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Championship highlights and round-up: Norwich go top

Norwich go top after beating Middlesbrough; Reading sink to a 4-2 defeat at Bournemouth; Watford are held 1-1 by QPR; Swansea beat Rotherham 1-0; Brentford draw 0-0 at Wycombe on Saturday afternoon.

Image: Norwich nicked a 1-0 win at Middlesbrough to go top of the Championship

Norwich lead the Sky Bet Championship having beaten Middlesbrough 1-0 after Bournemouth knocked Reading off top spot with a 4-2 win.

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Watford could also have gone top but were held 1-1 at QPR, Ben Wilmot giving the Hornets the lead before Ilias Chair made the final score 1-1.

Teemu Pukki earned Norwich all three points with a late penalty after Marcus Tavernier had his earlier successful spot-kick ruled out for the hosts after he was adjudged to have touched the ball twice when he slipped during his run-up.

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Highlights of the Sky Bet Championship match between Middlesbrough and Norwich

Reading led 2-0 at the break as Lucas Joao's penalty made it 10 for the season and Sone Aluko also netted before Bournemouth hit back in the second half.

Dominic Solanke's double came either side of goals by Arnaut Danjuma and Lewis Cook to complete the turnaround.

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Highlights of Bournemouth's 4-2 home win over Reading

Swansea kept pace with the leaders as captain Matt Grimes scored the only goal just before the half-hour mark at home to Rotherham.

Bristol City beat Derby 1-0 in the first game for the Rams since the sacking of manager Phillip Cocu, Famara Diedhiou scoring the only goal 12 minutes before the end.

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Stoke edged a seven-goal thriller 4-3 against Huddersfield as Tyrese Campbell scored twice for the hosts.

Carel Eiting netted for Huddersfield with 24 gone but Campbell replied with two goals in as many minutes.

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Highlights of Stoke's thrilling 4-3 victory over Huddersfield

Isaac Mbenza brought Huddersfield level but a Richard Stearman own goal and a Sam Clucas strike put the hosts on top before Naby Sarr ensured a nervy finish.

Late goals from Callum Styles and Cauley Woodrow earned Barnsley a 2-0 home win over Nottingham Forest and Tom Barkhuizen sealed a 1-0 victory for Preston over 10-man Sheffield Wednesday who had Josh Windass sent off after 17 minutes.

Kieffer Moore earned Cardiff a point from a 1-1 draw at Millwall with his reply to Matt Smith's opener and substitute Sam Gallagher did the same for Blackburn after Luke Berry had given Luton the lead.

Wycombe goalkeeper Ryan Allsop made several important saves as his side battled to a goalless draw at home to Brentford.

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