Jordan Rhodes’s last-minute header earned Sheffield Wednesday a 2-1 win at Bournemouth as the promotion-chasing Cherries’ poor recent run continued.
Rhodes rose to nod in Kadeem Harris’s pin-point cross to lead Wednesday to a first away win in 10 matches after a Junior Stanislas penalty had cancelled out Callum Paterson’s first-half opener.
Wednesday took a deserved lead in the 44th minute courtesy of some slapstick defending from their hosts. Chris Mepham’s poor back pass was seized upon by Paterson and the Owls’ top scorer gleefully poked the ball underneath a despairing Begovic.
Bournemouth, who sold Josh King and signed Shane Long on loan on transfer deadline day, took control of the game in the second half and Jefferson Lerma should have done better with his header from an Arnaut Danjuma corner. David Brooks also forced a smart save from Kieren Westwood from an acute angle as the Cherries pressed for a winner.
The Owls were lucky not to end the game with 10 men after Chey Dunkley escaped with only a yellow card for hauling down Sam Surridge when he was clean through on goal. To add to Bournemouth’s sense of injustice, Rhodes popped up with the winner to send them crashing to their fourth successive defeat.
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Michael Rose’s own goal gifted Nottingham Forest just their third away win of the season as they beat Coventry 2-1 at St Andrew’s. Rose, who came off the bench following a three-month injury lay-off, turned Cyrus Christie’s cross into his own net as Forest came from 1-0 down to clinch the three points. Maxime Biamou’s smart finish had initially put the Sky Blues a goal up before Forest captain Lewis Grabban equalised five minutes later. Coventry have won just two of their last nine league outings. The defeat was the Sky Blues’ first at home in over three months as victory pushed Forest four points clear of the relegation zone.
Jed Wallace missed an open goal with the last kick of the game to allow leaders Norwich to escape with a point in a goalless draw against an impressive Millwall. Daniel Farke’s visitors showed signs of their fluent best but Millwall, now unbeaten in their last four league games, should have won it at the death when Wallace shot wide with Tim Krul stranded off his line. Gary Rowett’s team looked dangerous during the opening period as Ben Thompson, Kenneth Zohore and Wallace all went close.
Birmingham were left frustrated by a terrific performance from Wycombe goalkeeper Ryan Allsop as they came away from Adams Park with a 0-0 draw. The Blues had the best chances to claim the spoils and haul themselves further clear of the bottom three but Allsop had an inspired night between the posts for the division’s bottom club and the visitors’ frustrations eventually boiled over, as they had defender Marc Roberts sent off late on.
Rotherham’s home clash with Derbywas postponed due to a waterlogged pitch. The sides had been due to meet at the New York Stadium on Tuesday evening but the game was called off following a pitch inspection at around 6pm. A statement on Rotherham’s official website read: “Club staff had worked throughout the day to clear the overnight snowfall off the covers at the Millers’ home but a late downpour of rain with more forecast for the evening has rendered the pitch unplayable.”