Finally Benitez and Newcastle efforts have been rewarded as the Magpies finally goes top of the table. This and more on Day 14.
At last Benitez and his boys are new leaders of the Championship with a 3-0 home win over Ipswich.
Ayoze Perez scored twice with Ritchie hitting the third as the Magpies now enjoy three points lead over second place Brighton who obtained a 1-0 away victory at second from bottom Wigan with a Dale Stephens‘ second half goal.
In third place but on same points with Brighton, Huddersfield Town who managed to obtain all three points with an Elias Kachunga‘s injury-time goal which ended Derby County‘s four-game unbeaten run.
Norwich lost their leadership of the Championship with a defeat at Carrow Road against Preston. An Alex Baptiste‘s late header sealed the Canaries faith as they slipped to fourth place.
Good win was registered by Aston Villa over Fulham thanks to an 80′ goal from Kodjia for Steve Bruce first home victory since he took over from Di Matteo.
Leeds added Zenga‘s woes as Wolves suffered a 0-1 defeat at home to fall to just four points above relegation zone.
First half goals from Gunnarsson and Ralls gave Cardiff an important 2-1 victory over Nottingham Forest to lift them above relegation zone.
Bristol City continued to sink Blackburn Roves as the Riversiders succumbed to a late Wilbraham strike to leave them third from bottom.
Elsewhere away wins were registered by Barnsley 2-0 over Brentford and Reading over bottom placed Rotherham. Whereas Sheffield Wed. (1-0) and Burton (2-0) both obtained home wins over QPR and Birmingham City respectively.
