CHAMPIONSHIP REVIEW

WOLVES stormed into the Sky Bet Championship automatic promotion places after a resounding 4-0 victory at struggling Burton.

Nuno’s side raced out of the blocks with two goals in the opening 11 minutes from Jota and Romain Saiss.

Ruben Vinagre added a third just before the break and Leo Bonatini put the game beyond any doubt after 62 minutes. Burton have failed to score in five of their last six Championship games but second-placed Wolves are now just a point behind Cardiff.

Sheffield United failed to take advantage of Cardiff’s draw as they fell to a 2-1 defeat at Nottingham Forest and slipped down to third place.

John Lundstram gave the Blades the lead after just three minutes, but Jason Cummings equalised shortly after for Forest.

Kieran Dowell then put the hosts in front in the 27th minute and United failed to find an equaliser as Forest ended their three-game losing streak.

Birmingham’s new boss Steve Cotterill watched on as the Blues fell to a comprehensive 6-1 defeat at Hull.

Fraizer Campbell opened the scoring early on and David Meyler converted an 11th-minute penalty after Campbell had been fouled in the area by Emilio Nsue.

Jarrod Bowen’s seventh goal of the season made it 3-0 to the Tigers after 26 minutes before Kamil Grosicki, Markus Henriksen and Seb Larsson completed the rout in the second half.

Sunderland boss Simon Grayson picked up a valuable 2-2 draw against former club Preston at Deepdale.

Bolton remain rock bottom and without a victory this term after a 1-0 defeat at in-form Aston Villa.

Jonathan Kodjia picked himself up after being fouled by Mark Beevers to convert a penalty after 39 minutes before Neil Taylor was sent off late on for the hosts.

Martin Braithwaite scored his first goal for Middlesbrough in the 2-2 draw against Brentford at the Riverside Stadium.

Elsewhere, Barnsley and Bristol City both picked up 3-1 away wins over Millwall and Ipswich respectively.

Sheffield Wednesday beat Leeds 3-0 yesterday with Gary Hooper netting twice.