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

Swansea claimed the south Wales derby bragging rights with a 2-0 win against Cardiff. Liam Cullen volleyed beyond Ethan Horvath – his sixth goal of the season – after 34 minutes in what was a dominant first-half showing from Swansea. Cullen then missed a penalty in the 51st minute as Cardiff improved in the second half, but Jamal Lowe struck in injury-time to earn Luke Williams’ team all three points. Lowe’s goal ensured the Swans earned back-to-back home wins for the first time under Williams, while defeat ended Cardiff’s four-game winning run ..read more

Southampton put four past struggling Sunderland Watford sack manager Ismaël after latest defeat Newcastle-born striker Adam Armstrong helped extend Sunderland’s losing run to six matches as Southampton’s 4-2 victory breathed new life into their promotion push. Armstrong, who played 21 times for the Magpies after coming through their youth set-up, converted a first-half penalty after Stuart Armstrong had already poked Saints ahead. Romaine Mundle and Jobe Bellingham pulled it back to 2-2 but Joe Rothwell’s quick-fire double off the bench - both with heavy input from Adam Armstrong - maintaine ..read more

Saints battle to 4-3 victory at 10-man Birmingham Leicester’s lead down to three points after loss to QPR Substitute Joe Aribo struck at the death to seal a dramatic, much-needed 4-3 victory for Southampton at 10-man Birmingham. Russell Martin’s Saints were in desperate need of a morale-boosting win having lost four of their five games in all competitions since their club-record 25-match unbeaten run came to an end. Birmingham threatened to further dent their fading automatic promotion bid but Southampton’s strong bench and spirit paid dividends as substitute Aribo struck deep in stoppage ti ..read more

Club reaches agreement with Willie McKay as it continues ‘search for truth’ about death of Argentinian Cardiff City has reached an out-of-court settlement with the agent Willie McKay in its pursuit of discovering the truth about Emiliano Sala’s death. Sala died on 21 January 2019 when the light aircraft he travelled in from France crashed into the Channel, two days after Cardiff had announced the signing of the Argentinian footballer from Nantes ..read more

Now the right side of a transfer embargo, the Bluebirds are ahead of schedule when it comes to a Premier League return The Championship’s reputation is as an ultra-competitive league where anyone can beat anyone. One glance at the current table, however, and you’ll see Leicester, still a Premier League team in all but name, slicing a route back to the top tier at breakneck pace, set to smash through the 100-point barrier as Burnley did last season, with Leeds and Southampton in their slipstream. Welcome to the new Championship: an era of big budgets and celebrity managerial appointments. There ..read more

Leicester beat Huddersfield; Ipswich held again at Stoke Plymouth and Watford begin 2024 with goal-laden match Leicester extended their lead at the top of the Championship to 10 points after thrashing struggling Huddersfield 4-1. Tom Cannon scored twice and Ricardo Pereira and Stephy Mavididi were also on the scoresheet as Enzo Maresca’s side continued their seemingly unstoppable march towards promotion back to the Premier League. Nearest rivals Ipswich were held to a second successive 0-0 draw at 10-man Stoke, who had Jordan Thompson sent off for a second bookable offence midway through the ..read more

Leicester win in Cardiff; Ipswich are held by visiting QPR Southampton beat Plymouth in front of Rishi Sunak The Championship leaders Leicester eased to a 2-0 victory at Cardiff, thanks to a first-half strike from Kiernan Dewsbury- Hall and a sumptuous curling effort from James Justin. Enzo Maresca’s side were able to put the disappointment of conceding a stoppage-time equaliser on Boxing Day behind them. However second-placed Ipswich, who scored that late leveller, were frustrated by visitors QPR who held firm for a 0-0 draw. The gap to Leicester is now eight points. It was better news for ..read more

Thomas earns point for Coventry in 1-1 draw at Elland Road Southampton move level with Leeds in fourth after 4-0 victory Leeds failed to capitalise on Ipswich’s lunchtime draw in the East Anglian derby as they were held to a 1-1 draw at home to Coventry. Crysencio Summerville fired the Whites into the lead in the 58th minute, but Bobby Thomas earned a point for Coventry eight minutes later ..read more

Roundup: Foxes beat Millwall 3-2 after second-half treble Juninho Bacuna earns Birmingham 1-0 win at Cardiff Leicester fought back to beat Millwall 3-2 and regain top spot in the Championship. Enzo Maresca’s side scored three second-half goals to put them back in control after Tom Bradshaw had opened the scoring for the visitors ..read more