Frank Lampard's Coventry City moved three points clear at the top of the Championship table following a 3-1 win over 10-man Watford on Saturday.

The Hornets were already three goals down by the time they lost James Abankwah to a straight red card one minute before half-time, following his last-man foul on Haji Wright.

Brandon Thomas-Asante scored with a glancing header just three minutes in, before Jamie Allen fired home to make it 2-0 in the seventh minute.

Having assisted Thomas-Asante's opener, Tatsuhiro Sakamoto got Coventry's third goal from the edge of the area in the 42nd minute, rendering Imran Louza's second-half penalty a mere consolation for Watford, who are 14th in the table.

The win moved Coventry four points clear of Middlesbrough, and Rob Edwards' men could only cut that gap by a single point as they rallied from 1-0 down to draw 1-1 with Wrexham.

Josh Windass' deflected strike put Wrexham ahead at the Riverside Stadium after only seven minutes, and Middlesbrough had to wait until the 80th minute to level amid a lacklustre performance, with Hayden Hackney heading Callum Brittain's cross home.

That result ensured Middlesbrough lost ground on three of the teams immediately behind them, as Millwall, Bristol City and Stoke City all earned single-goal victories.

Mark Robins' Potters overcame Portsmouth 1-0 in the early slate, courtesy of an own goal from Hayden Matthews, while Sinclair Armstrong's calm one-v-one finish handed Bristol City a hard-fought victory over Birmingham City.

Millwall, meanwhile, got a deserved win over struggling Leicester City despite Mihailo Ivanovic seeing a penalty saved by Jakub Stolarczyk, with Femi Azeez's 44th-minute strike proving decisive. 

Will Still remains under pressure at fellow relegated side Southampton, who are 20th following a 2-1 defeat to Blackburn Rovers, who saw Ryan Alebiosu and Andri Gudjohnsen score in the final 14 minutes.

And Sheffield Wednesday lost by the same scoreline at home to Oxford United, dampening the mood of fans that returned to Hillsborough after protests against Dejphon Chansiri's ownership, which is effectively over after the club entered administration on Friday.

Data Debrief: Sky Blues flying high

Coventry have now won five league games in a row for only the third time in their Football League history, having also done so in August 1954 and September 1964.

With 28 points from 12 games, they have made their best-ever start to a league campaign, while Thomas-Asante has now scored or assisted in six successive Championship games.