Championship roundup: Mitrovic sets new goalscoring record in Fulham win

Aleksandar Mitrovic set and extended a new Championship record with a double in leaders Fulham’s 2-1 victory over struggling Peterborough.

The Serbia international’s 28th-minute penalty was his 32nd league goal of the campaign, one more than Ivan Toney’s previous mark. Mitrovic struck from the spot after being fouled by Harrison Burrows, and he took his tally to 33 within 17 minutes of the restart when he converted Neeskens Kebano’s cross as his side bounced back from Saturday’s home defeat by Huddersfield with Jack Marriott’s late effort providing scant consolation.

The win left the Cottagers nine points clear at the top of the table, although having played two games more than second-placed Bournemouth.

Substitute Luke Amos’ last-gasp winner saw 10-man QPR leapfrog Blackburn into third place on an eventful evening at the Kiyan Prince Foundation Stadium. Jimmy Dunne headed the home side into a 31st-minute lead after meeting Stefan Johansen’s cross, but they were dealt a blow five minutes before the break when defender Dion Sanderson was sent off after clashing with Reece James. Josh Bowler looked to have snatched a point for Blackpool eight minutes from time, but Amos’ 89th-minute misfortune handed Rangers a 2-1 win.

Ben Davies left it even later to dent Blackburn’s promotion bid as Sheffield United struck in stoppage time to win 1-0 despite Charlie Goode’s dismissal. The Blades were reduced to 10 with 66 minutes gone when defender Goode was shown a straight red card for an ugly lunge at Reda Khadra.

Their fortunes looked to have taken a further turn for the worse when John Egan was penalised for handball inside the box, but keeper Wes Foderingham kept out Khadra’s 72nd-minute spot-kick to set the stage for Davies to