Championship: Coventry Storm Back To Beat Baggies, Saints Thrash Charlton 5-1

Leaders Coventry came from 2 goals down to hit 10-man West Brom 3-2 successful a thriller astatine nan CBS Arena.

Aune Heggebø’s brace put nan visitors 2 goals up but Josh Eccles halved nan shortage earlier nan break. And aft Jayson Molumby had been sent disconnected 4 minutes into nan 2nd half, Ellis Simms and Victor Torp were connected target to make it 9 wins successful 10 for Frank Lampard’s side.

Molumby had fouled Ephron Mason-Clark successful nan first half which led to a conflict that saw some players booked. Molumby past pulled backmost Torp to forestall a antagonistic onslaught and was shown a 2nd yellowish paper connected 49 minutes.

It was nan 2nd location crippled successful succession Lampard’s men had travel from down to triumph aft coming from 1-0 down to hit Sheffield United 3-1 earlier nan world break.

Torp went adjacent to extending nan lead erstwhile his free-kick was blocked, while Mason-Clark forced an acrobatic prevention retired of Josh Griffiths to support nan Baggies’ shortage down to one. Coventry comfortably saw nan crippled retired and location was besides a invited return for midfielder Jack Rudoni, who had been sidelined for 2 months done injury.

Southampton continued their fantabulous shape nether interim head Tonda Eckert arsenic they thrashed Charlton 5-1 astatine nan Valley to complete a miserable time for erstwhile Saints head Nathan Jones.

Ryan Manning of Southampton celebrates their 3rd extremity astatine nan Valley. Photograph: James Fearn/Getty Images

Finn Azaz collected a first-half double pinch Ryan Manning, Adam Armstrong and Casper Jander besides scoring successful a dream opening 45 minutes for nan visitors, who person won each 3 matches since nan German coach replaced Will Still earlier this month.

The shellshocked hosts trim nan shortage conscionable earlier nan break. Charlton vice-captain Lloyd Jones heading successful Sonny Carey’s heavy corner. Jones, facing his erstwhile nine for nan first clip since they sacked him aft a 95-day spell successful complaint successful February 2023, was nan taxable of taunts from nan travelling fans.

First-half goals from Rob Dickie and Emil Riis group Bristol City connected people for an emphatic 3-0 triumph complete Swansea astatine Ashton Gate.

Skipper Dickie headed nan location broadside successful beforehand from Anis Mehmeti’s fourth-minute area to nan adjacent post, and Riis doubled nan advantage pinch a far-post volley from different Mehmeti transverse connected 31 minutes.

Substitute Yu Hirakawa collapsed clear done nan mediate to complete nan scoring pinch a debased right-footed changeable connected 82 minutes, leaving Swansea, watched by incoming caller head Vítor Matos, pinch thing to show for a spirited display.

On Friday Andri Gudjohnsen’s 4th extremity successful his past 5 games earned Blackburn a 2-1 triumph astatine Preston and denied their Lancashire rivals a chance of going second.

Although Alfie Devine cancelled retired Lewis Miller’s opener wrong seconds successful a frantic decorativeness to nan first half, Blackburn were nan amended broadside aft nan break and Gudjohnsen’s 62nd-minute header extended Rovers’ unbeaten tally astatine Deepdale which dates backmost to 2019.

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