Coventry moved eight points clear at the top of the Championship with a 3-0 win over struggling Preston. Goals from Tatsuhiro Sakamoto and Brandon Thomas-Asante in the first half were followed by Matt Grimes’s penalty after half-time for their 23rd win of the season.
Coventry’s sixth consecutive win opened up an eight-point gap to second-placed Middlesbrough, who lost 1-0 at home to Charlton, and returned them nine points clear of third-placed Millwall.
Although Boro enjoyed plenty of chances, it was the visitors who scored the only goal in the 59th minute when Conor Coady stabbed home from Harry Clarke’s long throw-in.
Jamie Donley’s first Oxford goal ensured a 1-0 victory over Blackburn in the relegation battle at the Kassam Stadium. It was Oxford’s third straight win for the first time since they returned to the Championship in 2024. Donley scored in the 34th minute, following up after the Blackburn keeper, Balázs Tóth, could only parry Myles Peart-Harris’s header from a right-wing cross by Stan Mills.
The win was not enough to lift Oxford out of the bottom three, but they moved to within a point of Blackburn.
Cyle Larin’s last-minute equaliser rescued Southampton a point in a 1-1 draw at West Brom and denied the relegation-threatened Baggies a first Championship victory since beating QPR on 28 December. The late leveller ensured their winless run extended to 13 matches, keeping them in the relegation zone.
Amankwah Forson struck a late winner as Norwich came from behind to maintain their impressive form with a hard-fought 2-1 victory over Sheffield United at Carrow Road. Trailing at half-time to Jairo Riedewald’s well-taken strike, the home side hit back in style, with an equaliser from Jack Stacey before substitute Forson guided them to an eighth win in 10 league games.
Birmingham breathed life back into their playoff push after with a deserved 1-0 victory over QPR at St Andrew’s. Patrick Roberts scored in the sixth minute to move them to within five points of the top six.
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