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Brandon Thomas-Asante's double display earned the Sky Blues a 5th straight victory, stretching their lead at the summit of the Championship table with a two-one win over their opponents. Thomas-Asante netted his seventh and eighth goals of the campaign, pushing the undefeated side four points ahead, before Middlesbrough forthcoming fixture at Wednesday.

Historic Keeping Feat

Coventry shot-stopper Rushworth exceeded Pearson's long-standing team record of six hundred and eight minutes without letting in a goal—a record that had stood since 1934—before his net was eventually beaten by Makenzie Kirk's delightful chip in injury time.

The Lions Continue Rising Amid Fitness Crisis

Alex Neil praised his "amazing" Lions team after they climbed up to third despite a relentless injury crisis. The patched-up squad secured a 3rd straight win, two-nil against other top side Stoke at home.

Attacking winger Azeez scored his third goal in three matches, while France centre-back Tristan Crama netted his first for the club in a satisfying win for Neil against his old club. However the injuries are continuing mounting. Smallbone became the newest casualty when the Saints loanee pulled up clutching his hamstring in the opening half.

"We nearly had a complete squad a few days ago but since then about five players have succumbed to injury," said the manager. "It is an amazing effort from the players to be where we are considering how many injuries we have had. Smallbone's hurt his hamstring which is a setback. I don’t know how serious it is yet. We defeated a good side tonight. They were 3rd before tonight and we earned to win."

Bristol City Climb to Fourth with Comeback Victory

Scott Twine scored a second period brace as City fought back to move fourth with a 3-1 victory over the Saints at home. The Saints grabbed the advantage on the half hour mark when Adam Armstrong got through onto a accurate through ball from Charles and expertly lobbed the onrushing keeper Vitek. But it took Bristol just 3 minutes to equalize, Anis Mehmeti converting a comparable chance from Dickie's deflected pass, this time with an deadly right-foot strike from 12 yards when left with only McCarthy to score past.

Twine put the hosts in front on 57 minutes, arriving on the scene unmarked to score from close in after Vyner's shot from the outside of the box had deflected off a Saints player and come back off a upright. He was on goal again 7 minutes later as wretched defense gave him plenty of space to race away and chip past McCarthy. It was a memorable night for Zak Vyner, completing his two hundred and nineteenth Championship appearance for City, a team milestone.

Charlton Stun Ipswich in Impressive Display

Jones said he was "extremely pleased" of his Addicks team's outstanding performance following their three-nil victory over Ipswich Town at away, while Ipswich’s Kieran McKenna reflected on the game being a "disappointing outcome" for the team as they were beaten at home for the 1st time this season.

Charlton scored two times through Sonny Carey and Macaulay Gillesphey in a pulsating 3-minute second half burst, with Miles Leaburn adding a 3rd as they climbed to fifth. Jones said: "They have got some team, some team and the opening twenty-five minutes we had to adjust to it … After that we started to get a bit more aggressive and began to get on the front foot a bit more and felt we had the clearest chances.

"In my opinion we had four real great chances and at the break we got into the players and we went after the game. The goals were excellent goals and that was some performance."

The Tigers Edge Leicester in Nervy Match

Liam Millar marked a first beginning for his team or nation in more than a 12 months with Hull opening goal in a tense two-one victory over Leicester. The Canadian international, fit again after an anterior cruciate ligament issue, was also involved in the buildup to Gelhardt's 31st-minute decisive goal. The substitute Ramsey got a goal back after sixty-seven minutes but Leicester dropped out of the play-off picture after suffering a defeat for the 1st time in 9 league outings.

Birmingham Grab Much-Needed Victory

Neumann's first-half header secured Birmingham their 1st win in five matches, with a one-nil victory at Preston. The twenty-eight-year-old planted home Alexander Cochrane’s set-piece in the thirty-third minute and the away side survived against a Preston side with only 1 defeat in their previous 8 games. It marked North End first home defeat in the Championship this campaign but they had enough chances to get something more out of a hard-fought encounter.

Sheffield United Mount Second Period Comeback

Sheffield United scored 3 second-half goals to come from behind and defeat fellow strugglers Rovers 3-1 to secure consecutive Championship victories. In a game of little quality, the signs did not look good for Chris Wilder’s away team when they conceded just before the interval through Yuki Ohashi’s 2nd goal of the campaign. However, the Sheffield United responded in style after the break.

Following being given a boost through Axel Henriksson’s fifty-fourth-minute own goal, the Blades carved Rovers open twice more. Burrows finished O'Hare's expertly placed pass in the 70th minute before his fellow substitute Campbell scored a third from close in in added time.

United climb out of the bottom three for the first time this season but the second period was disappointing for Rovers and their fans, who expressed their feelings clear at full-time after a defeat which drops them a place to 23rd.

Derby Defeat Canaries to Increase Tension

Ozoh's maiden goal of the season gave Derby a one-nil victory over Norwich City to add to the pressure on Manning. The on-loan Palace midfielder struck soon in the second period to secure Derby's 1st home win of the campaign and condemn the visitors to a defeat which pushed them into the Championship's relegation places. It should have been a different story after Norwich completely controlled the opening half but they were unable to take a number of good opportunities.