Championship roundup: Leicester and Leeds cruise, Saints march on

Patson Daka’s second-half double helped Leicester move six points clear at the top of the Championship with a comfortable 3-0 win against bottom-placed Rotherham.

Daka opened the scoring on the hour with a simple finish from close range before then converting from the penalty spot five minutes later after he was fouled by Rotherham goalkeeper Viktor Johansson. Substitute Cesare Casadei completed the scoring with a diving header in the 72nd minute, sealing a fifth straight league win and extending their lead at the top following Ipswich’s heavy defeat at Leeds.

A Taylor Harwood-Bellis header gave Southampton a 1-0 victory at QPR to make it 15 matches without defeat – the Saints’ longest unbeaten run since 1950. The visitors ended the match with 10 men following the 89th-minute sending-off of Shea Charles, but they held on.

Southampton’s fine run has included 10 wins and Russell Martin’s side, fourth in the table, remain very much in the race for automatic promotion. Rangers, meanwhile, have suffered back-to-back defeats and remain third from bottom, having previously won three matches in a row under recently-appointed boss Martí Cifuentes.

Middlesbrough moved to within three points of the play-off places with a deserved 1-0 win over West Brom at the Riverside. Morgan Rogers scored the only goal as Boro followed their midweek Carabao Cup quarter-final success at Port Vale with a third straight win in all competitions. Albion remain fifth, but Carlos Corberan’s side have now won just one of their last five league games.

Michael Beale’s first game as Sunderland head coach ended in disappointment as his side were beaten 3-0 by Coventry at the Stadium of Light. Beale, confirmed as Tony Mowbray’s successor on Monday, watched