CARDIFF CITY

NOTTINGHAM Forest joined the Cardiff City on six points at the top of the table, but were pushed all the way in a 4-3 defeat of Brentford.

John Egan’s header gave the Bees a deserved lead but two brilliant strikes from Andreas Bouchalakis, either side of Daryl Murphy’s tap-in, pushed Forest into the ascendancy just after the restart.

Andreas Bjelland narrowed the deficit but Kieran Dowell restored Forest’s two-goal cushion, only for Neal Maupay to set up a tense finale, with Forest just about hanging on to condemn Brentford to a second defeat of the season.

Abel Hernandez’s hat-trick inspired Hull to a 4-1 victory over 10-man Burton, for who Jackson Irvine went from hero to villain.

The Brewers midfielder cancelled out Hernandez’s opener just after the half-hour mark but was then given his marching orders moments later.

Kamil Grosicki helped the Tigers regain the lead shortly after the resumption while Hernandez scored twice more to lift the hosts to an ultimately comfortable win.

Fulham had Tomas Kalas dismissed after 39 seconds but managed to leave Reading with a 1-1 draw. Kalas was given his marching orders after hauling down Mo Barrow and it seemed the Royals would capitalise on their man advantage when they went ahead through Liam Kelly but Lucas Piazon’s late goal grabbed a point for the Cottagers.

Goals from Craig Gardner and Jacques Maghoma lifted 10-man Birmingham to a 2-1 win over Bristol City, who had gone ahead in the opening minute through Bobby Reid.

Maikel Kieftenbeld was sent off in the closing stages but the Blues managed to hold on for their first three-point haul of the campaign.

Strikes from Barry Douglas and Ivan Cavaleiro saw Wolves ease to a 2-0 success at Derby.

Ipswich are also on six points after goals from substitutes David McGoldrick and Martyn Waghorn helped them edge out Barnsley, beaten 2-1 despite taking the lead through Tom Bradshaw.

Millwall and Bolton claimed their first point of the season after a 1-1 draw at The Den. George Saville’s opener just after the interval was cancelled out on the hour by Filipe Morais’ free-kick.

It was an identical scoreline at Hillsborough as substitute Sam Winnall’s strike gave Sheffield Wednesday a share of the spoils after Jamie Mackie had put QPR ahead.

Leeds drew a blank against 10man Preston, who had Ben Pearson sent off with 30 minutes remaining, but escaped Elland Road with a goalless draw.

Garry Monk’s first home game in charge at Middlesbrough ended in victory as Rudy Gestede’s header gave his side a hard-earned 1-0 win over Sheffield United.

Lewis Grabban scored twice for Sunderland and also netted an own goal as the Black Cats beat Norwich 3-1.

Aiden McGeady added a superb second from 20 yards.