Championship round-up: Leicester top as rivals falter, Mikey Johnston on target for Baggies

Stephy Mavididi headed Leicester back to the top of the Sky Bet Championship as top two Ipswich and Leeds fluffed their lines.

Mavididi's 87th-minute goal secured a hard-fought 2-1 home win over Birmingham in which Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall had put the Foxes in front with 28 minutes gone, only for Jay Stansfield to level on the stroke of half-time.

Ipswich, who had started the day at the top of the pile, suffered a serious blow to their automatic promotion hopes when they slipped to a 1-0 defeat to derby rivals Norwich.

A game of few clear-cut chances at Carrow Road was settled by Marcelino Nunez’s 30-yard free-kick six minutes before half-time.

Leeds slid to third place after a 2-1 defeat – their first in 16 league outings – at Coventry, who remain in the hunt for a play-off berth as a result.

Ellis Simms headed the Sky Blues into a ninth-minute lead and Haji Wright gave them breathing space four minutes after the restart to ensure substitute Joel Piroe’s 76th-minute strike counted for little.

Neither Southampton nor West Brom were able to take advantage with both having to settle for a point on their travels.

The Saints played out a 0-0 draw at Blackburn as Rovers built upon their impressive 5-1 win at Sunderland on Monday, while the Baggies squandered a 2-0 lead at Stoke where Republic of Ireland Mikey Johnston opened the scoring for the visitors.

They looked to be cruising to victory when Johnston and Jed Wallace scored either side of the break, but Million Manhoef pulled one back for the Potters, who went on to make it 2-2 through Andre Vidigal, who converted the rebound after Alex Palmer had saved his 78th-minute penalty.

Emmanuel Latte Lath’s double maintained Middlesbrough’s play-offs push as they extended their unbeaten run