Leicester earned a valuable home win over fellow promotion hopefuls West Brom to return to the top of the Championship. The relief inside the King Power stadium was palpable. You pick your hero: Hamza Choudhury, with his timely defensive interventions, or the goalscorers – Wilfred Ndidi, whose lung-busting runs helped see out the game for the home side, and Jamie Vardy, who looked to have made the contest safe until Jed Wallace set up a nervy finish. Enzo Maresca, whose side were coming off defeats by Millwall and Plymouth, said Leicester had “got today, what we had lost in the last two games ..read more

West Brom consolidate playoff place with win over Rotherham Blackburn’s relegation fears increase in 5-0 defeat by Bristol City Ipswich missed the chance to climb back to the top of the Championship after being held to a goalless draw by Watford. Four days after losing to Norwich at Carrow Road, the Tractor Boys once again failed to find the net but they did extend their unbeaten home league run to 19 games. Kieran McKenna’s side did move into second place, one point above Leeds, but are separated from leaders Leicester, who have a game in hand, by goal difference. West Brom consolidated fif ..read more

Mikey Johnston nets twice as visitors earn 4-1 comeback win Rob Dickie gives Bristol City a 1-0 victory over Swansea Carlos Corberán expressed his delight as West Brom came from behind to thump Huddersfield 4-1. Marking his first return to the John Smith’s Stadium since departing as manager in 2022, Corberan oversaw a rampant display as West Brom tightened their grip on the playoffs. It was not plain sailing for the visitors, who failed to register a shot in the first half as they fell behind to Delano Burgzorg’s opener ..read more

West Brom moved seven points clear of the Championship playoff chasing pack thanks to a 2-1 win over their top-six rivals Coventry. Their Celtic loanee Mikey Johnston scored a wonder goal to hand Albion an early lead before Grady Diangana doubled their advantage. The substitute Haji Wright replied from the penalty spot for Coventry. In the first West Brom game since Shilen Patel completed his £60m takeover of the club from the Chinese businessman Guochuan Lai, the Baggies led after seven minutes with Johnston showing again exactly why the head coach, Carlos Corberán, brought him to the club. H ..read more

Saints stumble while Ipswich seal fourth straight victory Three of division’s bottom five clubs secure vital wins Japhet Tanganga and Zian Flemming gave Neil Harris the perfect start to his fourth spell at Millwall as they upset Southampton 2-1 at St Mary’s. Harris returned to the Den this week for his second stint as manager, having become the club’s all-time leading goalscorer over two spells as a player, after Joe Edwards was sacked, and began this tenure by ending a run of just one point in seven games thanks to Tanganga’s header and Flemming’s penalty ..read more

Southampton stayed firmly in the Championship promotion race with an impressive 2-0 win at West Bromwich Albion. Ryan Fraser and David Brooks scored as Russell Martin’s side kept up their push to make an instant return to the Premier League. The visitors dominated for long spells and West Brom’s manager, Carlos Corberán, was sent off having kicked the ball while it was still in play. The hosts were, however, denied a penalty after a Jack Stephens handball as defeat halted a buoyant atmosphere at the Hawthorns given the presence of Florida-based Shilen Patel, who is poised to buy a 87.8% stake ..read more

Dike tore his right achilles against Ipswich Player was five games into a return from left achilles tear USMNT forward Daryl Dike tore his left achilles tendon while playing for West Bromwich Albion, five games after returning from a ruptured right achilles tendon. Dike will be sidelined until the end of 2024, West Brom said Monday. “I have been trying to wrap my head around the situation and honestly still can’t, nor do I think I will be able to for a while,” Dike said in a statement. “The amount of messages videos and comments that I have received has been unbelievable. ... The things th ..read more

After the Battle of the Hawthorns came an uneasy, edgy victory for West Brom against another rival from the West Midlands. Rather than enter infamy like last week’s Black Country derby, this win against Birmingham will be remembered for Andreas Weimann’s late winner separating what had looked like two well-matched rivals. And, regrettably, the racial abuse the Birmingham midfielder Juninho Bacuna reported to the referee in the closing minutes. For the winner, Darnell Furlong scampered to the byline, his ball finding the Austrian substitute Weimann, recently arrived on loan from Bristol City. H ..read more

Six arrests made on Sunday but more footage is being reviewed ‘Club bans and wider banning orders’ will be punishments used West Midlands police have warned that those involved in the violence that caused the first Black Country derby with supporters in 12 years to be suspended on Sunday can expect to be hit with “club bans and wider football banning orders”. Play between West Brom and Wolves was stopped for 38 minutes in Sunday’s FA Cup tie after fans fought in the stands and invaded the pitch at the Hawthorns, forcing police to intervene and players to return to their dressing rooms. One m ..read more

George Elokobi inspires Maidstone while Tottenham’s forwards fail to fire in loss against Manchester City Eight of the 20-man squad selected by Jürgen Klopp against Norwich were graduates of Liverpool’s academy. One of those, James McConnell, was making his first start for the senior team. The 19-year-old from Newcastle slotted in front of the defence, sitting behind Curtis Jones and Ryan Gravenberch. While progressing through the academy, having joined aged 15 from Sunderland, McConnell was a more attacking midfielder and his eye for an assist could be seen when he spotted Jones in space at t ..read more