Burnley thrashed Cardiff Metropolis 5-0 to proceed their good 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 dwelling outing of 2024-25.
Ethan Horvath’s personal aim after simply 9 minutes gave them the lead they usually by no means seemed again from there, with additional objectives from Luca Koleosho, Josh Brownhill, Zeki Amdouni and Johann Berg Gudmundsson giving them a good-looking win someday after they bought star winger Wilson Odobert to Tottenham.
Watford additionally made it two wins out of two with a cushty 3-0 victory over Stoke Metropolis at Vicarage Street, 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 recreation 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 dwelling Championship fixtures in 2024, greater than another participant.
