Championship highlights and round-up: Bristol City move top, Nottingham Forest beaten again
Bristol City hold on to beat Nottingham Forest 2-1 and move top of the Sky Bet Championship, Reading edge Watford 1-0 and Luton battle to beat Wycombe 2-0, while Huddersfield and QPR snatch late 1-1 draws with Rotherham and Sheffield Wednesday respectively.
Saturday 3 October 2020 18:27, UK
Bristol City moved to the top of the Sky Bet Championship as first-half goals from Andreas Weimann and Nahki Wells earned them a 2-1 win over struggling Nottingham Forest.
The Robins opened the scoring in the 12th minute when the ball fell kindly for Weimann in the area and he curled it into the bottom corner.
They doubled their lead 10 minutes later when Wells hooked the ball home from Chris Martin's knockdown, but Luke Freeman pulled one back with Forest's first goal of the season - a stunning strike - after 35 minutes.
City had goalkeeper Dan Bentley to thank for preserving the points as he denied Cyrus Christie and Lyle Taylor with stunning saves.
Reading are up to second after George Puscas' strike was enough to see off Watford.
Manchester United loanee James Garner crashed a free-kick against the crossbar for the visitors, but it was the Royals who scored the only goal of the game shortly before half-time when Puscas' shot deflected past the goalkeeper.
Swansea stay fourth following a 2-1 win at home to Millwall.
Jake Bidwell broke the deadlock for the Swans in the early stages of the second half, neatly converting Morgan Gibbs-White's deep cross, but Millwall were swiftly back on level terms through Tom Bradshaw's strike.
Swansea grabbed the winner in the 68th minute when Ben Cabango finally converted following a scramble in the box.
Luton are in the top five after they claimed a 2-0 win against Wycombe at Kenilworth Road.
Pelly-Ruddock Mpanzu fired the Hatters into the lead just before the hour with a superb curling strike from outside the box, and after Wycombe's Scott Kashket had been denied an equaliser by an offside call, Elliot Lee stroked in a second
to seal the points.
Middlesbrough recorded their first home league win since December with a 2-1 victory against Barnsley.
Sam Morsy thought he had fired Middlesbrough in front in the 36th minute, only for a late flag to rule it out. His shot had deflected in off Chuba Akpom, who was adjudged to be in an offside position.
Boro did go into half-time ahead, though, as Jonny Howson fired in after Marcus Tavernier's free-kick came back off the crossbar.
They extended their lead three minutes into the second half when Akpom slotted in the rebound after Tavernier's shot had been saved, and although Cauley Woodrow pulled one back from the penalty spot, Middlesbrough held on.
In the early kick-off, Wayne Rooney rolled back the years with a brilliant free-kick as Derby struck late to earn a 1-0 win at Norwich and record their first points of the season at the fourth attempt.
It was rough justice on Norwich, who dominated for long periods and wasted a gilt-edged chance to go ahead early in the second half when striker Teemu Pukki missed from the penalty spot after slipping on the sodden turf.
Sheffield Wednesday now sit on -7 points after Macauley Bonne's equaliser on his QPR debut earned Mark Warburton's men a late point, while Angus MacDonald's last-gasp own goal snatched Huddersfield a point in a 1-1 draw at Rotherham, who had taken the lead through Ben Wiles' low drive.
Cardiff held on for a point in a goalless draw at Blackburn after Lee Tomlin had been sent off with just over 20 minutes remaining.
