Championship leaders beaten by in-form QPR

Queens Park Rangers have stunned Championship leaders Sheffield United with a 1-0 victory at Bramall Lane.

Chris Willock’s 51st-minute strike sent the Blades spinning to a first home defeat of the season on Tuesday night and pushed in-form QPR up to fourth place.

Willock’s winner came after he played a clever one-two with Ethan Laird and squeezed his shot from an acute angle between goalkeeper Wes Foderingham and the near post, and Rangers held on to make it five wins from seven games.

Second-placed Norwich moved level on points with United by drawing 1-1 at Reading.

Canaries captain Hanley put Norwich ahead from a corner five minutes after the restart but Reading claimed a share of the spoils through Jeff Hendrick’s excellent dipping strike from outside the box 10 minutes later.

Paul Ince’s Reading remain in third, two points adrift of the top two.

Luton and Huddersfield Town shared a six-goal thriller at Kenilworth Road, with five goals coming before halftime – two of them by the hosts’ Elijah Adebayo.

Cardiff City claimed a first win under interim manager Mark Hudson as Blackburn Rovers were beaten 1-0 in the Welsh capital.

In a dramatic finale, substitute Mark Harris fired Cardiff ahead with a rasping 20-yard shot seven minutes from time.

Ryan Allsop then saved an injury-time penalty from George Hirst after the Bluebirds goalkeeper had brought down Dominic Hyam as Cardiff struggled to clear a free-kick.

Bottom-placed Coventry City drew 0-0 at Bristol City and Sunderland also had to settle for a goalless draw against Blackpool.

It was the Black Cats’ second such result at the Stadium of Light in the space of three days after they were held by Preston North End on Saturday.