Championship roundup: Nuno under pressure after West Brom beat West Ham 3-1
On 31 October 2026 West Brom defeated West Ham 3-1 at the London Stadium in a Championship match, leaving manager Nuno Espirito Santo under mounting pressure. The result was West Ham’s second successive home defeat and prompted anger from supporters at the final whistle.
West Ham, described in the report as promotion favourites, sit sixth points off the pace in eighth place after the loss; the club have conceded six goals across their two recent home defeats and missed late penalties against Charlton and QPR that cost them three points. The team have fallen behind in nine of their previous 15 games and conceded first again in this match when Felix Horn Myhre opened the scoring on 20 minutes.
Felix Horn Myhre’s close-range finish put Albion ahead on 20 minutes before Jarrod Bowen levelled when his shot deflected in off Callum Styles. Three minutes after the restart Jimmy-Jay Morgan struck from the corner of the six-yard box to restore West Brom’s lead. Walker-Peters limped off with a thigh injury, Nuno used all five substitutes, and a Price corner was half-cleared to Callum Styles, whose fierce, deflected effort from about 20 yards made it 3-1. Albion moved into the top four with around 3,000 travelling fans reveling in the occasion, and supporters directed their displeasure at Nuno at the final whistle; the report notes Nuno was once manager of Wolves.
In League One, Huddersfield beat 10-man Bradford 3-0 in the West Yorkshire derby as Joe Low opened the scoring with an overhead kick. Huddersfield, described as league leaders, went ahead after four minutes and sealed the contest with goals from Derensili Sanches Fernandes and Joe Taylor early in the second half; Bradford captain Antoni Sarcevic was sent off with a second yellow in the 70th minute.
Middlesbrough maintained their position at the top of the Championship with a 3-0 win over Charlton at the Riverside as Sebastian Berhalter opened in the 12th minute and Will Lankshear added a double to take his tally to 15 in all competitions. Swansea responded to last weekend’s heavy defeat by beating Blackburn 4-0, with Stephen Eustáquio, Joseph Opoki and Filip Lissah on target by half-time and Ross Stewart scoring his first goal for the Swans on the hour. Wolves defeated Cardiff 3-0 at Molineux through headed goals from Fer Lopez, Adam Armstrong and Ladislav Krejci; the report says Cesar Peixoto’s side scored twice inside the first 15 minutes to make it four games unbeaten and back-to-back clean sheets, ending Cardiff’s three-match unbeaten run. Southampton beat QPR 4-1 at St Mary’s with Cameron Bragg scoring his first Championship goal and Kuryu Matsuki, Keven Schlotterbeck and Welington also on the scoresheet as Saints extended their run to 17 home league matches without defeat and remained fifth.
Birmingham defeated Lincoln 3-1 at the ProAmpac Stadium with August Priske scoring twice to take his season tally to seven and Alex Cochrane sealing the win after Tom Bayliss had reduced the deficit. Manager Chris Davies said: "He gave us a real focal point, with his size and his strength," and added: "He’s very mature for his age and he has all the tools, the temperament, the technical skills, the physicality and again he just needs to keep hungry, keep pushing." Stoke beat bottom side Preston 2-0 with goals from Ben Wilmot and Jack McGlynn, a result Mark Robins praised while admitting they could have been "more clinical"; it was Stoke’s seventh victory in their last 10 league games. Grimsby struck three times in a 12-minute spell late on to beat York 5-2 at Blundell Park, while Port Vale opened against Rochdale with Onel Hernández scoring inside 90 seconds and went on to win 4-2 after a contest that produced a late flurry of goals.
Fabio Celestini’s Burnley tenure began with a disappointing 0-0 draw against Portsmouth at Turf Moor; the report notes Celestini celebrated his 51st birthday on Saturday and his side failed to convert first-half chances. Millwall eased to a 4-1 victory over Derby with Kyrell Lisbie scoring twice as the Lions netted three goals in the first 17 minutes; the Rams remain second from bottom, four points from safety and without a win in nine. Bristol City came from behind to beat Bolton 3-2 with Scott Twine’s added-time winner giving manager Michael Skubala a victory on his 44th birthday, City’s first in five games, while Bolton have now gone three matches without a win and six weeks since their last success at the Toughsheet Community Stadium. Watford surrendered a two-goal half-time lead to lose 3-2 at Norwich, with Myron Boadu scoring twice before Ben Chrisene pulled one back in the 54th minute, Anthony Musaba levelled after 62 minutes and Paris Maghoma completed the comeback nine minutes later; Watford manager Alessio Dionisi said: "I am furious," and added: "It is difficult to explain the difference between the first and second half. Football is crazy, I know that, but to lose a game like that – it’s impossible There were nearly 1,300 Watford fans here today and I would like to be saying ‘thank you’ for their support rather than saying sorry, again." On Friday, Ben Brereton Díaz’s first goal of the season in the first half secured a 1-0 win for Sheffield United over Wrexham; Wrexham manager Phil Parkinson said: "We were slow on the ball and our intensity levels weren’t where they needed to be. Second half, we did loads better."
The weekend’s results moved West Brom into the Championship top four, left West Ham in eighth place and six points off the pace, and saw Middlesbrough maintain their position at the summit of the table.