Irish Championship round-up: John Egan helps Hull City shock Sunderland
MAULED BY THE TIGERS: Hull City's John Egan acknowledges the crowd. Pic: Mike Egerton/PA Wire.
Sunderland goalkeeper Anthony Patterson's first-half error helped boost Hull's survival chances with a hard-earned 1-0 Championship win at the Stadium of Light.
Patterson flapped Joe Gelhardt's corner in the 18th minute into his own net, putting Hull on course for a fourth win from their last five away matches while the hosts slipped to consecutive defeats for the first time this season.
John Egan was introduced from the substitute's bench in the 70th minute.
West Brom climbed back into the Championship play-off places with a 2-0 home win over goal-shy Oxford.
Former Oxford loan midfielder Alex Mowatt's 11th-minute goal and substitute John Swift's strike deep into second-half stoppage time moved Tony Mowbray's side up to fifth.
Josh Coburn scored second-half a stoppage-time winner to snatch play-off chasing Millwall a 1-0 victory at Pride Park and plunge Derby deeper into relegation trouble.
Jack Rudoni and Bobby Thomas scored in the first half for Coventry as Frank Lampard's side continued their pursuit of the play-offs with a 2-1 victory over Preston.
Will Keane halved the deficit to give the Sky Blues something to think about in the closing stages, but the hosts ended their 17-year wait for a league victory over Preston, spanning 22 matches.
Norwich also boosted their play-off hopes after comfortably seeing off Stoke 4-2 at Carrow Road to record their first win in four matches.
In-form striker Josh Sargent made it seven goals in six games with a well-taken double, with Lewis Dobbin and a Junior Tchamadeu own goal ensuring a deserved victory.
Stoke briefly threatened to make a game of it when Lewis Baker equalised just before the break and the midfielder added a second-half stoppage-time penalty.
Portsmouth moved nine points clear of the drop zone as they beat QPR 2-1 at Fratton Park for their third straight victory.
Josh Murphy curled in a stunning strike in the 48th minute to break the deadlock before a mazy run ended up with him setting up Matt Ritchie three minutes later, but Jimmy Dunne denied the hosts a clean sheet.
Plymouth substitute Muhamed Tijani scored a 67th-minute equaliser as Argyle rescued a much-needed point from a 1-1 draw at home to relegation-rivals Cardiff.
The Bluebirds swept into a 14th-minute lead through Yousef Salech but were reduced to 10 men when Dimitrios Goutas was sent off eight minutes after the break.
Alan Sheehan's second spell in caretaker charge of Swansea got off to a dream start after goals from Zan Vipotnik, Myles Peart-Harris and Liam Cullen earned them a 3-0 victory over fellow managerless side Blackburn.
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