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Major Sheffield United & Ipswich Town twists and Middlesbrough & Hull City verdicts in Opta's predicted Championship table

Sheffield United were celebrating in the Championship over the weekend - but Sheffield Wednesday, Hull City and Middlesbrough were not.

The weekend’s second tier action was rounded off at Hillsborough, where bitter rivals Sheffield Wednesday and Sheffield United squared off.

It was the Blades who secured the bragging rights, putting the Owls to the sword with goals from Tyrese Campbell and Tom Cannon.

Elsewhere, Adi Viveash’s reign as interim Middlesbrough boss came to an end with a 1-1 draw away at Oxford United. The U’s took the lead the Kassam Stadium but the opener was cancelled out by Morgan Whittaker.

Hull City twice led away at Queens Park Rangers, but could not hold on and lost 3-2 in the capital.

Portsmouth secured a 3-1 win over Millwall, Leicester City edged past Stoke City and Wrexham held Ipswich Town to a 0-0 draw.

Derby County were beaten at home by Watford, while Birmingham City completed 4-1 rout of strugglers Norwich City.

Coventry City emerged from a five-goal thriller against West Bromwich Albion as the victors and Southampton hammered Charlton Athletic at The Valley.

Swansea City saw their woes worsened with a 3-0 loss at Bristol City and Blackburn Rovers picked up a 2-1 win at the home of Preston North End.

Following the latest results, Opta have deployed their supercomputer to predict how the final Championship table will look.

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