Championship roundup: Boro close gap at top after Coventry held by 10-man Preston

Key Highlights

• I said to the players it shouldn’t feel like a loss but it does because of the standards and the way that we play.”Middlesbrough extended Kim Hellberg’s perfect start as manager with a 2-1 victory at Charlton.
• Boro were 2-0 up at the break after goals by Riley McGree and Morgan Whittaker.
• The Charlton goalkeeper Thomas Kaminski made a number of saves to prevent the visitors from being out of sight. There was a frantic finish when George Edmundson headed into his own net from Rob Apter’s cross with nine minutes of normal time remaining. Kieran Morgan struck with the last kick of the match to fire QPR up to sixth after a 2-1 win against Birmingham. The Blues thought they had secured a point when Patrick Roberts cancelled out Jimmy Dunne’s first-half header in the third minute of stoppage time.
• But QPR went straight up the other end and Morgan, who only came on with four minutes of normal time remaining, crashed in a dramatic last-gasp winner. It was a fourth win from their past five matches for QPR, while Birmingham have now lost seven matches on the road this season. Middlesbrough’s Morgan Whittaker (second left) slides in to score their second goal at Charlton.
• teven Paston/PATonda Eckert continued his impressive start as Southampton manager with a sixth victory in seven games as the Saints held off a West Brom fightback to win 3-2 at St Mary’s. The Championship top scorer Adam Armstrong struck twice before half-time to take his tally to 11 after Leo Scienza set the hosts on their way with an early goal.