Championship leaders Burnley win to strengthen their position at the top of the table

Burnley strengthened their position at the top of the Sky Bet Championship as a 2-1 win at Swansea made it six league victories in a row for Vincent Kompany's side.

Ian Maatsen fired Burnley into a 2-0 lead with two fine goals in the space of 10 first-half minutes, and although Ollie Cooper pulled one back in the 27th minute, the Clarets hung on for three more points in their pursuit of promotion.

Maatsen opened the scoring with a free-kick in the 12th minute, with two Burnley men infiltrating the wall and quickly making space for the Dutchman to beat Steve Benda with a shot off the left-hand post.

The second was even better as Maatsen took the ball from Nathan Tella on the edge of the area and unleashed a powerful shot which left Benda with no chance.

Cooper got his fourth of the season when Aro Muric fumbled a Jay Fulton shot, but Swansea saw penalty appeals waved away when Joel Latibeaudiere went down in the box and could not find a leveller.

Josh Cullen played the entire game for the visitors, while Ryan Manning did the same for the hosts.

Watford moved up to fourth as substitute Vakoun Bayo grabbed a late goal to defeat Norwich 1-0 at Carrow Road.

The Hornets put back-to-back defeats behind them as Bayo finished off a swift counter-attack with three minutes left against the managerless Canaries.

Adam Idah played full game for Norwich, while Andrew Omobamidele got the last 15 minutes in his second appearance since his return from injury.

Darragh Lenihan featured for Middlesbrough, who are only a point behind Watford in fifth place after securing a sixth win in seven, beating Birmingham 3-1 away from home.

All the goals came in the second half, with Matt Crooks scoring two in three minutes before setting up another.

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