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Championship round-up [Sky Sports News]



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Highlights from Burnley's 1-1 draw with Wolves in the SkyBet Championship.

Burnley's lead at the top of the Sky Bet Championship was cut to four points after the Clarets were held to a 1-1 draw by Wolves at Turf Moor, while Brighton moved up to second with a hard fought win at MK Dons.
A second-half header against the run of play from Sam Vokes looked to have secured the league leaders all three points in east Lancashire.
However, an injury-time equaliser from Danny Batth rescued a deserved point for the visitors, who dominated large periods of the match.*
Meanwhile, Brighton moved up to second*with a hard-fought 2-1 win away at MK Dons, despite a late fightback from the hosts.
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Highlights from Brighton's 2-1 win away to MK Dons in the SkyBet Championship.

Two second-half goals from substitute Tomer Hemed looked to have guided Brighton to a comfortable victory at Stadium:mk.
The hosts, who were later reduced to 10 men following the dismissal of Kyle McFadzean, hit back through Anthony Kay and were then awarded a stoppage-time penalty.
However, Carl Baker shot wide from 12 yards as the visitors held out to secure a vital win away from home.*
Derby kept their promotion challenge on track with a hard-fought 1-0 victory over East Midlands rivals Nottingham Forest in the day's early kick-off.
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Highlights of Derby against Nottingham Forest from the Sky Bet Championship.

Marcus Olsson's first goal for the Rams, 10 minutes from time, was enough to take all three points in a bad-tempered encounter at the iPro Stadium.*
Elsewhere, Bristol City recorded their biggest win of the season against managerless Bolton at Ashton Gate.
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Highlights from Bristol City's 6-0 win at home to Bolton.

The Robins fired six unanswered goals past the Trotters, who remain firmly rooted to the foot of the table following the defeat.
Aaron Wilbraham thumped in an early rebound to put the hosts ahead after just three minutes. Lee Tomlin then doubled the lead just five minutes later after Bolton's players stopped to appeal for a foul which was not given.
Second-half strikes from Peter Odemwingie, Scott Wagstaff, Jonathon Kodjia and Joe Bryan rounded off a miserable day for the visitors, who remain without a manager following the dismissal of Neil Lennon earlier this week.*
Huddersfield came from behind to defeat Leeds 4-1 in an entertaining match at Elland Road.
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Highlights from Huddersfield's 4-1 win away at local rivals Leeds United.

The away side missed an early chance to take the lead when Nahki Wells saw his penalty saved by Marco Silvestri, after Joe Lolley was brought down in the area.
The Terriers were made to pay for that miss 10 minutes later when Stuart Dallas headed in a superb cross from Liam Bridcutt.
Huddersfield responded well and hit back with goals from Mark Hudson, Harry Bunn, Karim Matmour and Wells to secure an impressive victory in the West Yorkshire derby.*
Meanwhile, an injury-time equaliser from Eoin Doyle rescued a point for Preston against QPR at Deepdale.
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Highlights of the 1-1 draw between Preston and QPR from the Sky Bet Championship.

The visitors took an early lead through Sebastian Polter, who took advantage of slack marking inside the Preston box to head his side in front after just three minutes.
However, Doyle's late goal secured the Lilywhites a 1-1 draw and, in the process, denied Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink a third straight victory in the league.*
Charlton remain six points from safety*after slipping to a 3-0 defeat to Sheffield Wednesday at Hillsborough.
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Highlights from Sheffield Wednesday's 3-0 win at home to Charlton in the SkyBet Championship.

After a goalless first half, Wednesday finally broke the deadlock when Tom Lees powered in a close-range header. Fernando Forestieri then doubled the Owls' advantage five minutes later after Atdhe Nuhiu had earlier hit the post.
El-Hadji Ba rounded off the scoring with an own goal 10 minutes from time. Wednesday remain in the play-off places, three points clear of seventh place Cardiff, following the victory.*
Blackburn moved nine points clear of the relegation places with a 1-0 win away at Brentford.
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Highlights from Blackburn's 1-0 win away at Brentford in the SkyBet Championship.

After a goalless first half, the Lancashire club were reduced to 10 men shortly after the break when Grant Hanley was sent off for a second bookable offence - his third red card for Rovers. *
However, Brentford were unable to make the most of their man advantage and fell behind to a late Shane Duffy strike.
The Bees have now lost their last four league games and are now just six points above the bottom three.*
Birmingham and Fulham shared the spoils with a 1-1 draw at St Andrews.
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Highlights from Birmingham's 1-1 draw with Fulham in the SkyBet Championship.

The Cottagers took a late first-half lead through Brighton loanee Rohan Ince, who finished off a fine counter-attacking move. Michael Morrison drew the home side level midway through the second half with a fine headed finish.*
The Blues are now six points off the play-off spots, while Fulham stay one place above the drop zone in 21st.*
Cardiff lost ground on their play-off rivals after being held to a 1-1 draw away at Reading.
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Highlights from Reading's 1-1 draw with Cardiff in the SkyBet Championship.

After a first half of few chances, the Royals eventually took the lead 10 minutes before the break through Garath McCleary, who volleyed in a fine finish after some good build-up play.
Cardiff drew level with 25 minutes to go when Lex Immers, on loan from Feyenoord, scrambled the ball in from close range.*
And finally, Rotherham extended their unbeaten run in the league to five games with a 1-0 win away at Ipswich.
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Highlights from Rotherham's 1-0 win away at Ipswich in the SkyBet Championship.

Matt Derbyshire set up Leon Best for the game's only goal to dent the home side's chances of securing a play-off spot.*

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