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• Coventry suffered their fourth home league defeat under Frank Lampard, with those losses coming against sides either promoted to (Burnley, Leeds), or relegated from (Ipswich, Southampton) the Premier League last season.
• Middlesbrough have had 53 shots and accumulated an xG of 4.8 in their last two league games, though have scored just one goal and picked up just one point from these matches.
• Sheffield United’s Patrick Bamford scored his sixth league goal against Birmingham City – against no side has scored more often in his English league career (also 6 vs Ipswich).
• No side have won more Championship games than Norwich (13) since Philippe Clement took charge of the Canaries in November.

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BBC Final Score at the Bet365 Stadium

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Six goals across two back-to-back home games for Stoke City this week who breathe a bit of life back into their season.Sorba Thomas was back in the starting 11 today after serving his red card suspension, adding yet another assist to his impressive tally.

He won’t be credited for the other two goals but his ability to break, read the game and put in successful cross after cross was central to this afternoons win for the Potters.Thomas has amassed more than 300 crosses so far this season, which is 70 more than anyone else in the league. His presence also seemed to give the team confidence to play.Perhaps there is a light at the end of the tunnel for injury stricken stoke as key players start to come back, including Sam Gallagher who came off the bench to bag the thurd.

The question is without the injury issues, and with a player like Thomas in their ranks, could Stoke have staked their claim in the play-offs?

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Right, lets get our heads around what's happened on another dramatic Saturday in the Championship.

Here's a full list of this afternoon's results all in one post:

• Coventry 1-2 Southampton
• Middlesbrough 1-1 Bristol City
• Oxford United 1-1 Charlton
• Birmingham 1-1 Sheffield United
• Leicester 1-3 QPR
• Millwall 1-2 Blackburn
• Norwich 2-0 Preston
• Sheffield Wednesday 0-2 Ipswich
• Stoke 3-1 Watford
• West Brom 3-0 Hull

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BBC Final Score

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A turning point, perhaps?

West Brom win their first game in 2026, ending a 13-game winless run in the league. They are still in a right old scrap to stay up, but this is a huge boost.

Perhaps the biggest compliment I can give is that they were by far the better side against Hull. The red card was the key moment, but The Baggies were well on top before that.

There was a real optimism and hope at full time at The Hawthorns, they haven't felt that in a while. James Morrison has his first win as manager, too.

For Hull, that's a real sucker punch but fortunately for them, Ipswich were the only team above them in the table who won.

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West Bromwich Albion move out of the relegation zone after their 3-0 home win over Hull City.

Blackburn Rovers' victory at The Den also sees them climb further away from the drop zone, while Leicester City drop to 23rd after their dismal defeat at home to Queens Park Rangers.

At the top, Ipswich Town move to within two points of the automatic promotion places after slip-ups from the Lions and Middlesbrough.

Peter Swan
Former Hull City player on BBC Radio Humberside

It's very disappointing for the travelling fans.

We're still in a great position, but off the back of that there's a sour taste in our mouth. They wanted it more, they hadn't won in 13 games and it was a great opportunity to turn them over.

We let ourselves down today.

Tony Brown
West Brom's all-time record scorer on BBC Radio WM

A magnificent performance this afternoon from West Bromwich Albion.

Sometimes it can be harder to play against 10-men but Albion were encouraging throughout the entire game. It's very hard to pick out individuals because they've all done a tremendous job.

All in all, the most important thing is it's three vital points which could keep us in this division.

We've still got a big job to do for the rest of the season.

Alex Mathie
Former Ipswich Town striker on BBC Radio Suffolk

It's a massive three points.

We're disappointed with the performance, but at the end of the day the three points is what it's all about.

I'll be honest, I couldn't see us scoring, but a good finish from Azon puts us one up, and a great penalty from Clarke makes it two, that's the only bit of excitement we've had.

It keeps us in the hunt, it's all in our hands, we just have to improve our performance.

Full-time at St Andrew's and 10-man Sheffield United have clung on to an impressive point on the road.

They trailed moments after Femi Seriki was shown a straight red card for denying a goalscoring opportunity.

Marvin Ducksch stepped up from the resulting free-kick and banged it into the top corner.

Sydie Peck then missed a penalty for the visitors before they levelled in injury time at the end of the first time through Patrick Bamford.

Ducksch hit the woodwork three times this afternoon as the Blades rode their luck in a determined performance against the odds to earn a draw.

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Full-time and it's a fantastic three points for West Bromwich Albion.

And its been a victory their play has fully merited.

Josh Maja broke the deadlock for the home side before Hull's Charlie Hughes was shown a straight red card for hauling down Jed Wallace.

Aune Heggebo grabbed the Baggies' second before Isaac Price put the cherry on the top of the three points for Albion's first win of 2026, tucking home Danny Imray's cut-back.

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It's all over at The Den and Millwall miss the chance to move into the top two.

Luke Cundle's acrobatic bicycle kick put the hosts ahead but the game flipped on its head when Zak Sturge was sent off just before the hour.

Blackburn took full advantage with a Mathias Jorgensen double in five minutes to climb out of the relegation zone.

Tony Brown
West Brom's all-time record scorer on BBC Radio WM

What great play from Imray, he's been brilliant from the first kick, I've been really impressed with him.

The relief from Isaac Price must be unbelievable.

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Who saw this coming?

QPR hadn't scored for seven hours before today and like London buses three turn up at once.

Jordan James' long range stunner gave the hosts the lead before Harvey Vale took advantage of some slack defending to equalise just before the break.

Ben Nelson's own goal put the Rs ahead before Ronnie Edwards scored to put the visitors in total control, and plunge the Foxes into further relegation plight.

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After no wins in their past three games, Stoke pick up three points thanks to a Million Manhoef brace and a late Sam Gallagher goal

Nestory Irankunda did pull a goal back for Watford when they were two down but the Potters sealed the win and hand Ed Still his second defeat as Hornets boss.