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Sheffield United staged a late turnaround to win 2-1 away to Bristol City and go second in the Championship, one point behind leader Sunderland which plays on Thursday.

The game started slowly, with the host side not opening the scoring until a 75th-minute Anis Mehmeti penalty after a foul on Sinclair Armstrong by goalkeeper Michael Cooper.

The Blades showed great character to haul themselves back into the game, with 18 year-old Ryan One scoring the equaliser in the 86th minute.

But things went up a notch in stoppage time when Robert Dickie was given a straight red card for a cynical foul on Callum O'Hare 35 yards out.

The drama wasn't finished yet and with seconds to go, Harrison Burrows smashed home a left-foot rocket to win the game for the Blades.

At the bottom of the table, Plymouth opened a four-point gap between itself and the relegation zone with a 1-0 victory over bottom-of-the-table Portsmouth.

The victory means that Wayne Rooney's side has dropped just two points in its last five games at Home Park, having lost six on the bounce in all competitions away.

It is now four without a victory for Portsmouth, which has earned just nine points in its opening 14 matches back in the Championship.

Elsewhere, Middlesbrough responded to its 3-0 defeat at home to Coventry City last weekend by beating second-bottom Queens Park Rangers 4-1 on the road.

That was a first victory in three for Michael Carrick's side, which is one place below the play-off positions and trails only by goal difference.

QPR is four points behind fourth-bottom Preston North End, having failed to win any of its last 10 league games.