Burnley thrashed Cardiff Metropolis 5-0 to proceed their excellent begin to the season and go prime of the early Championship standings.
Having began life beneath Scott Parker with a 4-1 win at Luton City on Monday, the Clarets produced one other dazzling show on their first residence outing of 2024-25.
Ethan Horvath’s personal aim after simply 9 minutes gave them the lead and so they by no means seemed again from there, with additional targets from Luca Koleosho, Josh Brownhill, Zeki Amdouni and Johann Berg Gudmundsson giving them a good-looking win sooner or later after they offered star winger Wilson Odobert to Tottenham.
Watford additionally made it two wins out of two with a snug 3-0 victory over Stoke Metropolis at Vicarage Highway, with Edo Kayambe grabbing a brace and Ryan Andrews additionally netting.
Managerless Preston North Finish, in the meantime, continued their woeful begin to the marketing campaign as they fell to a 3-0 defeat at Swansea Metropolis.
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Bristol Metropolis sit simply two factors off the tempo after edging Millwall in a seven-goal epic, their new signing Scott Twine coming off the bench to web the winner in a 4-3 triumph.
Twine’s 88th-minute effort determined a sport by which the Robins threw away an early 2-0 result in go 3-2 down, with Fally Mayulu dragging them again to 3-3 with 12 minutes to play.
Lastly, Blackburn Rovers started life with out Sammie Szmodics with a battling 2-2 draw away at Norwich Metropolis, with Yuki Ohashi scoring with simply three minutes left.
Josh Sargent had a aim and an help for the Canaries, and he has now netted 11 instances in residence Championship fixtures in 2024, greater than another participant.