GOALS FROM SAM Clucas and Joe Allen helped Stoke upset Championship leaders Leeds today.

Clucas opened the scoring shortly after half-time, before Pontus Jansson’s sending-off on 76 minutes made life more difficult for the visitors.

Allen doubled his side’s advantage two minutes from time, before Ezgjan Alioski grabbed a last-gasp consolation.

It was the end of an eventful week for Leeds in which ‘spygate’ and its fallout dominated headlines.

Marcelo Bielsa’s side are now just a point ahead of Norwich at the Championship’s summit.

Elsewhere, Irish international Alan Browne scored his ninth goal of the season in Preston’s 4-1 win away to QPR.

Fellow Irish international Sean Maguire also started for Alex Neil’s side.

English Championship results on Saturday:

Aston Villa 2 Hull 2

Blackburn 2 Ipswich 0

Derby 2 Reading 1

Middlesbrough 1 Millwall 1 

Nottingham Forest 0 Bristol City 1

QPR 1 Preston 4

Rotherham 2 Brentford 4

Sheffield Wednesday 1 Wigan 0

Stoke 2 Leeds 1

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