Sunday 22 January 2017 14:48, UK
Matt Ritchie fired a second-half double as Newcastle climbed back to the top of the Sky Bet Championship table thanks to a 4-0 home win against Rotherham on Saturday.
Daryl Murphy put the hosts in front in first-half stoppage time, turning and firing into the net after a first-time cross from DeAndre Yedlin, who latched onto Jonjo Shelvey's fine long pass.
Just after the break, winger Ritchie put Newcastle 2-0 up from close range after Yoan Gouffran's shot had been saved, and Ayoze Perez put Rafael Benitez's side out of sight in the 59th minute, heading home at the near post from a Yedlin cross.
Ritchie then bagged his second to complete the scoring, shooting home left-footed after being played in by Shelvey.
The Magpies leapfrogged back into pole position, one point above Brighton, who beat Sheffield Wednesday 2-1 at the Amex Stadium on Friday night.
Derby bounced back from conceding at home for the first time in nearly 13 hours to beat fellow promotion hopefuls Reading 3-2 in an incident-packed encounter at Pride Park.
John Swift put Reading in front with a close range tap-in but Darren Bent equalised before half-time and Tom Ince made it 2-1 to the hosts after the break with a first-time finish, before Will Hughes got number three.
Yakou Meite pulled one back with 10 minutes left, heading home from a corner to set up a tense finish, but the hosts held on and Reading were reduced to 10 men when Jordan Obita was sent off deep into stoppage-time.
Chelsea loanee Izzy Brown was the star of the show as Huddersfield returned to winning ways with a 2-0 victory at home to Ipswich.
Brown will be with Huddersfield for the rest of the season and the England U20 player opened the scoring with a brilliant individual effort just before half-time, running from just inside the Ipswich half to the edge of the area before picking out the corner of the net with a curling shot.
Christopher Schindler then added another in the second half, firing home on the rebound, to complete a miserable week for Ipswich, who suffered a shock FA Cup loss to National League side Lincoln on Tuesday.
In the evening kick-off, Leeds suffered their first defeat in eight games as Barnsley came from behind to earn a 3-2 victory in a thrilling Yorkshire derby at Oakwell.
Leading scorer Chris Wood put Leeds in front after 18 minutes, before a well-taken header from Tom Bradshaw and a superb Ryan Kent strike either side of half-time turned the match on its head.
A sublime free-kick from Aston Villa target Conor Hourihane on 54 minutes put further daylight between the Tykes and the visitors, who struggled to create any other openings.
Wood earned a controversial penalty, which he converted after 67 minutes, but the hosts held on for a deserved win, propelling themselves up to eighth, while Leeds remain fourth.
Norwich secured just their second win in six Championship matches, beating 10-man Wolves 3-1.
Steven Naismith put the hosts in front, shooting low into the corner after Jonny Howson's brilliant effort came back off the bar.
But Wolves levelled when Helder Costa fired a 57th-minute penalty into the top corner, following Daniel Ivo Pinto's foul on Matt Doherty.
However, the Canaries regained the lead through Robbie Brady's well-struck spot-kick after Carl Ikeme had been sent off for bringing down Wes Hoolahan.
Jonny Howson's deflected stoppage-time effort made sure for the Canaries, who now lie five points off the top six.
Rhys Healey nodded home an injury-time winner as Cardiff beat Burton 1-0 to move eight points clear of the drop zone.
The 22-year-old is back from a loan spell at Newport and he got on the end of a Kadeem Harris cross to bag his first goal in just his second appearance for the Bluebirds.
Lloyd Dyer missed a great chance in the first half for Burton, who have dropped into the bottom three for the first time this season after a run of one win in eight.
Sam Morsy and Harlee Dean's own goal helped Wigan to a 2-1 home win against Brentford.
Morsy opened the scoring midway through the first half with a fine goal, eluding a tackler before finding the net from the edge of the box and Dean deflected a cross-shot into his own net four minutes later.
Ramallo Jota grabbed Brentford's late consolation on the rebound after a Philipp Hoffman volley had been saved.
Aston Villa maintained their unbeaten home record but were left frustrated after throwing a way a 2-0 lead to draw 2-2 with Preston.
Two first-half goals, including a penalty, from Albert Adomah seemingly put Villa on track for all three points.
But they went off the boil after the break and Jordan Hugill struck twice for North End [64 & 76], powering forward before shooting home from the edge of the box and then heading into the net from close range after a neat short-corner routine.
Ben Osborn produced a brilliant goal as Nottingham Forest defeated Bristol City 1-0 at the City Ground to end an eight game winless run.
The goal meant Gary Brazil made a winning start to his second spell as caretaker boss while the struggling Robins have now lost eight league games in a row.
There were protests prior to kick-off as hundreds of Forest fans gathered to call for Fawaz Al Hasawi to sell the club, following the recent collapse of a takeover bid by an American consortium.
But the home fans were celebrating at the end after Osborn flicked up a 67th-minute free-kick and then unleashed a dipping volley to secure the three points.
Gianfranco Zola is still waiting for his first win as Birmingham boss after the Blues were held to a 1-1 draw at struggling Blackburn.
Zola's men were in front after only three minutes, Lukas Jutkiewicz just about forcing his penalty past Jason Steele after the Rovers keeper had brought down David Cotterill near the by-line.
But Rovers levelled in first-half injury time when the in-form Danny Graham got on the end of a low cross from Derrick Williams and smashed the ball into the net for his ninth goal in 11 league games.
The lunchtime fixture was a lively London derby between QPR and Fulham which finished 1-1 at Loftus Road.
The vistors were awarded an early penalty when Sone Aluko went down under a Jake Bidwell challenge but Chris Martin's spot-kick was well saved by Alex Smithies.
The QPR goalkeeper has an amazing record against penalties and has saved three this season in two games against Fulham alone.
And QPR then took the lead when a bad error from Kevin McDonald allowed Ryan Manning to run through on goal and beat David Button.
But Fulham salvaged a point with 15 minutes left when Martin redeemed himself for his penalty miss, cleverly flicking Tom Cairney's shot into the net despite having his back to goal.
