Promotion hopefuls Millwall, Coventry and Middlesbrough suffer setbacks in Championship

[p]In-form [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/southampton/WdKOwxDM/"]Southampton[/a] ended [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/coventry/GOvB22xg/"]Coventry[/a]'s six-match winning run with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/coventry-GOvB22xg/southampton-WdKOwxDM/summary/stats/?mid=WSOf2Y2l"]a 2-1 victory at the CBS Arena[/a].[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/downes-flynn/6XOripaN/"]Flynn Downes[/a] pounced on a rebound to open the scoring shortly after half-time before [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/matsuki-kuryu/2PKOLZei/"]Kuryu Matsuki[/a] doubled Southampton's lead with five minutes remaining.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/torp-victor/CpUKlnfJ/"]Victor Torp[/a]'s stoppage-time penalty gave Frank Lampard's side hope in the final moments, but the Sky Blues were condemned to just their second home defeat of the season.[/p][embed guid="1fb41362-e8e6-4360-8f71-18fedf6b77b5" url="https://x.com/Coventry_City/status/2032826370493989205" social-type="twitter" /][p]It meant that Tonda Eckert's side kept pace with sixth-placed [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/wrexham/IgO7K1ZA/"]Wrexham[/a] in the race for the play-offs as Saints extended their unbeaten run in all competitions to 12.[/p][p]Second-placed [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/middlesbrough/6F0lvLNC/"]Middlesbrough[/a]'s faltering promotion push suffered another blow as [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/randell-adam/ryVi43kQ/"]Adam Randell[/a]'s 96th-minute header earned [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/bristol-city/MahqU27I/"]Bristol City[/a] a [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/bristol-city-MahqU27I/middlesbrough-6F0lvLNC/summary/stats/?mid=zLLBbj2D"]1-1 draw at the Riverside Stadium[/a].[/p][p]Kim Hellberg's side thought they were heading for a much-needed victory when substitute [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/castledine-leo/YJuyxLhq/"]Leo Castledine[/a] opened the scoring with a 65th-minute strike.[/p][embed guid="ad09083b-1dea-4019-bd06-0ce4bfd93f4b" url="https://x.com/Boro/status/2032865847564197926" social-type="twitter" /][p]However, Randell headed home [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/horvat-tomi/Grt8d0Ce/"]Tomi Horvat[/a]'s corner deep in stoppage time.[/p][p][b]Middlesbrough have failed to win any of their last four home games.[/b][/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/millwall/6uz2cJBL/"]Millwall[/a] boss Alex Neil was left fuming with the sending off that allowed lowly [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/blackburn/6Nl8nagD/"]Blackburn[/a] to earn [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/blackburn-6Nl8nagD/millwall-6uz2cJBL/summary/stats/?mid=SE8cMgfK"]a surprise 2-1 win at The Den[/a].[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/cundle-luke/zPGPTVcr/"]Luke Cundle[/a]'s superb bicycle kick from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/azeez-femi/d6gBWKm0/"]Femi Azeez[/a]'s cross gave Millwall the lead early in the second half.[/p][p]But left-back [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/sturge-zak/WlIikYv2/"]Zak Sturge[/a] was dismissed just before the hour mark for a foul on [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ohashi-yuki/E7PkSirF/"]Yuki Ohashi[/a] as he tried to burst through on goal.[/p][image alt="Standings" id="9dd06834-d315-4f8e-bc52-81621efefe92" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="2423afe9-a3e7-47cc-9a59-3a187876dbf4" original-width="1200" original-height="1200" /][p]Blackburn substitute [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/jorgensen-mathias/4YL0TSvU/"]Mathias Jorgensen[/a] scored twice in the last 10 minutes as Millwall dropped to fourth, two points behind Middlesbrough.[/p][p][b]"If you're going to take your next step into the box to potentially shoot unopposed, my understanding of the rules is that's then a goalscoring opportunity," [/b]Neil said.[/p][p][b]"I don't think he would have got that far to get there and get that opportunity to score, so in my opinion, I didn't think it was a sending-off."[/b][/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/ipswich/thqhB2MB/"]Ipswich[/a] climbed to third place as goals from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/azon-ivan/Mol2TYUm/"]Ivan Azon[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/clarke-jack/fTyETuhb/"]Jack Clarke[/a] earned them a 2-0 victory at relegated [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/sheffield-wed/llcCvIcG/"]Sheffield Wednesday[/a].[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/soccer/england/championship/"]Follow the Championship with Flashscore.[/a][/b][/p]