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Summary
10-man Sunderland beat Burnley to go top of Championship
Watford the other team with 100% record after beating Derby
Middlesbrough rescue stoppage-time equaliser against Pompey
Paul Heckingbottom begins Preston reign with 1-0 win over Luton
Championship early kick-offs: Bristol City 1-1 Coventry, Hull 0-0 Millwall, QPR 1-1 Plymouth - Pilgrims end with nine men
League One: Stockport continue 100% start with 2-0 win over Bristol Rovers
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Black Cats prowling and Hornets buzzingpublished at 17:40 British Summer Time 24 August
17:40 BST 24 August
Image source, PA MediaThat's as far as we go here today on another bumper EFL Saturday.
Sunderland and Watford are sitting pretty atop the Championship after extending their 100% starts to the season.
Down in League One, Stockport, Huddersfield and Charlton all made it three wins from three and in League Two Gillingham stay top despite being held to a goalless draw by Fleetwood.
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Pompey punished for loss of focus - Mousinhopublished at 17:34 British Summer Time 24 August
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FT: Middlesbrough 2-2 Portsmouth
Portsmouth boss John Mousinho accepted his side were second best in their draw at Middlesbrough.
Pompey led 2-1 going into injury time but Tommy Conway's late penalty meant Mousinho's men have now drawn all three of their league games since winning promotion.
“We're obviously going to be disappointed - a bit like Elland Road where we came away from the game going into injury-time with the lead and it transpires that we end up drawing the game," he told BBC Radio Solent.
“There’s a lot of disappointment from that point of view, but from the balance of the game Middlesbrough deserved to win it and we didn’t quite do enough in the second half to hold on to our lead.
“We played really well in the first half for large spells, I thought we thoroughly deserved the lead going into half time
“I think naturally when you come away to places like this you do sit deep and probably there’s a bit too much panic on the ball, we didn’t really quite settle down enough.
“It’s really good lesson as we go up through the levels and play against sides likes this that when we’re on it we can complete, but as soon as we drop even 5% then sides like this do punish you.”
League Two full-time headlinespublished at 17:30 British Summer Time 24 August
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Image source, Rex FeaturesBradford City ended Bromley's unbeaten start to the season with a comfortable 3-1 win at home, Richard Smallwood, Andy Cook and Bobby Pointon with the goals before the 10-man visitors scored a late consolation.
The win saw the Bantams move level on points with Gillingham at the top after the latter were held to the division's only goalless affair at Fleetwood Town.
Barrow moved a point behind the leaders into fourth place with an emphatic 4-0 win over Port Vale. There were wins for Doncaster Rovers, Newport County and AFC Wimbledon which keeps them all in the mixer on six points.
Harrogate Town took the points against Colchester United while Morecambe, who went down 1-0 at Doncaster, continue their pointless start to the season with a third defeat which anchors them to the foot of the table.
League One full-time headlinespublished at 17:27 British Summer Time 24 August
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Image source, Rex FeaturesThree teams maintained a perfect record at the top of League One with Stockport County, Huddersfield and Charlton all on nine points after three games.
Stockport ran out 2-0 winners against Bristol Rovers in one of two early kick offs but did not hold a three point lead at the top for long with the Terriers, edging past bottom club Shrewsbury 1-0, and Charlton, 2-0 winners against Bolton, matching their win later.
Birmingham City beat Leyton Orient 2-1 to move on to the heels of the leaders with seven points and Lincoln City ran out convincing 4-1 winners against Mansfield Town.
Cambridge United produced the comeback of the day against managerless Blackpool to draw a hugely entertaining encounter 4-4,despite leading 4-1 with nearly an hour on the clock.
There was also a come from behind win for Peterborough United who got past Exeter City at St James Park winning 2-1.
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Burton Albion and Stevenage played out the day's other early kick off both sharing a point after a largely forgettable goalless stalemate.
Black Cats and Hornets stay perfectpublished at 17:23 British Summer Time 24 August
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Three games in is when it's acceptable to start talking about tables, right?
Well, Sunderland and Watford fans will think it is anyway. A fine start for Blackburn too, despite losing last season's Championship top scorer Sammie Szmodics to Ipswich.
'Good teams lay foundations and that's what Sunderland are doing'published at 17:18 British Summer Time 24 August
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FT: Sunderland 1-0 Burnley
Gary Bennett
Ex-Sunderland defender on BBC Radio NewcastleIt was fantastic. Credit to the players and staff - the performance by Sunderland was outstanding. The energy levels were amazing and when they did get the ball, they had composure.
We talk about taking opportunities and that's what Romain Mundle did. He deserved his goal. It was a great finish but his overall performance - he was a threat all afternoon.
Good teams lay the foundations, not conceding goals, and that's what Sunderland are doing.
Long trip so nearly worth it for Pompeypublished at 17:15 British Summer Time 24 August
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Middlesbrough 2-2 Portsmouth
Andy Sixsmith
Final Score reporterA 600-mile round trip for the Pompey fans - all to seetheir side come within minutes of a first win in the Championship in 12 years.
Tommy Conway’s 90th-minute penalty - his first for Boroon his home debut - saved Michael Carrick’s side who looked like a familiar foein profligacy was going to cost them again.
Just ask the fan next to me who hadhis head in his hands throughout the second half.
A point apiece then - five draws in the last six meetingsbetween these two sides - so perhaps we shouldn’t be too surprised at theoutcome?!
Image source, Rex Features'Schumacher needs to look at himself'published at 17:13 British Summer Time 24 August
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FT: Stoke 1-2 West Brom
Mike Pejic
Former Stoke defender on BBC Radio StokeLewis Koumas is the one player, the one outlet, the one pass we wanted players to make and he ends up in a wide left position that he's not used to. Then they didn't have the outlet, he was the one player who was doing it all afternoon.
It was totally unbalanced, the players were fazed by it. What we saw was a static game from Stoke.
I'm confused on what Steven Schumacher is thinking. It doesn't make sense. The manager has to look at himself and not the players.
Championship full-time headlinespublished at 17:09 British Summer Time 24 August
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Image source, Rex FeaturesSunderland and Watford both make it three wins out of three to move into the top two places in the as they beat Burnley 1-0 and Derby 2-1 respectively.
Blackburn's Arnor Sigurdsson struck an 83rd-minute winner as they beat Oxford 2-1, while West Brom held-off Stoke to also win 2-1 at the Bet365 Stadium and keep up their unbeaten start to the new season.
Tommy Conway struck a last-minute penalty for his first Middlesbrough goal as they came from behind to draw 2-2 with Portsmouth, and Preston secured their first win of Paul Heckingbottom's tenure with a 1-0 win against a struggling Luton.
Norwich and Sheffield United then shared the points in a 1-1 draw at Carrow Road as the Canaries failed again to break their winning duck for the season.
Burnley lacking numbers?published at 17:06 British Summer Time 24 August
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FT: Sunderland 1-0 Burnley
Steve Eyre
Former Burnley youth player on BBC Radio LancashireIf you're putting centre-halves to go play upfront, you've not got enough at your club.
Scott Parker threw on defender Luke McNally for Andreas Hountondji, a midfielder, to play up front for the closing stages today.
FULL-TIMEpublished at 17:00 British Summer Time 24 August
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Middlesbrough 2-2 Portsmouth
Middlesbrough's late penalty rescues them a point against Portsmouth.
The Blues have drawn their third Championship game in a row.
FULL-TIMEpublished at 16:58 British Summer Time 24 August
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Stoke 1-2 West Brom
West Brom continue their unbeaten start to the Championship campaign, holding off a second-half barrage from Stoke to take all three points.
Karlan Grant and Josh Maja scored for the Baggies in the first-half after Lewis Koumas had equalised for Stoke in between.
Koumas twice rattled the woodwork after Stoke went behind, but the Potters weren't able to go on and find the goal they needed.
FULL-TIMEpublished at 16:56 British Summer Time 24 August
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Blackburn Rovers 2-1 Oxford United
It's victory for Blackburn Rovers who secure back-to-back home wins.
Mark Harris' spectacular first half effort was not enough for the U's as they slip to their second league defeat of the season.
FULL-TIMEpublished at 16:55 British Summer Time 24 August
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Watford 2-1 Derby
You'd have got long odds on Watford and Sunderland being the only two teams in the Championship to have a 100% record in the league after three games but here we are.
Skipper Moussa Sissoko won it for Tom Cleverley's men with his first goal for the club since returning from Nantes last month.
FULL-TIMEpublished at 16:54 British Summer Time 24 August
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Sunderland 1-0 Burnley
Image source, Rex FeaturesHISTORY BOYS.
Sunderland make it three wins from three league games at the start of a season for the first time since 1925.
They had to see it out with 10 men after Dan Neil was sent off late on and they did so to go top of the table.
Burnley's own 100% start to the campaign ends with a whimper in a match where they had just one shot on target.
FULL-TIMEpublished at 16:54 British Summer Time 24 August
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Preston 1-0 Luton
For the first time in eight (yes, eight) league games Preston score a goal and also come away with all three points for the first time this Championship season.
Will Keane's goal just before the break was enough for Paul Heckingbottom to get his tenure as Preston boss off to the perfect start with a win.
Luton's tough return to the second tier continues. The remain with just point from three games and have slipped to 23rd in the table - they could be bottom tomorrow depending how Cardiff get on.
FULL-TIMEpublished at 16:52 British Summer Time 24 August
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Norwich City 1-1 Sheff Utd
The good: Norwich extend their unbeaten home record to 20 league games.
The bad: They remain without a league win this season.
GOAL: Middlesbrough 2-2 Portsmouthpublished at 16:52 British Summer Time 24 August
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Tommy Conway (90 mins)
Middlesbrough's Tommy Conway coverts the penalty into the bottom left-hand corner of Will Norris's net.
It was Portsmouth's Owen Moxon who committed the foul that resulted in the spot kick.
It's Conway's first goal since joining Boro, we have seven added minutes.
Postpublished at 16:52 British Summer Time 24 August
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Preston 1-0 Luton
Luton are throwing everything at an equaliser in these final few moments, but so far coming up short.
Luton's Elijah Adebayo has seen one header go over the bar and one safely into the hands of Preston keeper Freddie Woodman.
League Two latestpublished at 16:51 British Summer Time 24 August
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Good day for Barrow who were beaten in the Cumbria derby last weekend. They are leading 3-0 against Port Vale.
Bradford City are going similarly well 3-1 to the good against Bromley for all that the visitors have pulled one back late.
Ten-man Salford City have pulled an equaliser out of the bag with four minutes to go against Chesterfield, Kely N'Mai with the goal.
Doncaster, Harrogate Town, AFC Wimbledon, MK Dons, who have added a third, and Newport County are all looking booked for three points.
Fleetwood Town and Gillingham is the only goalless affair as the clock ticks towards full-time.
