Thomas-Asannte, Allen and Sakamoto seal 3-1 victory
Ipswich beat West Brom, Stoke win at Portsmouth
Coventry, the leaders, recorded their sixth win in a row with a 3-1 victory over 10-man Watford, putting the pressure on second-placed Middlesbrough, who are hosting Wrexham in a later kick-off.
Frank Lampard’s side got off to a flying start when Brandon Thomas-Asante and Jamie Allen scored within the first seven minutes. Tatsuhiro Sakamoto made it 3-0 on 42 minutes before James Abankwah was sent off for the visitors. Imran Louza’s second-half penalty proved nothing more than a consolation for Javi Gracia’s side.
It could have been a very different start to the afternoon but for Carl Rushworth in Coventry’s goal, who denied Rocco Vata when the Watford winger was put through one-on-one a minute before Thomas-Asante’s opener. Abankwah’s red card was for hacking down Haji Wright as the American bore down on goal.
