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Sky Bet Championship round-up: Brighton go five points clear

Tomer Hemed of Brighton & Hove Albion scores
Image: Tomer Hemed of Brighton & Hove Albion scores the opening goal

Brighton stretched their lead at the top of the Sky Bet Championship to five points after beating Rotherham 2-1.

Goals from Tomer Hemed and Dale Stephens maintained Brighton's unbeaten start to the campaign, while a Jonson Clarke-Harris goal in response for Rotherham wasn't enough to keep them off the bottom of the league.

Middlesbrough are the closest pursuers to the runaway league leaders after winning their third straight game in the Championship by seeing off Brentford 3-1 at the Riverside Stadium.

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Highlights of Brighton's 2-1 win over Rotherham from the Sky Bet Championship.

Boro took the lead through Cristhian Stuani but Brentford restored parity when keeper Dimi Konstantopoulos' sloppy first touch into the path of Lasse Vibe.

Stuani made it 2-1 after powering home Albert Adomah's cross before the winger wrapped up the points himself late on. 

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Highlights of Cardiff's Sky Bet Championship clash against Hull City.

Burnley are level on points with Middlesbrough in third after beating MK Dons 2-1.

Sam Vokes hammered home from 20 yards midway through the first-half before Carl Baker drew the visitors level just before the break.

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Highlights of Derby's 1-0 win over Reading from the Sky Bet Championship.

But four minutes into the second-half George Boyd netted the winner with a wonderful left-foot volley.

Results

  • Brighton 2-1 Rotherham
  • Birmingham 0-1 Nottingham Forest
  • Bolton 0-0 Sheffield Weds
  • Burnley 2-1 MK Dons
  • Cardiff 0-2 Hull
  • Charlton 1-2 Huddersfield
  • Leeds 0-1 Ipswich
  • Middlesbrough 3-1 Brenford
  • Preston 1-1 Bristol City
  • Reading 0-1 Derby

Dexter Blackstock's first goal of the season handed Nottingham Forest a second away win in a matter of days at Birmingham.

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Highlights of Burnley's 2-1 win over MK Dons from the Sky Bet Championship.

Dougie Freedman's side beat QPR on Saturday and took maximum points again thanks to Blackstock, who turned in a cross from Jamie Ward.

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Highlights of Sheffield Wednesday's trip to Bolton in the Sky Bet Championship.

Derby County continued their renaissance under Paul Clement by beating 10-man Reading 1-0 at the Madjeski Stadium.

Tom Ince's netted the winning goal after Orlando Sa was sent-off for an off-the-ball incident with Jason Shackell.

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Highlights of Huddersfield's 2-1 win over Charlton from the Sky Bet Championship.

Hull City produced a professional performance to beat Cardiff City 2-0 at the Cardiff City Stadium.

Mohamed Diame fired Hull into an early lead before Abel Hernandez drilled home in the second-half to inflict Cardiff's first defeat of the season. 

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Highlights of Leeds against Ipswich in the Sky Bet Championship.

Leeds United were also sent to their first league defeat of the season as Ipswich Town bounced back from their 5-1 hammering at Reading with a 1-0 win at Elland Road. 

Tommy Smith's first-half header was the difference between the teams. 

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Highlights of Preston against Bristol City from the Sky Bet Championship.

Meanwhile, Charlton beat Huddersfield 2-1 while Bolton continued their struggles in front of goal in a 0-0 draw with Sheffield Wednesday.

The goal of the night, arguably, came from Neil Kilkenny, who scored from 30 yards in Preston's 1-1 draw with Bristol City, who equalised late on through Aaron Wilbraham.

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Highlights of Birmingham against Nottingham Forest in the Sky Bet Championship.
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