Championship review: Leicester City top after beating Blackburn Rovers

Jamie Vardy's brilliant strike put the Foxes back in front in the lunchtime kick-off at Ewood Park after Sammie Szmodics punished some dreadful defending to equalise Wout Faes' early header.

But Rovers refused to lie down and it took a late penalty from Kelechi Iheanacho and a fourth from midfield maestro Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall to secure the victory.

The Foxes, who have won eight of their nine matches so far, are now two points clear at the summit.

Jamie Vardy enjoys his fine strike for Leicester today (Image: PA Images)
Ipswich Town, who briefly went top after yesterday's 1-1 draw at Huddersfield, are in second spot.

Preston are in third after their unbeaten Championship record came crashing to an end with a 4-0 loss to West Brom.

Darnell Furlong made a superb early breakthrough for Albion and Alex Mowatt made it 2-0 before half-time while second-half goals from Matt Phillips and Kyle Bartley completed a shock scoreline.

Hull City, Town's Tuesday night foes, drew 1-1 with Plymouth to move level on points with fourth-placed Sunderland, who beat Sheffield Wednesday on Friday night.

Regan Slater scored the Tigers' equaliser after Adam Randell's opener.

Southampton beat Leeds 3-1 in the early kick-off, sparked by Adam Armstrong's brilliant second-minute goal.

Adam Armstrong set Southampton on their way to an important win over Leeds (Image: PA Images)
Will Smallbone tucked away the second and Armstrong's shot deflected in off Pascal Struijk four minutes later before the Leeds defender pulled one back.

Cardiff climbed to sixth with a 2-0 win over Rotherham, Kion Etete and Perry Ng with the goals in the second half.

Norwich are outside the top six only on goal difference after they bounced back from their 6-2 loss at Argyle with a 2-0 win over Birmingham.

Gabriel Sara and Jon Rowe scored the goals in five second-half minutes.

Stoke came from 2-0 down to win 3-2 at Bristol City. Trailing to Sam Bell and Nahki Wells' goals in the first 15 minutes, the Potters hit back through Mehdi Leris, Sead Haksabanovic and a late Nathan Lowe strike.

Jonathan Rowe scored his sixth of the season for Norwich as they bounced back from three straight defeats (Image: PA Images)
Watford were unable to emulate that comeback as Middlesbrough won 3-2 at Vicarage Road.

Riley McGree's brace fired Boro 2-0 ahead and, though Vakoun Bayo and Wesley Hoedt drew the Hornets level, Josh Coburn scored Boro's winner.

Swansea and Coventry both enjoyed impressive wins on the road.

Jamal Lowe's penalty and second-half strikes from Matt Grimes and Mykola Kukharevych saw the Swans past Millwall 3-0 to make it back-to-back wins and three games unbeaten.

Finally, Ellis Simms bagged a second-half double as the Sky Blues beat QPR 3-1. Josh Eccles scored the second goal, while Kenneth Paal netted a late consolation.