Jack Whatmough put through his own net right at the death to deny Preston a hard-fought victory over Leeds. The 28-year-old came on to help preserve a point but prodded Dan James’s cross into his own goal in the 93rd minute, resulting in a 1-1 draw.
Brad Potts had bagged the 23rd-minute opener but it was not meant to be for the hosts, who battled hard until the end but just fell short against the promotion-chasing visitors.
Going into this game, Leeds had only won three of their first nine matches on the road while Preston had only lost one home league game under Paul Heckingbottom so it should not have been a surprise when the Lilywhites went ahead.
Milutin Osmajic did brilliantly well to spin Pascal Struijk in the centre of the pitch before storming down the wing and bending a sensational ball to the back post for Potts, whose first-time finish had just enough on it to squeeze past Illan Meslier.
Daniel Farke brought on Patrick Bamford to try to find the goalscoring touch and the 31-year-old ought to have done just that in the 69th minute but he flicked wide from a matter of yards out after brilliant play from James.
The former Manchester United winger, who was Leeds’s player of the afternoon, rattled the bar soon after with a ferocious 25-yard strike. So it was no surprise when he created the equaliser right at the death, fizzing a low ball across the box that Whatmough stabbed into his own net, under pressure from the substitute Mateo Joseph.
Coventry earned their first home win under Frank Lampard after coming from behind to beat bottom-placed Hull 2-1. João Pedro opened the scoring for the Tigers before half-time but the Sky Blues turned the game around in the second period through goals from Ephron Mason-Clark and Jack Rudoni despite Victor Torp’s penalty miss.
The victory made it two wins in four outings since Lampard took charge, while Hull – in the second match under Rubén Sellés – were left 13 without a win since 1 October.
The substitute Scott Twine scored with his first touch, but a dominant Bristol City were held to a 1-1 draw by a resolute QPR at Ashton Gate.
The midfielder was introduced on the hour mark in place of Yu Hirakawa as City waited to take a free-kick 25 yards out and his curling right-footed shot found the roof of the net, giving Paul Nardi in the visitors’ goal no chance.
The lead lasted only five minutes before Paul Smyth equalised in spectacular fashion, taking advantage of a misjudged race from his area by Max O’Leary to round the home goalkeeper 40 yards out and shoot into an unguarded net from near the right touchline.
QPR’s defence was key to the result, withstanding heavy pressure for much of the game to earn a battling point.