Hull City hadn’t won an away game all season before last week, but Nathan Baxter helped them record their first back-to-back victories in 2022/23, both on the road, as their much improved form under interim manager Andy Dawson continued.

A relatively straightforward 3-1 win at Blackpool in midweek was followed by a 4-2 victory at Rotherham United on Saturday, although it took Hull longer to take the ascendancy, with Baxter required to show strong hands in tipping a fierce volley over the bar at 0-0.

Those wins move the Tigers up to 16th in the Championship table and six points clear of the relegation zone. They also saw Hull score seven goals in two games, having drawn a blank in six of their previous seven fixtures.

Baba Rahman came off the bench in a disappointing game for Reading away at Swansea City, as after taking a 2-0 lead in the first half, a spectacular long-range strike sealed a 3-2 win for the in-form hosts by the final whistle. However, the Ghanian was in the starting line-up as Reading recovered with a 2-0 home victory against Bristol City on Saturday, ending a run of three straight defeats and leaving them only outside the play-off spots on goal difference.

It was a tough week for Dujon Sterling at Stoke City. Following a controversial 1-0 defeat at Rotherham, when the only goal came from a corner taken quickly while Stoke defender Phil Jagielka was receiving treatment for a clash of heads, Sterling was withdrawn at half-time with the Potters drawing 0-0 with Coventry City, only to see his team-mates concede twice to lose 2-0.

Things went better for Henry Lawrence, as he found the back of the net for the first time in senior football. Lawrence opened the scoring as MK Dons booked their place in the knockout stages of the EFL Trophy with a 2-0 win at Walsall. It was an impressive maiden strike, too, as the full-back cut in from the left and beat his man before curling a lovely strike into the bottom corner from the edge of the box just after the hour mark.

Lawrence missed their League One fixture at the weekend, but Jamie Cumming came back into the side to put in a good performance as MK Dons hosted Wycombe. The goalkeeper caught the eye by saving a trio of headers, one to deny Sam Vokes from close range being particularly impressive, but it wasn’t enough to prevent his side losing 1-0 and slipping to the bottom of the League One table.

Lucas Bergstrom and Peterborough United bounced back from a midweek penalty shoot-out defeat to Wycombe Wanderers in the EFL Trophy with a hard-fought 2-1 win at 10-man Oxford United, continuing their push for promotion from League One. They had to ride their luck at times though, with Oxford denied a late equaliser by a goal-line clearance.

Bryan Fiabema was a late substitute for Forest Green Rovers but didn’t have time to make an impact as they were beaten 1-0 by Portsmouth, making it eight games without a win for the promoted side.

Jayden Wareham started for Leyton Orient against his parent club, as they were eliminated from the EFL Trophy by a 3-2 defeat to the Chelsea development squad. Wareham came closest to opening the scoring in the first half, though, sending the ball narrowly wide from a cross with goalkeeper Eddie Beach beaten. However, the second half was much more entertaining, as Orient came from behind to lead 2-1, before two goals in the last two minutes by Malik Mothersille secured a 3-2 win for the Blues and the end of the home team's chances of making the knockout stages.

Ethan Ampadu was at the centre of Spezia’s defence as they took a break from a difficult league campaign with victory in the Coppa Italia, beating Brescia 3-1 at home to book their place in the last 16. Switching to a back three for Serie A over the weekend, they found things more difficult as they suffered a third-consecutive defeat in that competition, losing 1-0 at Salernitana.

Callum Hudson-Odoi came off the bench to help Bayer Leverkusen salvage a draw from an entertaining home match with Wolfsburg. The winger’s team were 2-1 down in a game which had already seen an own goal and two penalties, one scored by Wolfsburg and one missed by Leverkusen. But they found the equaliser 15 minutes after Hudson-Odoi's introduction, to make it four points from three games under new manager Xabi Alonso.