Championship roundup: Fulham close gap on promotion rivals

Championship roundup: Crucial win for Fulham
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Fulham, Bristol City and Preston North End are among the big winners in the Championship this weekend.

Fulham have moved to within six points of the Championship's automatic promotion places after defeating fellow high-fliers Derby County 2-1 at Pride Park.

Early goals from in-form duo Aleksandar Mitrovic and Ryan Sessegnon handed the visitors maximum points, with Tom Huddlestone's consolation doing little to boost the fifth-placed Rams' promotion ambitions.

Playoff hopefuls Bristol City consolidated their position in the top six with a 4-0 dismantling of struggling Sheffield Wednesday, with a Bobby Reid hat-trick and a Josh Brownhill strike doing the damage at Ashton Gate.

At the other end of the table, basement club Sunderland remain five points away from a position of safety following a 1-1 draw with Millwall, a match in which a rare Bryan Oviedo goal was cancelled out in the second half by Shaun Hutchinson.

Fellow strugglers Bolton Wanderers failed to capitalise and the Black Cats' dropped points, going down 3-1 at home to Preston North End.

Birmingham City, meanwhile, remain in trouble after losing 2-1 at Nottingham Forest, staying in 22nd place as a result.

No fewer than five of the other scheduled fixtures were called off due to the extreme weather in the UK.

Results in full: Aston Villa P-P QPR, Barnsley P-P Norwich, Bolton 1-3 Preston, Brentford P-P Cardiff, Bristol City 4-0 Sheff Weds, Derby 1-2 Fulham, Ipswich P-P Hull City, Millwall 1-1 Sunderland, Nott'm Forest 2-1 Birmingham, Sheff Utd P-P Burton Albion, Wolves P-P Reading

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TeamPWDLFAGDPTS
1Wolverhampton WanderersWolves35237562283476
2Cardiff CityCardiff35217752282470
3Aston Villa35199756322466
4Fulham361811762382465
5Derby CountyDerby361613755342161
6Middlesbrough361771250341658
7Bristol City361512953421157
8Preston North EndPreston361415745351057
9Sheffield UnitedSheff Utd35174144943655
10Brentford3514111052411153
11Millwall361313104337652
12Ipswich TownIpswich35156144744351
13Leeds UnitedLeeds36147154749-249
14Norwich CityNorwich351212113437-348
15Nottingham ForestNott'm Forest36135184354-1144
16Queens Park RangersQPR351010153952-1340
17Sheffield WednesdaySheff Weds36813153850-1237
18Reading35811164049-935
19Bolton WanderersBolton36811173155-2435
20Hull City35712164653-733
21Barnsley35711173550-1532
22Birmingham CityBirmingham3686222354-3130
23Burton Albion3578202662-3629
24Sunderland36513183865-2728

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