Championship Roundup: Saints Beat Qpr, Small Stunner Fires Preston

Managerless Southampton ended their losing tally pinch a 2-1 triumph astatine QPR successful their first lucifer since nan sacking of Will Still.

Teenager Jay Robinson’s deflected onslaught put nan visitors, who had under-21s coach Tonda Eckert successful interim charge, up early successful nan 2nd half and Léo Scienza’s superb extremity doubled their lead. Rumarn Burrell pulled a extremity backmost but Rangers were incapable to find an equaliser, slumping to a 3rd consecutive defeat.

Southampton had mislaid their erstwhile 3 matches, pinch Saturday’s location conclusion by Preston resulting successful Still losing his job, and were without a triumph successful five.

Thierry Small’s sensational early onslaught group nan reside arsenic Preston moved up to 4th aft beating Swansea 2-1 astatine Deepdale.

The 21-year-old fto alert pinch an eighth-minute arrow from 30 yards to unfastened nan scoring and Milutin Osmajic sewage nan decisive onslaught pinch a somewhat scruffier 2nd aft 49 minutes, his 4th extremity of nan play but his first since 23 August.

Eom Ji-Sung came disconnected nan chair to halve nan arrears pinch a curling onslaught from scope pinch 10 minutes of regular clip to spell but Preston held connected for victory.

Barry Bannan’s early extremity was not capable to springiness Sheffield Wednesday a morale-boosting triumph arsenic nan basement nine were held astatine location by Norwich.

The nine skipper Bannan fired Wednesday successful beforehand aft 4 minutes and nan people stayed nan aforesaid until conscionable aft nan hr people erstwhile Mathias Kvistgaarden equalised from Josh Sargent’s pass. The tie ended a tally of six consecutive convention defeats for nan Canaries, who stay successful nan relegation area up of some nan Sheffield clubs.

Arthur Okonkwo made 2 superb second-half saves to gain Wrexham a constituent successful a 0-0 tie astatine goal-shy Portsmouth.

Pompey are nan lowest goalscorers successful nan Championship but had 18 shots connected nan Welsh side’s goal, 7 of which were connected target. Josh Murphy’s near-post stinger and Ibane Bowat’s point-blank header were brilliantly saved by Okonkwo.

It meant Portsmouth person still only scored 10 times successful nan convention this play and person conscionable a azygous triumph successful nine, pinch Wrexham losing only erstwhile successful 9 convention outings to beryllium 14th.