Steven Schumacher

Middlesbrough stay second after a 3-2 win over Stoke featuring an own goal and a late winner, Watford drop into the relegation zone after a 5-1 thrashing at Cardiff, Birmingham cruise past 10-man Preston and results come thick and fast across the Championship.

Ten-man Stoke end 36-year wait for win at Bolton as Cissé and Wilmot sink Wanderers

Lamine Cissé and Ben Wilmot scored as 10-man Stoke City beat Bolton Wanderers 2-1 at the Toughsheet Community Stadium to claim their first win at Bolton since October 1990 and stretch their unbeaten Sky Bet Championship run to six games, lifting Mark Robins' side to fourth while the Trotters slipped to 17th.

EFL weekend preview: Savage to face Leicester on Peterborough debut as Alexander returns to Preston

The EFL returns after the international break with a packed October weekend featuring West Midlands and South Coast derbies, Steven Schumacher’s Bolton facing former club Stoke, Graham Alexander’s homecoming at Preston and Robbie Savage’s first League One game in charge of Peterborough against Leicester City.

Ito strikes off the bench as Bolton edge Norwich in seven-goal Carrow Road thriller

Substitute Atsuki Ito scored the winner as Bolton beat Norwich 4-3 in a frantic Championship encounter at Carrow Road, the Canaries' second straight 4-3 defeat.