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Roundup of midweek Sky Bet Championship action as the title race took another twist.
Jeff Hendrick’s 93rd minute equaliser saw rock-bottom Sheffield Wednesday snatch a 1-1 draw at home to league leaders, Leicester who had led through Abdul Fatawu’s 23rd minute strike.
Conor Chaplin scored then set up Massimo Luongo before Nathan Broadhead’s 39th minute header wrapped up a 3-1 home win for second-placed Ipswich against Millwall, which put the Tractor Boys just one point off the summit.
Comeback goals from Joel Piroe, Georginio Rutter and Dan James saw third-placed Leeds defeat Swansea 3-1 at Elland Road, after Jamie Paterson had fired the Swans ahead in the first minute.
Kyle Walker-Peters’ 18-yard strike saw Southampton scrape past Bristol City to stay fourth in the table.
Jeremy Sarmiento struck a stunning 50th minute winner as fifth-placed West Brom snatched a narrow win away at Cardiff.
Hull rounded out the top six with a 4-1 home win over second-bottom Rotherham, as Jaden Philogene scored twice with loanees, Tyler Morton and Scott Twine also on the scoresheet for the Tigers before Grant Hall headed in a 59th minute consolatory goal for the visitors.
Down in the relegation zone, third-bottom QPR ended their 12-match winless streak with a 4-2 victory at home to ten-man Stoke, with Ben Pearson’s 89th minute own-goal and Chris Willock’s 94th minute goal proving the difference in a thrilling contest at Loftus Road.
Delano Burgzorg’s 67th minute winner saw Huddersfield win 2-1 at Sunderland to move six points clear of the drop, after Michal Helik’s opening goal was cancelled out by Luke O’Nien’s equaliser for the Black Cats.
Haji Wright netted a 75th minute winner as Coventry scraped a 1-0 win at home to Plymouth Argyle, which left the visitors six points above the bottom three.
Elsewhere, Yaser Asprilla’s 77th minute winner saw Watford fight back to beat Norwich 3-2 from two goals down, after Ismael Kone’s strike and Mileta Rajovic’s header cancelled out early goals from the Canaries’ Danny Batth and Hwang Ui-jo.
Sammie Szmodics’ brace plus goals from James Hill and Harry Leonard saw Blackburn move up to seventh with a 4-2 win over Birmingham City at Ewood Park, despite Siriki Dembele’s brace for the visitors.
Finally, Isaiah Jones’ brace plus goals from Rav van den Berg and Alex Bangura saw Middlesbrough thrash Preston 4-0 at the Riverside Stadium.
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