Championship Roundup: Millwall End Qpr’s Unbeaten Run While Saints Still Struggle At Home

Millwall ended QPR’s unbeaten tally arsenic first-half goals from Femi Azeez and Mihailo Ivanovic earned them a 2-1 triumph astatine Loftus Road. Azeez put nan Lions up aft 36 minutes and QPR, who had not mislaid successful six matches, faced an uphill task erstwhile Ivanovic doubled Millwall’s lead successful first-half stoppage time. Rumarn Burrell pulled 1 backmost for nan hosts successful nan 85th minute, but they were incapable to find an equaliser.

The Lions midfielder Massimo Luongo was carried disconnected connected a stretcher aft 14 minutes. Luongo, who spent 4 years pinch QPR, fell awkwardly during a situation and suffered what appeared to beryllium a superior knee injury.

Stan Mills scored his first extremity of nan play arsenic Oxford earned their 2nd Championship triumph pinch a 1-0 triumph complete Derby astatine nan Kassam Stadium. Only a drawstring of saves from Jacob Widell Zetterstrom prevented nan Rams from falling to a overmuch heavier defeat. Mills struck successful nan 24th infinitesimal erstwhile he ran connected to Brian De Keersmaecker’s good walk and vanished pinch a objective changeable debased past Zetterstrom’s near hand.

Southampton grounded to triumph astatine location for nan 4th lucifer successful a statement arsenic they were held to a 0-0 tie by Swansea. Leo Scienza and Casper Jander struck nan post, pinch Jander’s effort successful beforehand of an unfastened goal, arsenic Saints had 21 shots without uncovering nan backmost of nan net.

They person drawn their past 3 fixtures astatine St Mary’s. Swansea managed only 2 forgettable shots connected target astatine a crushed wherever they person not scored successful their past 4 visits.

On Friday night, Morgan Whittaker scored his first Middlesbrough extremity successful an action-packed 2-1 triumph complete Ipswich.

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