Moritz Leitner celebrates after scoring for Norwich against rivals Ipswich
Moritz Leitner celebrates after scoring for Norwich against rivals Ipswich

Sky Bet Championship: Points shared in East Anglian derby, Bristol City beat Blackburn


A review of Sunday's matches in the Sky Bet Championship...

Ipswich Town 1-1 Norwich City: Points shared in East Anglian derby

Ipswich Town were denied a first win of the season - and their first victory over East Anglian rivals Norwich City for nine and a half years - by Moritz Leitner's maiden goal for his new club.

Ipswich opened the scoring thanks to Gwion Edwards' deflected effort 12 minutes after half-time, only for Leitner to equalise for the visitors with a well-taken strike on 71 minutes.

That was how the contest finished, the third time in the last four meetings these two arch-rivals have drawn 1-1 - a result that does at least lift Town off the foot of the table.

Norwich, meanwhile, jump up to 17th place after avoiding a fourth defeat in their last six league outings.

Bristol City 4-1 Blackburn: Robins on the up

Bristol City moved into the Sky Bet Championship play-off places by coming from behind to beat Blackburn 4-1 at Ashton Gate.

The visitors took a 13th-minute lead in bizarre circumstances as City allowed a low inswinging corner from the right by Charlie Mulgrew to enter their net unaided, with goalkeeper Niki Maenpaa flat-footed and no one defending the near post.

However, Lee Johnson's men were level at half-time thanks to Josh Brownhill's effort and they turned things round in the second half with further goals from Marley Watkins, Famara Diedhiou and Marlon Pack.

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