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Championship roundup: Middlesbrough romp closes gap on Ipswich and Hull suffer crucial loss

  • Boro thrash Watford 5-1, West Brom 0-0 Ipswich

  • Charlton’s 2-1 win and Baggies’ point relegates Oxford

Middlesbrough’s hopes of winning automatic promotion remain alive after they thrashed Watford 5-1 at the Riverside. With second-placed Ipswich drawing at West Brom, Boro have moved to within a point of the top-two positions with one game to play, although Ipswich still have a game in hand.

Boro’s 5-1 victory was their joint-biggest win of the season and came courtesy of doubles from Morgan Whittaker and Tommy Conway plus a goal from David Strelec. Watford’s goal came at the start of the second half from James Abankwah, but while the visitors were a match for their opponents for most of the first period, they were comprehensively outplayed after the break.

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