Championship goals and round-up: Leicester return top of table after Preston thrashing

Leicester beat Preston 3-0 to return top of Championship; Sunderland were 2-0 winners over Watford; Leeds edged past 10-player QPR with Crysencio Summerville scoring the only goal; Norwich were beaten 2-1 at Swansea; Coventry beat Blackburn 1-0 and Bristol City won 2-1 at Rotherham

Wednesday 4 October 2023 23:09, UK

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Leicester returned to the top of the Championship as a Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall brace helped Enzo Maresca's side beat third-placed Preston 3-0 at the King Power Stadium.

Dewsbury-Hall put the Foxes ahead on the hour mark and, after Kelechi Iheanacho had doubled the advantage in the 76th minute, added his second in the final minute of normal time.

Victory made it five wins in a row and nine out of 10 league games this term for Leicester, who moved back above Ipswich at the summit, two points clear.

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Preston are five points behind the Tractor Boys, while a point further back in fourth are Sunderland after the Black Cats beat struggling Watford 2-0 at the Stadium of Light.

Niall Huggins and Abdoullah Ba netted either side of the break before Watford were reduced to 10 men late on by Ryan Andrews' dismissal.

It was a third successive defeat for the 21st-placed Hornets, a day on from boss Valerien Ismael signing a new contract with the club.

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Leeds moved into the top six with a 1-0 home win over QPR, secured by Crysencio Summerville's ninth-minute finish. QPR, who sit in the relegation zone, had goalkeeper Asmir Begovic sent off in stoppage time.

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