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League Championship: Ipswich Town and Derby County win, Wigan lose

Derby County maintained their stranglehold over Leeds United with a comfortable 2-0 Championship victory at the iPro Stadium that leaves the Yorkshire club just one point above the relegation zone.

A 30,000 plus crowd saw Derby move up to third in the table through a first half own-goal from Alex Mowatt and a Jake Buxton header early in the second on a bitter night in the east midlands.

It was another dominant display by Derby, who had won seven of their last eight games at home against Leeds, so losing captain Stephen Warnock to injury in the opening minutes was a serious setback for the visitors.

In-form Ipswich crushed Charlton Athletic 3-0 in front of their biggest crowd of the season to maintain the pressure on Championship leaders Bournemouth.

Tommy Smith and Daryl Murphy continued their fine form in front of goal with a goal in each half before David McGoldrick netted a deserved third in injury time.

The win moved second-placed Town a point behind the Cherries.

Winger Callum McManaman saw red nine minutes after coming on as Wigan were beaten 1-0 by Sheffield Wednesday to leave Malky Mackay's men rooted in the bottom three at the turn of the year.

McManaman, who came under fire for a wild studs-up challenge on Newcastle's Massadio Haidara in 2013, jumped at fellow substitute Claude Dielna with both feet in the 68th minute to earn his marching orders and Wednesday promptly took full advantage.

Atdhe Nuhiu nodded beyond Wigan goalkeeper Scott Carson nine minutes after McManaman's rush of blood to the head as the hosts suffered a third straight home loss, with Mackay having taken just one point from the 12 on offer at the DW Stadium since his controversial appointment last month.

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