Championship roundup: Olaofe leaves Wilder bereft on Sheffield United return

Chris Wilder’s return to Sheffield United turned sour as the Charlton substitute Tanto Olaofe snatched a last-minute winner to leave the Blades rooted to the bottom of the Championship. Wilder swept back in to Bramall Lane to replace Rubén Sellés this week but Olaofe’s effort made plain the size of the task ahead, with his club still searching for their first points of an increasingly desperate campaign.

Tyrese Campbell missed two good chances in the first half but the Blades keeper Michael Cooper denied Lloyd Jones and Greg Docherty headed over for the visitors before Olaofe turned home a low cross in the dying seconds.

In contrast, United’s city rivals Sheffield Wednesday claimed their first win as Barry Bannan’s early free-kick and a second-half strike from George Brown on his league debut gave the Owls at 2-0 win at Portsmouth.

The pressure eased on the Wrexham manager, Phil Parkinson, as a Josh Windass double helped his side secure a 3-2 win over Norwich at Carrow Road. Jack Stacey put the Canaries in front, but Windass’s brace sandwiched a 55th-minute strike from Ryan Longman as the Welsh club hit back before being forced to cling on after Jovon Makama’s late effort for the hosts.

Goals from Kyle Joseph, John Lundstram and Oli McBurnie helped Hull end a run of three games without a win as they eased past Southampton 3-1 at the MKM Stadium.

Blackburn’s game against Ipswich was abandoned with about 10 minutes remaining. Ipswich had Jacob Greaves sent off four minutes into the second half, and Blackburn led 1-0 due to Todd Cantwell’s 59th-minute penalty, before heavy rain won the day at Ewood Park.

Lyndon Dykes’ stoppage-time effort enabled Birmingham to bounce back from two straight defeats to beat Swansea 1-0, while the on-loan Alfie Devine grabbed the only goal in Preston’s 1-0 win at Derby.

Harvey Vale’s first goal for QPR gave them a 1-0 win over in-form Stoke at Loftus Road, and a superb goalkeeping display from Coventry’s Carl Rushworth helped the Sky Blues hold on for a goalless draw at Leicester.

On Friday night, David Strelec and Kaly Sène scored their first goals for Middlesbrough in a 2-1 home win over West Brom which maintained the leaders’ unbeaten record. The Slovakia forward Strelec, a deadline-day arrival from Slovan Bratislava, opened the scoring after stabbing home from close range in the 26th minute. He was replaced at half-time by Sène, who joined from Lausanne, and he doubled the lead just after the hour. Aune Heggebø pulled one back for West Brom in the 90th minute but Boro held on, ensuring Albion slipped to only their second defeat of the season.