Wolves thrash Bolton; Coleman gets win

Published on: 25 November 2017

Leo Bonatini celebrates after scoring for Wolves against Bolton in the Championship. Photo by Nigel French/PA Images via Getty Images

Chris Coleman secured his first win as Sunderland manager as they beat Burton to lift themselves off the bottom of the Championship table.

Coleman quit Wales last weekend to take over the stricken Stadium of Light club and had little time to work with the players ahead of a midweek defeat to Aston Villa. But more work on the training ground bore fruit at the Pirelli Stadium as James Vaughan's 84th-minute goal and a second from George Honeyman (88) earned a 2-0 win.

At the other end of the table, leaders Wolves show no sign of letting up after dispatching Bolton 5-1. Fresh from a 4-1 win over Leeds, Wolves scored through Willy Boly, Leo Bonatini, Ivan Cavaleiro (two, one pen) and Diego Jota. Will Buckley netted Bolton's consolation.

In-form Aston Villa won again, seeing off Ipswich 2-0 to keep in the automatic promotion hunt. Albert Adomah was their match-winner once more, taking his tally to five in three games with one either side of the break.

Derby leapfrogged Middlesbrough into the play-off positions as they crushed their hosts 3-0 at the Riverside. Matej Vydra was their match-winner, scoring a hat-trick to take his season's tally to 12. The middle of the three was a penalty, while Boro had Daniel Ayala sent off.

Leeds bounced back from their midweek loss at Wolves to win at Barnsley -- one their bogey grounds. United are regularly beaten at Oakwell but bucked the trend today, Samuel Saiz and Gjanni Alioski scoring first-half goals in a 2-0 win.

Norwich's winless run extended to seven as Preston, led by former City boss Alex Neil, came back to draw 1-1. James Maddison put Norwich ahead but Tom Barkhuizen replied.

The pressure remains firmly on Hull boss Leonid Slutsky after they squandered a 2-0 lead to lose 3-2 at home to Bristol City.

Without a win in five, Hull looked to be doing the job as Fraizer Campbell and top-scorer Jarrod Bowen put them in an apparently safe position. But Aden Flint and Bobby Reid got Bristol City back in it and Josh Brownhill won it with a minute to go.

Oliver Norwood's penalty saw Fulham beat Millwall 1-0 and Reading drew 0-0 with Sheffield Wednesday.

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