Dean Smith got off to a winning start as Aston Villa manager today. At Griffin Park, Smith's old Brentford side were unable to mark Thomas Frank's first game in charge in similar vein. West Brom missed the chance to return to the top of the table as they went down 1-0 at Wigan. In the day's early kick-off, Blackburn continued their impressive start to life back in the Championship as they toppled faltering Leeds 2-1. An own goal from Dean Gerken and Tomer Hemed's penalty allowed QPR to win 2-0 at Ipswich.

Source: Evening echo October 20, 2018 17:37 UTC