Gareth Ainsworth Sheffield United Ryan Porteous Ashley Barnes Connor Roberts Josh Brownhill Sam Gallagher Daryl Dike Michael Obafemi Sammie Szmodics Carlos Corberan Vincent Kompany Tim Iroegbunam Championship Ireland soccer Sport on Gareth Ainsworth Sheffield United Ryan Porteous Ashley Barnes Connor Roberts Josh Brownhill Sam Gallagher Daryl Dike Michael Obafemi Sammie Szmodics Carlos Corberan Vincent Kompany Tim Iroegbunam Championship Ireland

Championship round-up: Obafemi on the mark again

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Michael Obafemi scored his second goal in two weeks as Burnley cemented their place at the top of the Sky Bet Championship with a dominant 4-0 victory over struggling Huddersfield.Vincent Kompany's impressive side were 3-0 up at half-time with goals from Ashley Barnes, Connor Roberts and Josh Brownhill.Obafemi's strike in the second half meant a miserable trip back over the Pennines for Neil Warnock's men.Ireland Under-20 international Tom Cannon scored the match-winner as Preston, on a run of four league games without a win, beat visitors Wigan 2-1.Everton loanee Cannon scored the winner in the 57th minute, shortly after Daniel Johnson had equalised from the penalty spot.

Wigan had gone ahead with a Greg Cunningham own goal.Substitute Robbie Brady was sent off in stoppage time for a second booking, but Preston's 10 men survived late Latics pressure to claim three vital points.Sheffield United, who had lost their last two league games, secured a much-needed 1-0 victory over Watford at Bramall Lane to stay in second place thanks to a Ryan Porteous own goal.Middlesbrough's five-match winning run came to an end with a 2-0 defeat at West Brom.Two early first-half strikes from Daryl Dike were enough for Carlos Corberan's play-off chasing side to secure the three points.Gareth Ainsworth's first game in charge of QPR ended in defeat, with Blackburn running out 3-1 winners at Loftus Road.Sam Gallagher put the visitors in front after 14 minutes, with QPR hitting back quickly through Tim Iroegbunam.Sammie Szmodics put Blackburn ahead in first-half stoppage time, with Gallagher making sure of the points in the second half.Millwall remained firmly in the play-off hunt with a slender 1-0 victory at Stoke, thanks to Zian Flemming's

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