Championship round-up: Brighton go top as Sheffield Wednesday move back to sixth
Tuesday 4 April 2017 22:39, UK
Brighton moved back to the top of the Sky Bet Championship - and a step closer to promotion - with a 3-1 home win against Birmingham on Tuesday.
The Seagulls, last in the top flight in 1983, made the perfect start at the Amex Stadium, where Glenn Murray fired home after being set up by Bruno in the second minute.
Bruno was also involved in the build up to Tomer Hemed making it 2-0 early in the second half, before Uwe Hunemeier made it three and Che Adams pulled a goal back for the Blues.
The result put Albion two points above title rivals Newcastle, who are at home to Burton on Wednesday.
Brighton remain 10 points clear of Reading, who moved up a place to third with a 3-1 win at home to Blackburn.
Yann Kermorgant scored twice for the Royals and Garath McCleary got their other goal. Rovers remain in the bottom three.
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Having been replaced in the play-off zone by Fulham at the weekend, Sheffield Wednesday climbed back above them into sixth.
Garry Monk's Leeds have suffered a blow to their play-off hopes after losing 2-0 to Brentford at Griffin Park thanks to first-half goals from Romaine Sawyers and Lasse Vibe.
Fulham were beaten 4-2 by Derby at Pride Park, where David Nugent scored a hat-trick, Johnny Russell netted the Rams' other goal and Floyd Ayite scored both the visitors'.
David Button saved a first-half penalty from Nugent but a botched clearance from Button led to the striker completing his hat-trick, and a woeful throw by the Fulham keeper then resulted in Russell making it 4-1.
Wednesday, on the other hand, made no mistake - they won 2-0 at relegated Rotherham with goals from Steven Fletcher.
Elsewhere, second-from-bottom Wigan were nudged closer to the drop by Ipswich, who beat them 3-0 at Portman Road.
Bristol City, thrashed 5-0 at Preston, remain one place above the relegation zone and one below fellow strugglers Nottingham Forest, who lost 1-0 at Wolves.
And Aston Villa won 1-0 at home to QPR, while Cardiff picked up a point with a goalless draw at Barnsley.
