EFL goals and round-up: Sheffield United miss chance to go top of Championship | Football News

Sheffield United missed the chance to go top of the Sky Bet Championship as Ben Wiles’ strike earned Rotherham their first win at Bramall Lane since 1980.

Wiles’ strike seven minutes before half-time gave a Millers side missing six players through injury a first win in five and dealt the Blades a major setback just days after their statement victory over league leaders Burnley.

Watford moved up to fifth with a 2-0 win over Reading as Joao Pedro got both goals at Vicarage Road.

The first came from the penalty spot with 15 minutes gone after Pedro was fouled by Ovie Ejaria, and he added a second with a late volley.

The Hornets moved above QPR who were stunned 2-1 by the league’s bottom team Huddersfield, the Terriers’ first away win of the season.

Lyndon Dykes marked his 100th appearance for Rangers by firing them in front after only 90 seconds, but it all went wrong thereafter as they suffered a third defeat in four.

Josh Ruffels headed Huddersfield level in the ninth minute before scoring a spectacular second, finding the net with an overhead kick in the 26th minute.

Swansea could not take advantage of QPR’s dropped points as Troy Deeney’s 89th-minute equaliser denied them victory in a 2-2 draw at Birmingham.

Scott Hogan had put Blues ahead after nine minutes but Swansea turned it around with goals from Olivier Ntcham and Matt Grimes before half-time.

The draw leaves them in eighth place, two points above Birmingham.

Michael Carrick saw his Middlesbrough side move further clear of trouble with a 3-0 win away to Blackpool.

Isaiah Jones fired them in front with 15 minutes gone, Marcus Forss added a second from the penalty spot early in the second half and Chuba Akpom sealed the win in the 65th minute.

Middlesbrough move up to 16th, one point behind Rotherham and Stoke, with the latter beating Luton 2-0 in what could be Nathan Jones’ last game in charge of the Hatters as he prepares to speak to Southampton about their vacant position.

Stoke got both goals in the opening 13 minutes, the first from Nick Powell and the second an own goal from Luton skipper Tom Lockyer.

Liam Rosenior celebrated his first win as Hull boss as Regan Slater scored two goals in three minutes to help them to a 3-2 win at Cardiff.

Hull scored first through Dimitrios Pelkas, but Birmingham responded after the break to level through Callum Robinson and lead through Gavin Whyte, only for Slater to flip the game again in the 75th and 77th minutes.

Gustavo Hamer and Viktor Gyokeres got the goals as Coventry secured a third win in a row with a 2-0 victory over Wigan.

Sky Bet League Two

Ayoub Assal starred as AFC Wimbledon shocked high-flying Leyton Orient with a 2-0 Sky Bet League Two win at Plough Lane.

Leaders Orient controlled play early on but Wimbledon took the lead 19 minutes in, Assal’s deflected shot looping past goalkeeper Lawrence Vigouroux for his fifth goal in six matches.

And Assal was again involved as the Dons doubled their lead in the 35th minute, his blocked shot falling into the path of Harry Pell – who smashed his shot into the top corner.

Ian Henderson wrote himself into Rochdale’s record books as the striker’s 80th-minute header proved decisive in a 1-0 win against Salford.

The Dale frontman met a superb Ethan Brierley pass to nod beyond Tom King in the visitors’ goal and overtake Reg Jenkins as the club’s all-time leading scorer with 130 goals.

Mansfield fell to a second straight home defeat as fellow promotion hopefuls Bradford took all three points from a pulsating encounter that finished 2-1.

Owen Moxon’s last-gasp equaliser snatched League Two play-off chasers Carlisle a thrilling point in a 3-3 draw at struggling Harrogate.