Wayne Rooney’s poor start as Birmingham manager continued on Saturday, when his team was defeated 3-1 by Southampton in the Sky Bet Championship.
Taylor Harwood-Bellis and Carlos Alcaraz scored in the first half to put Saints ahead, and Adam Armstrong sealed the victory with his eighth goal of the season after Blues substitute Jay Stansfield responded.
Rooney’s side were unlucky – there was a suspicion of offside for Harwood-Bellis’ goal, and City had a strong penalty appeal turned down – but they have now lost all three since the controversial replacement of John Eustace by the former England and Manchester United striker.
Harry Winks scored his first goal for Leicester in a late 2-1 victory over 10-man QPR.
Andre Dozzell had held the Foxes back after they had taken the lead through Stephy Mavididi on 30 minutes.
Dozzell was sent off for a second bookable offence after a scuffle with Abdul Fatawu just before the hour, and Winks took advantage with an 80th-minute winner.
Ipswich came from behind to beat Plymouth 3-2 at Portman Road, keeping them within five points of the top spot.
Morgan Whittaker put the Pilgrims ahead early on, but Bali Mumba turned into his own net before halftime, and George Hirst put Ipswich ahead.
Marcus Harness appeared to have sealed the victory, but Plymouth fought to the bitter end, with Joe Edwards scoring late on.
Leeds returned to winning ways with a 4-1 victory over Huddersfield.
Daniel Farke’s team impressed with two goals in the first half from Dan James and Crysencio Summerville.
Michal Helik scored a consolation goal for the Terriers, who have won just one of their last seven games under Darren Moore.
Preston’s poor form continued as they were defeated 1-0 at Hull.
Jayden Philogene scored the game’s lone goal after 68 minutes, extending Lancashire’s winless streak to seven games.
Middlesbrough’s six-game winning streak came to an end as Stoke won 2-0 at the Riverside Stadium.
Goals from Michael Rose and Mehdi Leris in the first half proved decisive, with Boro unable to recover despite hitting the crossbar through Josh Coburn.
