Championship round-up: Huddersfield return to the top
Wednesday 28 September 2016 06:48, UK
Huddersfield returned to the top of the Sky Bet Championship for at least 24 hours after beating Rotherham 2-1 on Tuesday to make it five straight home wins at the start of the new season.
David Wagner's side have suffered a slight wobble in recent weeks - losing two of their previous three games - but they have had no issues in front of their own fans at the John Smith's Stadium and maintained their 100 per cent record against a struggling Rotherham side.
Elias Kachunga's fourth goal of the season gave Huddersfield a second-minute lead but former Town striker Danny Ward levelled for Rotherham against the run of play after 34 minutes.
Nahki Wells quickly restored Town's advantage and 2-1 is how it remained, although Rotherham midfielder Tom Adeyemi nodded a gilt-edged chance wide five minutes from time.
The Terriers have a two-point lead over Norwich, who play their game in hand at Newcastle on Wednesday night.
Brighton were unable to move behind Huddersfield into second place after drawing 0-0 at Ipswich, where they had Dale Stephens sent off.
Fourth-placed Brentford are one of five teams on 17 points, along with Bristol City, Birmingham, Sheffield Wednesday and Reading, after beating the Royals 4-1 at Griffin Park.
Goals from Josh Clarke, Lasse Vibe, Maxime Colin and Scott Hogan put Jaap Stam's side to the sword. Yann Kermorgant pulled one back for the visitors from the penalty spot.
Marlon Pack scored the only goal at Ashton Gate as Bristol City beat Leeds 1-0, while Sheffield Wednesday won by the same score at Blackburn courtesy of Steven Fletcher's first-half strike.
Che Adams came off the bench to score and rescue a point for Birmingham in a 2-2 draw with Preston at St Andrew's. Ryan Shotton cancelled out Alex Baptiste's opener before Daniel Johnson's free-kick restored Preston's lead, only for Adams to pounce.
Derby boss Nigel Pearson was asked to step down from the game at Cardiff but the Rams were 2-0 winners courtesy of Thomas Ince's finish and a Nick Blackman penalty following Matthew Connolly's red card.
Will Grigg's 88th-minute strike saw Wigan win 2-1 at home to Wolves and climb out of the bottom three. Adam Le Fondre gave the Latics an early lead, but Prince Oniangue levelled things up.
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Sam Winnall scored a dramatic late equaliser to earn Barnsley a 1-1 draw against Aston Villa at Oakwell.
Villa's Jordan Ayew opened the scoring with his first goal of the campaign in the 61st minute before Winnall, a second-half substitute, headed home in the 89th minute.
It was also 1-1 at the Pirelli Stadium, where Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink had to settle for a point on his return to Burton as his QPR side battled back to earn a draw. Jamie Ward's diving header gave the hosts the lead but Sebastian Polter netted from 12 yards on a swift counter with 20 minutes to go.
Nicklas Bendtner scored his first goal for Nottingham Forest but it was not enough to halt a winless run that extended to six games as Tom Cairney rescued a point for Fulham in a 1-1 draw at the City Ground.
