Championship: Blackburn see off Swans and Simms shines for Sunderland

Sammie Szmodics’ debut strike helped send Blackburn top of the formative Championship standings with a 3-0 win at Swansea.

Szmodics made a quick impact on his maiden outing after a switch from Peterborough, with Ben Brereton Díaz and Lewis Travis also on target. Rovers are the only side to boast two wins from two matches in the embryonic Championship campaign, topping the table ahead of promoted Sunderland.

The Black Cats claimed their first win on their second-tier return by edging over the line 3-2 at Bristol City. On-loan Everton striker Ellis Simms grabbed a debut double for the visitors either side of strikes from Robins duo Andreas Weimann and Chris Martin. And Ross Stewart then netted the winner with 18 minutes left.

Norwich were made to wait again for their first win of the season on their Championship return as they drew 1-1 at home to promoted Wigan. James McClean pounced on Ben Gibson’s mistake to hand Wigan the lead, with the Canaries struggling again after the 1-0 opening-weekend loss at Cardiff. Max Aarons scrambled a draw with a smart finish just past the hour mark but Norwich will already be feeling the jitters after a frustrating start to the campaign.

Bristol Rovers hit four first half-goals in their 4-0 win at Burton Albion, who had Conor Shaughnessy sent off after just 40 seconds. The centre-back was dismissed for a foul on Aaron Collins, with Antony Evans scoring from the free kick. Evans then set up James Connolly to score before Collins added a quickfire double before half-time.

After two games the Brewers are bottom, behind MK Dons who lost 1-0 at home to Sheffield Wednesday. Josh Windass' first-half was enough to earn the Owls their first win of the season. Charlton also won by the odd goal, with