Championship
- Huddersfield Town’s remarkable start to the season continued away at Ipswich Town, where Christopher Schindler’s goal proved the difference. The German defender’s first goal for the club since arriving from 1860 Munich over the summer ensures David Wagner’s side head into the international break three points clear of third-placed Newcastle United at the top of the league. Christian Atsu, who joined Chelsea in 2013, scored his first competitive goal in English football to ensure Newcastle, who have not lost on the road since the opening day of the season, a 1-0 win away at basement side Rotherham United. It will be another happy trip home for Brighton and Hove Albion, too, after their second win away from the south coast in three matches. Anthony Knockaert and Sam Baldock scored before Gary Hooper’s late consolation strike for Sheffield Wednesday at Hillsborough. Up into second are Norwich City, after Cameron Jerome and Robbie Brady scored to seal a 2-1 win at mid-table Wolves.
- Unsurprisingly, there was another goal to add to the tally chart for Bristol City’s loan phenomenon Tammy Abraham. The on-loan Chelsea striker, who turns 19 on Sunday, scored his 11th goal in 13 matches. Abraham scored the equaliser against Nottingham Forest, who went ahead through Apostolos Vellios. But Jamie Paterson, signed by Lee Johnson over the summer from Forest, scored his first goal for his new club to secure a fourth straight win. “Once again we show how strong our mentality is and Tammy Abraham keeps his beast mode on,” tweeted City defender Hordur Magnusson after the game. Elsewhere, Birmingham City made it seven games unbeaten with a 1-0 win over Blackburn Rovers.
- Reading’s good run continued thanks to George Evans’s injury-time equaliser at home to managerless Derby County. Caretaker boss Chris Powell almost guided the Rams to a second consecutive win, until Evans hammered home from close range. Brentford also kept pace with the play-off pack after a goalless draw against Wigan at Griffin Park.
- Meanwhile, it might be worth keeping an eye on happy-go-lucky Dr Tony Xia’s Twitter over the next few hours. It just gets worse for Aston Villa and Roberto Di Matteo. Villa slumped to their third defeat of the season at Preston, after goals from Ben Pearson and Jordan Hugill. “I take all of the blame, because that’s how it is when you’re the manager,” said Di Matteo. Also feeling miserable are Cardiff City, who lost their sixth game in seven matches away at Burton Albion. Jackson Irvine and Lucas Akins scored the goals to pile the pressure on Bluebirds boss Paul Trollope. “It’s easy for things to fall apart, that’s not going to happen,” he said before the game.
- Elsewhere, Leeds United returned to winning ways, with a 2-1 win in the Yorkshire derby over high-flying Barnsley. And in the early kick-off, Fulham missed two penalties as Slavisa Jokanovic’s side extended their winless run to seven matches against Queens Park Rangers. Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink’s side won 2-1 thanks to Idrissa Sylla’s late header.
League One
- Scunthorpe United continue to keep Bury at arm’s length at the top of the division, after taking a 2-1 win away from Gigg Lane in a top-of-the-table clash. Gibraltar’s Scott Wiseman scored his first goal for almost two years to get the ball rolling for the Iron, until Tom Soares found an equaliser. But then Josh Morris, the top-scorer in Europe at the moment, scored his 12th goal of the season, after curling his shot into the top corner. Bradford City leapfrogged the Shakers into second, after beating Chesterfield 1-0. At Sixfields, it was a landmark day for the EFL as a whole. Peter Hartley, the Bristol Rovers defender, scored the 1000th goal in the Football League this term to level at Northampton Town, before another Chelsea loanee, Charlie Colkett scored a 91st-minute winner on his first Rovers start. The 3-2 scoreline lifts Darrell Clarke’s side to the edge of the play-off picture.
- There was Andrea Bocelli at Leicester City and now we’ve had Alfie Boe at Fleetwood Town. Yep, the opera singer, and Fleetwood fan performed prior to their 1-1 draw with Sheffield United. Boe would have been celebrating victory but for Ethan Ebanks-Landell’s 96th-minute equaliser. There was late drama at Southend, where Marcus Maddison scored an injury-time leveller for Peterborough in their 1-1 draw at Roots Hall. Bolton’s poor run of form continues, after slipping to back-to-back defeats. Phil Parkinson’s side won their first four league matches but are now winless in eight after a home defeat by Oxford United. Wes Thomas and Chris Maguire grabbed the goals for Michael Appleton’s side.
- And maybe there is light at the end of the tunnel for Coventry City? Manager Tony Mowbray resigned on Thursday but the Sky Blues appeared to roll up their sleeves, recording their first win of the season to move off the bottom of the table, courtesy of goals from Marvin Sordell and Chris McCann. The former England C midfielder John Goddard scored his first professional goal since joining Swindon Town from Woking, but it was not enough for victory at Shrewsbury, who equalised through Ivan Toney. Elsewhere, Walsall beat Millwall 2-1, AFC Wimbledon breezed past Gillingham 2-0, Charlton lost 1-0 at home to Rochdale and MK Dons won 2-0 at Oldham, who now prop up the table.
League Two
- Plymouth Argyle romped to a 4-1 home win over Yeovil Town, with striker Jake Jervis netting twice as Derek Adams’s side stretched their unbeaten run to nine matches to stay on top spot. Behind them are Doncaster Rovers, who won away at Portsmouth, who have now lost successive matches after defeat by Blackpool on Tuesday. John Marquis handed the visitors the lead after seven minutes, meaning Pompey have now gone behind in each of their past five matches. Blackpool were not able to build on that victory, though, after losing 1-0 at Crawley. Also towards the top, Carlisle moved into third after goals from Jabo Ibehre and Jason Kennedy secured a 2-0 win over Colchester.
- Shaun Derry’s Cambridge United won their second match in five days after a 2-1 win over Accrington, and in some style too. Cambridge goalkeeper Will Norris saved two penalties, while the hosts were also reduced to nine men, after Leon Legge and Brad Halliday saw red. Grimsby Town failed to make it two wins in a week after Hartlepool United won 3-0 at Blundell Park. In the other action in the division, Crewe drew 1-1 with Mansfield, Cheltenham drew 1-1 with Luton and Barnet played out a goalless draw at home to Leyton Orient.
- The Beast, Adebayo Akinfenwa, scored a late winner as Wycombe Wanderers beat struggling Exeter City 1-0 at Adams Park. Elsewhere, Notts County’s match at home to Morecambe was abandoned due to a waterlogged pitch. The weather also got the better of Newport County’s home clash with Stevenage, with the game postponed.
