A lively encounter at the Den saw Huddersfield Town score three past highflying Millwall in the Championship on Saturday.
The victory saw the end to Millwall’s unbeaten home run despite Huddersfield only winning two of their last 13 away games.
Goals from Josh Koroma, Pipa and Lewis O’Brien gave the Terriers an unlikely win in the capital.
Carlos Corberan’s men never looked fazed throughout the game and now sit 12th in the table, whilst the hosts have fallen outside of the playoffs.
Elsewhere in the Championship, Middlesbrough left it late to grab a win at home to Nottingham Forest.
Substitute, Marvin Johnson, arrived at the back post to volley in George Saville’s cross with under ten minutes left in the game.
The defeat was Chris Hughton’s first since taking charge of Forest in early October.
Boro rise to fifth in the table, just two points off second place Swansea, whilst Forest sit outside the relegation zone on goal difference.
It was a day to forget in the Premier League for Leeds United after they were thumped 4-1 by Leicester City at Elland Road on Monday night.
Leicester took the advantage in the first half through strikes from Harvey Barnes and Youri Tielemans.
Stuart Dallas gave the Whites a lifeline just after halftime before Pablo Hernandez nearly levelled the match after his shot rattled the crossbar.
However, Jamie Vardy sealed the victory later in the half before Tielemans added his second of the game from the penalty spot in added time.
Leeds now find themselves inside the bottom half of the table in 12th, whilst the Foxes rise to second.
Hull City were defeated 2-1 away at Swindon Town in League One, despite going one-nil up at the County Ground.
Keane Lewis-Potter scored a wonderful opening goal early on, which was cancelled out later in the half by Paul Caddis’ strike, which crashed in off the bar.
Less than ten minutes into the second half, Joel Grant put the hosts into the lead and Hull were unable to recover and salvage a point.
The result meant that the Tigers dropped down to fourth, with the Robins moving out of the relegation zone.
10-man Harrogate Town battled hard but came away from South Wales with nothing thanks to a late winner from Brandon Cooper.
The Exiles opened the scoring on 30 minutes with a Padraig Amond goal before Josh Falkingham was sent for an early bath after picking up two yellow cards.
However, the Sulphurites managed to level the game right on halftime when Will Smith prodded the ball home from a corner.
Late heartbreak for the visitors meant the home side stay at the top of League Two whilst Harrogate fall to 12th.
Finally, in League Two, Bradford City lost 1-0 away to Barrow thanks to an 18-minute strike from Connor Brown.
The Bantams were reduced to ten men after Levi Sutton received a straight red card after a lunge on Jason Taylor.
Bradford are now 16th in the table whilst Barrow jump above them into 15th place.
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