Saturday 22 October 2016 20:36, UK
Ayoze Perez scored twice and provided an assist as Newcastle beat Ipswich 3-0 at St James' Park to extend their lead at the top of the Sky Bet Championship to four points.
The Spaniard set the tone for an impressive afternoon early on when he gave the home side the lead after just two minutes, firing a low volley past Bartosz Bialkowski.
They had to wait until the 73rd minute for a second when Perez got on the end of Matt Ritchie's cross to finish before the roles were reversed and he then teed up Ritchie to round off the scoring and give Rafael Benitez's side their fifth consecutive league win.
Brighton moved into second spot after a Dale Stephens goal 20 minutes from time gave his side a 1-0 win in a tight clash at Wigan.
The midfielder was in the right place at the right time to fire into the top corner from 25 yards and halt Wigan's recent resurgence.
Stephens had scored on his previous visit to the DW Stadium in Wigan's 2-1 win here two seasons ago and within minutes of coming off the bench, the Brighton midfielder curled a magnificent effort past the outstretched fingertips of Adam Bogdan and into the top corner.
Norwich slipped to fourth in the table after a disappointing 1-0 defeat at home to an in-form Preston North End side.
Daniel Johnson's cross into the box was met by Alex Baptiste who rose highest to head the ball into the bottom left corner to make it seven games unbeaten in all competitions for Simon Grayson's side.
Huddersfield's early promotion push remains on course after Elias Kachunga grabbed a stoppage-time winner to seal a 1-0 win over Derby and inflict a first defeat on new boss Steve McClaren at the John Smith's Stadium.
Kachunga struck in the third minute of added time to head home a cross from Harry Bunn when Derby had looked good for a point after two great second-half saves from goalkeeper Scott Carson.
The result moved Huddersfield into third spot in the table, level on points with Brighton, while Derby are 20th.
Jonathan Kodjia's third goal in successive games earned Aston Villa a crucial 1-0 home win over Fulham.
His strike in the 80th minute means Steve Bruce has now collected seven points from a possible nine since his appointment and gave Villa their first back-to-back wins since May 2015.
With just 10 minutes remaining Albert Adomah produced a quick cross from the right which Kodjia hooked home to give his side the points.
Sheffield Wednesday moved up to fifth in the Championship with a 1-0 victory over Queens Park Rangers at Hillsborough.
Gary Hooper netted the game's only goal with an instinctive striker's finish five minutes before half-time with the result meaning QPR slip to 13th in the table.
There was a late goal at Ashton Gate as Bristol City snatched a 1-0 victory over Blackburn Rovers.
Substitute Aaron Wilbraham, who celebrated his 37th birthday on Friday, came off the bench to net an 88th-minute winner after running on to a long ball from Lee Tomlin and cutting in from the right to score with a left-footed shot from 10 yards.
Leeds earned only their second win in five games as a Kemar Roofe strike was enough to give his team a 1-0 victory over Wolves at Molineux.
Roofe, a summer signing from Oxford, pounced in the 71st minute to score his first goal for the Elland Road club.
They could have made the game safe three minutes from time only for striker Chris Wood to lash his half-volley over the bar from 10 yards.
Party-poopers Barnsley ruined Brentford's 4,000th league game celebrations with a convincing 2-0 win at Griffin Park.
Goals from Adam Armstrong and Sam Winnall either side of the break gave the Tykes their first win over the Bees in seven attempts as Brentford lost their unbeaten home record this season.
Rotherham's new era under Kenny Jackett began with a loss as they were beaten 1-0 at home by Reading thanks to a late Paul McShane goal.
Jackett was taking charge of the Millers for the first time after replacing Alan Stubbs but, despite an improved performance, he saw his new side slip to a seventh consecutive defeat when McShane poked home an 85th minute winner after Lee Camp could only claw a cross-shot away.
The home side looked to be heading for a point after goalkeeper Camp had earlier saved a Garath McCleary penalty.
