After a busy weekend, the Championship rolled into some midweek action with the season continuing to heat up.
Middlesbrough made the trip to Stoke City and had to dig deep but managed to escape with all three points in the bag.
Hull were also celebrating after brushing Preston North End aside with a 3-0 victory at Deepdale. However, the second tier’s Sheffield clubs both tasted defeat.
Sheffield Wednesday were beaten by Birmingham City at Hillsborough, extending their winless home run in the league. Sheffield United, meanwhile, were edged out by fellow strugglers Southampton.
Elsewhere, Ipswich Town defeated Bristol City, Swansea City were triumphant against Blackburn Rovers and Norwich City hammered West Bromwich Albion.
Charlton Athletic lost on home turf against Derby County, Oxford United played out a goalless draw with Queens Park Rangers and Wrexham drew 1-1 with Leicester City.
Coventry City boosted their chances of promotion with a 2-1 win over Millwall and Watford shared the spoils with Portsmouth at Vicarage Road.
Following the latest results, data experts Opta have rebooted their supercomputer to predict how the final Championship table will look.

1. Supercomputer predicts final Championship table
Opta have deployed their supercomputer to predict how the final Championship table will look. | Ben Roberts Photo/Getty Images



