Leeds United moved top of the Championship with an emphatic 4-0 home win over struggling Middlesbrough, while Brentford stormed to a 7-0 victory over Luton Town on Saturday.
With West Brom not in action until Monday, Leeds took full advantage of the chance to reach the summit with a fifth consecutive victory.
West Brom will have the chance to go back above Marcelo Bielsa s men when they travel to face Preston North End.
Josh Dasilva scored a hat-trick for Brentford as Luton endured a chastening afternoon, and Bristol City were also big winners, thumping Huddersfield Town 5-2.
Barnsley, Blackburn Rovers, Cardiff City, Reading and Sheffield Wednesday were the other triumphant teams, with Derby County drawing against QPR as Birmingham City and Millwall also shared the points.
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KLICH KEY IN LEEDS ROMP
Leeds, unbeaten in eight matches, continued their fine form by cruising past struggling Boro courtesy of Mateusz Klich s double.
The outcome was rarely in doubt from the moment Patrick Bamford headed in Pablo Hernandez s cross from close range in the third minute.
Klich struck in first-half stoppage time and later added a superb clincher after Helder Costa had scored his first Championship goal for Leeds in the 67th minute.
Leeds are a point clear of West Brom and five ahead of third-placed Fulham.
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BUOYANT BRENTFORD AND BRISTOL CITY
Brentford had scored five by half-time against Luton and eventually settled for seven at Griffin Park.
Former Arsenal youngster Dasilva s treble included a late penalty, while Said Benrahma also scored from the spot.
Dasilva also assisted a strike for Ollie Watkins, who created two goals himself, with Bryan Mbeumo and Mathias Jensen the other Brentford players to find the target.
Biggest league win since 1994
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Bristol City scored all five of their goals by the 49th minute as they demolished Huddersfield at Ashton Gate.
Andreas Weimann ended with a goal and an assist as Lee Johnson s men moved up to fifth in the table, with Brentford two points and two places behind.
Elsewhere, Cardiff won 1-0 at Nottingham Forest, Nathaniel Mendez-Laing s goal meaning the hosts missed a chance to go third.
BOOST FOR BARNSLEY AT THE BOTTOM
After 18 matches without a win, bottom-of-the-table Barnsley recorded a surprise 3-1 home victory over Hull City.
That moved them two points behind Stoke City, who lost 2-1 at home to Blackburn, with Wigan Athletic also in the bottom three after being stunned by Reading s George Puscas.
Joe Garner s close-range strike had Wigan on course for victory and they led with 12 minutes to go, only for Puscas to score a hat-trick in the space of five minutes as Reading won 3-1.
Eberechi Eze gave QPR a 1-1 draw at Derby, who had new player-coach Wayne Rooney watching from the dugout, while on-loan Chelsea defender Jake Clarke-Salter s late header saw Birmingham avoid defeat at home to Millwall in a match that finished with the same scoreline.
In the early game, two goals from Steven Fletcher helped Wednesday win 3-1 away to Charlton Athletic.
return to the top of the table, meanwhile picked up a vital three points at home but still remain bottom. |
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