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Championship roundup: Birmingham go top, Cardiff stun Burnley from 4-1 down

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Jay Stansfield grabbed a late winner to fire Birmingham top of the Championship with a 2-1 win against 10-man Swansea .

Stansfield struck three minutes from time after a Christoph Klarer own goal had cancelled out his first-half opener for Birmingham.

Ryan Allsop saved Ross Stewart’s early Swansea penalty after the referee felt Jenson Seelt had been shoved over by Alex Cochrane from the first corner of the match. The referee intervened again when he sent off Marko Stamenic for a high challenge on Ethan Laird in the 26th minute.

Cardiff came from 4-1 down to snatch a dramatic 5-4 win against Burnley in a second successive goal-fest in the Welsh capital.

Cardiff had seen a 3-0 lead wiped out by West Ham to drop two points in midweek, but it was their turn to come from behind here as Burnley’s miserable season continued.

The visitors who opened the scoring when a hopeful punt forward from Lucas Pires allowed forward Andreas Hountondji to go through on goal and slide the ball past Nathan Trott.

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