SkyBet Championship: Troost-Ekong's Watford Boost Promotion Hope With A Win As Norwich Plays Draw

  SkyBet Championship: Troost-Ekong's Watford Boost Promotion Hope With A Win As Norwich Plays Draw By Omolagba Oluwayemi Lees 7 minutes own goal was enough for William Troost-Ekong's Watford to secure a 1-0 win against Sheffield Wednesday further helping their promotion course, BSNSports.com.ng reports. Watford have now moved nine points clear of third-placed Swansea although Welsh side who lost to Birmingham City have a games in hand. Brad Potts scored a deflected 95th-minute equaliser to spark wild celebrations as Preston North End denied runaway Championship leaders Norwich City a 10th win in 11 games. Emi Buendia's stunning long-range effort looked to be enough to overcome manager-less Preston and earn the Canaries a win that would have set a new club record of 14 away league victories in a season but the draw reduced their lead on second place Watford to six points. Goals by Nick Powell and Steven Fletcher kept John Obi Mikel's Stoke faint play-off hopes alive as they sentenced Bristol City to a seventh straight home defeat. Powell netted his 12th goal of the campaign to give the Potters a first-half lead, finishing off Jacob Brown's cross. Fletcher then sealed the points with a curling free-kick that zipped beyond Dan Bentley just after the hour mark. It wasStoke's first away success in 12 games keeping them in 11th place, seven points off the top six. Results Bournemouth 3 v 1 Middlesbrough Bristol City 0 v 2 Stoke Cardiff 0 v 1 Nottm Forest Derby 2 v 0 Luton Millwall 1v 0 Rotherham Preston 1 v 1Norwich QPR 3 v 0 Coventry Watford 1v 0 Sheff Wed Wycombe 1 v 0 Blackburn Barnsley 1 v 1Reading Birmingham 1 v 0 Swansea