Championship round-up: Sunderland defeat Derby to claim top spot

Sunderland took advantage of defeats for West Brom and Blackburn to climb to the top of the Sky Bet Championship after a 2-0 win over Derby.

Goals either side of half-time from Jobe Bellingham and Wilson Isidor made it four home wins from four matches for the Black Cats.

West Brom, who began the evening at the summit, went down 1-0 at home to Middlesbrough thanks to Hayden Hackney's 73rd-minute strike.

Blackburn’s unbeaten start to the season was ended by a 3-0 defeat at Coventry.

Jake Bidwell and Haji Wright put the Sky Blues in control and Brandon Thomas-Asante secured the three points when fired home from the edge of the area with six minutes left.

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Scott Parker got the better of former England team-mate Wayne Rooney as his Burnley side beat Plymouth 1-0 to climb to second, courtesy of Josh Brownhill’s first-half penalty.

Largie Ramazani’s equaliser on the hour earned Daniel Farke’s Leeds a point from their trip to his old club Norwich.

Josh Sargent put the Canaries ahead with a 13th-minute penalty after he was brought down by Joe Rodon.

At the bottom, Cardiff finally broke their win duck by beating Millwall 1-0.

Perry Ng scored only their third goal of the season with near-post header from a corner after 39 minutes.

Oxford came from two goals down to earn a 2-2 draw at Luton.

Jordan Clark and Tom Krauss put the Hatters 2-0 up before Tyler Goodrham pulled one back with a fine first-time curler just before the break.

Ruben Rodrigues hauled the visitors level and Luton finished the game