West Brom keep up the pace with battling point

WEST Brom maintained their two-point lead at the top of the E ng l i sh C h a mpion sh ip a fte r coming from 2-0 down to draw 2-2 with bottom side Barnsley.

Cauley Woodrow headed the visitors in front at The Hawthorns after 18 minutes and doubled their lead just six minutes later with a superb shot from outside the area.

However, West Brom pulled a goal back when Bambo Diaby could only head a corner into his own net at the near post and Matheus Pereira grabbed the equaliser nine minutes from time.

Leeds could have gone top if Yorkshire neighbours Barnsley had pulled off a shock win but Marcelo Bielsa’s side also had to settle for a 1-1 draw at Preston.

Tom Barkhuizen fired the home side in front at Deepdale and Leeds were grateful to substitute Eddie Nketiah for heading home the equaliser three minutes from time.

Sheffield Wednesday were the biggest beneficiaries of none of the top three at the start of the evening managing a win, a 1-0 victory over Stoke lifting them to third in the table.

Stoke’s two-match winning run came to an end at Hillsborough as Massimo Luongo pounced on an error from Liam Lindsay to score the only goal just before the interval.

Elsewhere, Swansea fell from third to seventh after losing 3-0 at home to Brentford and new Millwall manager Gary Rowett watched from the stands as his side drew 2-2 with Cardiff in an entertaining clash at The Den. QPR and Reading also shared four goals at Loftus Road

Goals were harder to come by at St Andrew’s, where Maxime Colin’s close-range header gave Birmingham all three points against Blackburn.

Dundee United boss Robbie Neilson.