referee Robert Jones had initially awarded a goal kick.
West Brom climbed up to third after thrashing Steve McClaren's QPR 7-1 at the Hawthorns.
Joel Lynch cancelled out Matt Phillips' opener for West Brom before the break, but Kieran Gibbs, Jay Rodriguez's penalty - after Josh Scowen's foul on Dwight Gayle - put the Baggies in control.
Rodriguez converted his second penalty after Matt Ingram's foul on Gayle and Phillips grabbed his second before Hal Robson-Kanu completed the rout in stoppage time.
Former England striker Peter Crouch came off the bench to score his 200th senior goal and rescue a Sky Bet Championship point for Stoke in a thrilling 2-2 draw at Preston.
Paul Gallagher's powerful penalty handed the Lilywhites the lead at Deepdale but Erik Pieters levelled with an impressive strike before the break.
Graham Burke netted deep inside first-half stoppage time as Preston regained the advantage, before substitute Crouch drew Gary Rowett's side level after half-time to salvage a point for the Potters.
Middlesbrough stay top, having played a game more, after a 2-0 win at Bristol City as first-half goals from Martin Braithwaite and Britt Assombalonga secured them a third straight league win.
Aston Villa remain fourth after they were held 1-1 at 10-man Ipswich.
Jonathan Kodjia headed Villa into a first-half lead after Ipswich had hit the crossbar through Gwion Edwards' shot.
Trevor Chalobah equalised, but Ipswich were reduced to 10 men before the interval when midfielder Tayo Edun received his second yellow card.
Billy Sharp's stoppage-time header clinched Sheffield United a 2-1 home win against Norwich.
Summer signing John Egan headed his first goal for the Blades and although Jordan Rhodes' second of the season hauled Norwich level, Sharp pounced in the third minute of time added on.
Bolton moved up to fifth place after a 1-0 win at bottom club Reading extended their unbeaten league start, with Yanic Wildschut firing the only goal early in the second half.
Nottingham Forest avoided their first defeat of the season thanks to Hillal Soudani's last-gasp equaliser in a 2-2 draw at Wigan.
Soudani followed up to convert a rebound after Lewis Grabban's penalty had been saved in the first minute of time added on.
Forest's Matt Cash had cancelled out Nick Powell's second-minute header, but Wigan regained the lead through Will Grigg's penalty after he had been fouled by Ben Osborn.
Bradley Dack's fourth goal of the season in all competitions secured Blackburn a 1-0 win at Hull and Derby slipped to their second defeat of the season, losing 2-1 at Millwall.
Millwall stormed into a 2-0 first-half lead through Lee Gregory and Shaun Williams before Derby responded through David Nugent in the 73rd minute.