CHAMPIONSHIP MIDWEEK ROUND-UP By John Lyons

HERO: Ipswich’s Omari Hutchinson, centre TOP three Preston, Leicester and Ipswich continued their blistering start to the campaign by bagging victories. Pacesetters Preston were forced to do it the hard way at home against Birmingham. Jay Stansfield gave the Blues the lead 40 seconds after half-time, but Ryan Lowe’s men responded in impressive fashion. True, they were given a big helping hand as Birmingham’s Krystian Bielik headed into his own net from a corner six minutes later to level the scores. That gave the Li...