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Connor Wickham and Massimo Luongo scored from corners as Sheffield Wednesday dented Bristol City’s play-off hopes with a 2-1 win at Ashton Gate.

The Owls, who had won only two of 15 games coming into the match, took a 13th-minute lead when Wickham rose unmarked to head home Jacob Murphy’s corner, and doubled their advantage on the hour mark when Luongo bundled home another.

Bristol City gave themselves hope when …

In-form Wigan moved five points clear of the Championship relegation zone after late efforts from substitutes Lee Evans and Michael Jacobs earned them a 2-0 home win over Blackburn.

Evans fired in off the bar from close range in the 80th minute after Rovers goalkeeper Christian Walton failed to claim a cross from Antonee Robinson, and Jacobs then slotted home in stoppage time.

The result sees 17th-placed Wigan’s unbeaten run …

Gary Gardner scored twice to rescue a point for Birmingham and deny Hull after the visitors led twice in a 3-3 draw at St Andrew’s.

Gardner headed home in the 88th minute to equalise after on-loan Liverpool midfielder Herbie Kane curled a free-kick under the defensive wall to restore Hull’s advantage in the 67th.

Josh Magennis and James Scott had fired Hull into a 2-0 lead by the 16th minute, …

Leeds opened up a three-point lead at the top of the Sky Bet Championship after a professional display earned them a 3-0 win over Fulham.

Patrick Bamford’s calm finish put the hosts in charge at Elland Road (10), before substitute Ezgjan Alioski took the sting out of the visitors’ advances shortly after his introduction (56).

A tidy finish from Jack Harrison extended the slightly flattering scoreline (77), before Fulham’s …

Brentford kept hopes of a late dash for automatic promotion from the Championship alive with a narrow 1-0 victory over leaders West Brom on Friday night.

The Bees took the lead after an open start at Griffin Park when Ollie Watkins finished off a slick move with a close-range finish after Josh Dasilva’s pull-back. The goal moved him level with Fulham’s Aleksandar Mitrovic at the top of the scoring charts.…

Cardiff denied Leeds the chance to go back top of the Sky Bet Championship with a 2-0 win on Sunday.

Goals from Junior Hoilett and Robert Glatzel in either half fired the Bluebirds to victory and up to seventh in the table, now level on points with Preston in sixth.

Leeds, meanwhile, who could have gone 10 points clear of Fulham in third with a victory, were left to rue …

Rhian Brewster’s seventh Championship goal and an Andre Ayew penalty gave Swansea a 2-1 victory over Sheffield Wednesday to boost the hosts’ promotion hopes.

After a quiet first half where Wednesday looked the better side, Swansea were rejuvenated after the break and Brewster fired them in front with a powerful strike from close range (51).

The Liverpool loanee’s opener seemed to damage Wednesday’s confidence and Swansea were two up midway …

Middlesbrough’s relegation worries intensified as local boy Jordan Hugill fired QPR to a 1-0 win at the Riverside.

Hugill’s long-range winner secured QPR’s first points since the restart and lifted Mark Warburton’s side to the 53-point mark, all but guaranteeing their survival in the Sky Bet Championship.

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Middlesbrough, on the other hand, are staring down the barrel of relegation to League One, with …