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FULHAM put out a statement of intent with a 5-1 Championsh­ip thumping of Huddersfie­ld Town.

The Cottagers are aiming for an instant return to the Premier League following relegation last season and put the Terriers to the sword.

A bizarre goal from Aleksandar Mitrovic, after Terriers goalkeeper Ryan Schofield fluffed a clearance, set them on their way with further first-half goals from Joshua Onomah and Fabio Carvalho stamping their authority.

Matty Pearson registered for hapless Huddersfie­ld but that was as good as it got, even with Fulham finishing with 10 men after Harry Wilson’s red card, as Ivan Cavaleiro’s late double completed the rout for the visitors.

West Bromwich Albion are also hoping to mount a promotion challenge and beat Luton Town 3-2 at The Hawthorns.

Luton’s Kal Naismith put through his own goal to give the Baggies the early ascendency before further goals by Callum Robinson and Karlan Grant.

Harry Cornick got one back for Luton and then Pelly-ruddock Mpanzu scored deep into injury time but West Brom held on.

Swansea City and Sheffield United recovered from opening day defeats to claim their first points of the season in a goalless draw.

QPR earned a resounding 3-0 win away against Hull City, goals from Chris Willock, Lyndon Dykes and Rob

Dickie doing the damage. George Moncur was sent off for the Tigers.

Peterborou­gh United pulled off a stoppage-time fightback to see off Derby County 2-1 and claim a first win of the season.

Goals from Harrison Burrows and Siriki Dembele came with 11 minutes added on, largely because of an injury to Colin Kazim-richards.

Posh looked set to suffer a third consecutiv­e defeat substitute Jack Stretton’s scored his first Rams goal in the 77th minute.

Cardiff City were 2-0 winners away to Blackpool with goals from Leandro Bacuna and Kieffer Moore. Uche Ikpeazu and Matt Crooks goals were enough for Middlesbro­ugh to beat Bristol City 2-1.

Reading beat Preston North End 2-1, with John Swift scoring the winning goal, and Dominik Frieser’s first-half goal gave Barnsley a 1-0 win over Coventry City, who missed an injury-time penalty.

Millwall and Blackburn Rovers drew 1-1, while it was goalless between Birmingham City and Stoke City.

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Karlan Grant (right) celebrates scoring for WBA against Luton Town.

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