English Championship: Success Sees Yellow In Watford As Leaders Drops Points

  By Omolagba Oluwayemi On Saturday afternoon at the Vicarage Road, Nigerian forward, Isaac Success got yellow carded in Watford's 3-0 win Lee Bowyer's Birmingham City, BSNSports.com.ng reports. The Nigerian who started the match alongside country-man Williams Troost-Ekong got yellow carded in the 44th before making way for Joseph Hungbo in 57th minute. Ken Sema (4'), Nathaniel Chalobah (55'), and Andre Gray (80') were the scorers for Watford as continue their quest for promotion in second place with 75 points, six points above third place Swansea and 8 behind first place Norwich City. John Obi Mikel and Stoke City endured a torrid afternoon at Bet365 Stadium but ended up beating Wayne Rooney's Derby County by a lone goal. It was Jacob Brown's fourth goal of the season that gave Potter's the victory to keep pressure on the Rams. Meanwhile championship leaders, Norwich moved another step closer to promotion despite being held by a determined Blackburn side. The hosts had looked on course to equal a 35-year-old record of 10 consecutive league wins when Scotland midfielder Kenny McLean drove a low effort into the bottom-left corner. However, the visitors levelled 13 minutes from time when Sam Gallagher headed in Harvey Elliott's back-post free-kick. Norwich stay eight points clear at the top of the table, while Blackburn remain 15th. Daniel Farke's side came into the contest seeking to emulate the record set by Ken Brown's side in 1985-86, also in the second tier. Cardiff City won the south Wales derby and dealt a huge blow to Swansea's hopes of automatic promotion with a hard-fought 1-0 victory at Liberty Stadium. Defender Aden Flint headed the Bluebirds in front, reacting when the Swans failed to deal with a long throw. Kieffer Moore missed a golden chance to double the lead and Swansea poured on the pressure in the second half. However, Andre Ayew hit the inside of the post with Swansea's best chance. The victory lifts Cardiff to eighth in the Championship, four points off the play-off berths, while Swansea stay third. Other Results Brentford 1-1 Nottingham Forest Barnsley 1-2 Sheffield Wednesday Bristol 0-2 Rotterdam Coventry 0-0 Wycombe Millwall 1-0 Middleborough Preston 0-1 Luton Reading 1-1 QPR