The Championship saw a comical own goal, more controversy, and plenty of twists and turns in the promotion and relegation battles.
In the evening kick offs, Coventry (1st) and Middlesbrough (2nd) could only draw, Ipswich moved up to second place after coming from behind to beat Birmingham City, who felt frustrated at having the ball in the net during the second half, Ibrahim Osman’s shot turned into the net by an Ipswich player, only for it to be disallowed with it deemed that the ball was flagged to have gone out during the build-up.
Meanwhile, Derby County came away with three points to keep up their hopes of finishing in the play-off places.
Down at the other end, the top six clubs all played each other. Leicester City missed the chance to move out of the bottom three.
Despite Sheffield Wednesday missing the chance to win their first home game of the season, they would have fallen to defeat if it weren’t for outstanding saves by Pierce Charles. A point for both teams after a 1-1 draw at Hillsborough. It is just one win in 15 for Leicester City.
We saw a horror own-goal from Thierry Small which prevented Preston from taking all three points against Queens Park Rangers.
Have a watch of the highlights and check out all the reaction from managers…
Blackburn 0-0 West Brom
West Brom interim head coach James Morrison said to BBC WM:
“I saw my players give everything. We just lacked a bit of quality in the final third, just lacked that bit of composure – someone who’s going to get that final pass off and give our strikers a chance in the box.
“Having said that, the keeper’s made a terrific save off Heggebo. It was world-class. Then (had Albion scored) it would have been a different game, sat here 1-0 with a really good away performance.
“It keeps the momentum and we’ve seen that the results have gone for us again, so we’ve just got to keep getting the results and points on the board and keep moving forward.”
Blackburn Rovers manager Michael O’Neill told BBC Radio Lancashire:
“Overall we have to be happy with four points from the two games.
“I didn’t think we played as well today – there’s always a worry after what the players put into the game on Friday that they can’t get to the same level physically.
“I think first half we struggled a little bit with that, gave the ball away a little bit cheaply, and the goalkeeper makes an amazing save for us, which we needed at that point in time.
“But second half I thought we were a lot better. I thought we looked like the team more likely to win the game, but we didn’t maybe make the best of some of the opportunities that we had.
“So overall we have to be pleased with a clean sheet. It keeps us six points clear of the teams that are in the bottom three and chalks another game off.”
Bristol City 1-0 Sheffield United
Bristol City’s Roy Hodgson told BBC Radio Bristol:
“The defending was key. The concentration and the determination from the keeper and defenders, supported by the midfield and the front players.
“We were asked so many questions in that second half and to answer those questions makes me so proud of the players.
On goalkeeper Vitek: “These last two games he’s been fantastic. He’s got a great temperament and a real dominance in the air. I’d be surprised if he didn’t go back to Manchester United eventually and be there a very long time.
“Every game teaches you things. Unfortunately, you need more time to process things and work on them, but it has been a fantastic two games.
“I’ m not in favour of over-complicating and reinventing the game. There’s a lot to build on for whoever comes in, and I hope they’ll find themselves nearer the top than the bottom.”
Sheffield United boss Chris Wilder told BBC Radio Sheffield:
“We went with a different shape for this game. There’s a few reasons why I wanted to have a little peek at that.
“But shapes don’t win games of football. Attitude and approaches do.
“In the first half, as soon as they scored the goal, there were players doubting themselves, and they can’t at this club. They have to have the character and the personality.
“In the second half it was where I wanted to be, and I think that was recognised by the supporters.
“It was front-foot, it was positive, it was risk, it was quick and aggressive, and it resulted in so many shots and crosses, but we have to win and that’s what we’re here to do.”
Derby 2-0 Stoke City
Derby’s John Eustace told BBC Radio Derby:
“I thought it was an excellent performance today. The boys were top drawer from start to finish.
“Obviously after Friday night and the effort they put in against the best team in the league [Coventry City] was outstanding, and to come away with nothing was really disappointing.
“We could easily have turned up today feeling a little sorry for ourselves, but the way the lads really stepped on and were on the front foot, the football we played today was outstanding.”
On Patrick Agyemang’s injury: “Pat’s gone off and gone for a scan, so we will have to wait and see.
“We don’t want to see any player going off on a stretcher, and we don’t want to lose our best players, so let’s see how long it will be.”
Stoke’s Mark Robins said to BBC Radio Stoke:
“How did I see the game? It was a nothing first half, but they had better chances than us.
“On Good Friday it was a really good win. Then coming into this one as we come to the end of the season, I’m looking for more.
“And really, I’m left disappointed because we’ve certainly not done enough with the ball, but we have looked passive, which isn’t us – it shouldn’t be us and can’t be us. And we left ourselves open to that defeat, and that is a concern.
“After a game where we’ve had to work hard, even against a Sheffield Wednesday side that has been struggling, we win the game and we have to bounce onto the next one, and we don’t or can’t do that.
“It is really difficult to win any game of football in any division, and the Championship is brutal, but you certainly have to match the opposition in terms of fight, and we haven’t got that.
“We just haven’t got that at this stage and the players who have got that just looked like they weren’t at the level of Derby’s players.”
Ipswich 2-1 Birmingham
Birmingham manager Chris Davies told BBC Radio WM:
“I thought the least we deserved was a point from today’s game. We scored a legitimate goal and I’ve never been as frustrated with a refereeing decision in my entire career in football, because of how hard we worked at a place like this to get into that position.
“For a linesman 60 yards away to guess, when actually we now see the ball isn’t out of play, is very frustrating because the least we deserved was a point from this game.
“You can see from the reaction of the players that it was in play and it’s one person guessing in this whole stadium.
“I asked the linesman straight after the game ‘why did you do that?’ and he said ‘I can assure you the ball was out of play, I wouldn’t have given it otherwise’. But it wasn’t, we’ve seen that and that is as hard to take as anything because of what we gave in the game and what we deserved.”
Ipswich boss Kieran McKenna said to BBC Radio Suffolk:
“I think first half, we deserved to be ahead for sure. I thought we were outstanding and we were good value to get a couple of goals.
“The half-time whistle came at the wrong time because we looked like we were going to score on every attack.
“The second half was really difficult and you have to give Birmingham credit for that. They’re in a position where they had a swing at it. They’ve got some good players on the bench and brought on good forwards to throw everything at us.
“We didn’t impose ourselves from an attacking point of view as well as we would have liked in the second half and we couldn’t quite get a foothold on it. So then we had to try and be resilient and manage the game well, and we mostly did that.”
On Birmingham’s controversial disallowed goal: “I don’t know whether the ball was in or out. I’ve not seen it back. In the Championship, you’re flipping a coin on those because you don’t know – the referees don’t have the angles, the linesmen don’t have the angles. But I’m not going to give that one a second thought.”
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— Birmingham City FC (@BCFC) April 6, 2026
Millwall 1-2 Norwich
Millwall’s Alex Neil, per Sky Sports:
“The problem we had was energy in the middle of the pitch. We looked a bit jaded, we didn’t look our normal selves.
“We didn’t move the ball well enough. I don’t know whether it’s nerves or a lack of quality, but I thought Norwich were better.
“We managed to get the first goal and I think my biggest disappointment is we are usually good from that position.
“It’s a disappointing day. I don’t think over the piece we did enough to win the game and we didn’t defend two moments well enough.”
Norwich’s Philippe Clement:
“I just said to the players in the dressing room that for me it’s been our best performance.
“I have huge respect for what Millwall and what the manager here are doing this season and what a tough place this is to come.
“If you don’t have enough movement against this team you get smacked.
“To be that dominant and to be the better team shows good signs. I challenged them again this morning and they responded.”
Portsmouth 2-2 Oxford
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Sheffield Wednesday 1-1 Leicester
Sheffield Wednesday’s Henrik Pederson told BBC Radio Sheffield:
“He [Pierce Charles] is a fantastic goalkeeper. Normally we speak about Pierce being top with his feet, today how also showed how mentally strong he is and how strong he is defensively. Top performance from him.
“I think there’s nobody that has doubt for his potential. He has a big, big future, that’s why we are really, really proud and really happy that he’s a part of Sheffield Wednesday. We will do everything we can to keep him for the future.”
Leicester City boss Gary Rowett told BBC Radio Leicester:
“We knew it was a game we had to win. Other results mean we are in no different a position in some ways but it’s not about that, it’s about taking your opportunities.
“We have had three games now where overall we have created lots and lots of chances, lots and lots of efforts at goal, had lots and lots of the ball.
“I don’t think we have necessarily had games where structurally, tactically, we have had problems. It’s just been we need the quality in those final moments. We keep inviting teams to have a lead then basically sit in on that lead. It means you have got to show that extra quality to open it up.
“It’s quite ridiculous [to concede early]. That’s what we warned against. That means we have got to score two goals, the problem is we haven’t done that many times this season.”
Watford 1-1 Charlton
Watford head coach Ed Still said to BBC Three Counties Radio:
“We made the alterations we needed with and without the ball in the second half and completely dominated.
“We had chances from distance, in the box, on transitions and open play. That’s the real positive. We’re gutted we haven’t taken [more] of them.
“We conceded off a second ball from a throw-in. We weren’t quite impactful enough on defensive set-pieces. Despite that, we should have won.”
Charlton head coach Nathan Jones told BBC Radio London:
“It’s a good point. Watford have outstanding individuals who can change and win a game – players who have cost millions, talented individuals from all over Europe.
“When we got the goal, they made a plethora of positive subs. We found that difficult to contain but we didn’t give them any clear-cut chances and, when they shot from distance, Will Mannion had a wonderful game.
“We need to get a win very, very soon, so it just settles everyone down and we can start planning. We’ll probably have to lose every game to be embroiled in anything, but the message is to finish the season strongly.”
Swansea City 2-2 Middlesbrough
Swansea head coach Vitor Matos:
“We needed to control the game without the ball, getting compact, getting the right timings, the right positions, the right organisation.
“We knew Middlesbrough is a really good team with the ball, with a lot of individual technique in all positions, which can hurt you.
“With two games [over Easter] and all the internationals arriving last Thursday, you need first to be organised and compact and then you can put pressure and be effective.
“That’s what we tried and then when we had the ball we tried to use it to create some good chances. We needed to use counter-attacks and for that some players were really important. I think overall it was a good game.”
On Middlesbrough’s penalty:
“From where I was standing it seems that there was not really a contact. But I still haven’t seen it properly.”
Middlesbrough head coach Kim Hellberg:
“First 15, 20 [minutes] – outstanding. I think we came to a ground where everyone has struggled to play against Swansea and their way of playing.
“They’re a good team on the ball. I think we were outstanding with so many players away to keep that control we are so good with – play through, play over, play round.
“It’s a little bit tougher when they get their penalty, then I think we’re back to taking control of the game. There’s a new penalty, 2-1, so it’s tough to go in with 2-1 down after that first half.
“We fought back in the second half, I think we did it very well. We create a lot of opportunities, show a lot of desire, character. It could be easy after that first half to put blame on people or anything or each other. They didn’t, they just fight through it.”
Hull 0-0 Coventry
Coventry manger Frank Lampard tells Sky Sports:
“I’m satisfied and I loved it from us because on that pitch, it’s very difficult to play.
“The determination of the team to grab the game, second half of the first half, do what we needed to do and get more control as the half went on.
“And then every moment we dealt with because they’re a transition team and could bring on players with more speed and quality.
“I thought the determination of the team at this stage of the season to get a clean sheet was first class.
“We weren’t at our clinical best and I’m not an excuses man but the pitch made it very difficult for technical players to get hold of the ball.
On potential penalty for handball by Hull’s Lewie Coyle: “I’ve seen it again and it’s a penalty that’s been missed. It’s a clear handball and given by VAR in my opinion.
“We’re getting closer but we have to do our job.”
Hull manager Sergej Jakirovic tells Sky Sports:
“We faced the best team in the league and didn’t allow them anything.
“We were very aggressive, very compact, we created some chances.
“I’m happy with this point at this stage of the season and the clean sheet is very important.
“They’re dangerous and are high quality and we have to continue like this.
“Just the last third, we maybe needed to be more calm in the box and make better decisions.”
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