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Championship round-up: Sunderland hit five past Southampton

Sunderland's players celebrate a huge win
Sunderland's players celebrate a huge winAFP

A number of shock results occurred in the Championship over the weekend, with both Southampton's and Leicester's winning runs coming to an end.

Sunderland 5-0 Southampton

Pierre Ekwah opened his Sunderland account with two wonder goals as the Black Cats ended Southampton’s unbeaten start to the 2023/24 Championship campaign with a 5-0 home win. 

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Swansea 1-2 Bristol City

Bristol City came from behind to defeat Swansea City 2-1 in South Wales, as two second half goals from the Robins condemned Michael Duff’s men to a fifth consecutive Championship match without a victory.

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Birmingham 1-1 Millwall

Birmingham City extended their unbeaten start to the Championship season to five matches after Jay Stansfield netted a second-half equaliser to ensure their home meeting with Millwall finished 1-1.

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West Brom 1-2 Huddersfield

Huddersfield Town snatched a late winner in the 96th minute against West Bromwich Albion at the Hawthorns Stadium, their first H2H victory in four meetings.

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Stoke 0-2 Preston

Stoke City’s 100% home record came tumbling down as Preston North End ran out deserved 2-0 winners, extending their unbeaten record at the Bet365 Stadium to six games in the process.

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Rotherham 2-1 Norwich

Rotherham United won for the first time this campaign, seeing off early high fliers Norwich City 2-1 in a spirited performance, though they now stand on just one clean sheet in seven home league games.

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Plymouth 3-0 Blackburn

Plymouth Argyle won a Championship game for the first time since the opening day of the season, as they defeated an in-form Blackburn Rovers side 3-0 at Home Park.

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Middlesborough 0-2 QPR

Queens Park Rangers picked up only their second victory of the Championship campaign with a 2-0 win over Middlesbrough at the Riverside Stadium, compounding the pressure on Michael Carrick’s side, whose winless league run now extends to 10 matches.

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Leicester 0-1 Hull

Thanks to a lone Liam Delap strike, Hull City secured their third win of the season by upsetting Leicester City at the King Power Stadium. The narrow loss halts the Foxes’ six-match unbeaten run, thus inflicting a maiden defeat this league campaign.

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Leeds 0-0 Sheffield Wednesday

A relieved Xisco Muñoz finally has his first point as Sheffield Wednesday boss after a 0-0 draw at Leeds. The hosts dominated much of the game at Elland Road, but were unable to find a way past their Yorkshire rivals, who clung on for a stalemate after losing their opening four league games of the campaign.

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Ipswich 3-2 Cardiff

Ipswich Town came from two goals down to win 3-2 against Cardiff City at Portman Road. The Bluebirds lost their first H2H in seven meetings with Ipswich (W4, D2).

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Coventry 3-3 Watford

Coventry City extended their unbeaten H2H home league record to five matches, dating back to April 2011, following an entertaining back-and-forth 3-3 draw with Watford at the Coventry Building Society Arena.

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