Championship Table 2017: Week 45 Results, Play-Off Standings, Updated Schedule

The winner of this season's Championship title will be decided on the last day of the 2016-17 season after Brighton and Hove Albion lost for a second time in succession, with a 1-0 defeat at home to Bristol City on Saturday.

Josh Brownhill scored the only goal at the Amex to keep the Seagulls one point ahead of Newcastle United with one game remaining in their campaigns, meaning the winners of this year's crown will be determined next Sunday.

All but two of the Championship's 24 teams were in action as Reading and Sheffield Wednesday beat relegated Wigan Athletic and Ipswich Town, respectively, to improve their chances of nailing down a higher play-off finish.

Meanwhile, seventh-placed Leeds United missed out on a post-season run after drawing 3-3 at home to Norwich City, meaning Fulham's 1-1 draw against Brentford was enough to tie up sixth with a game to spare.

At the other end of the standings, Blackburn Rovers kept their survival hopes by beating Aston Villa 1-0, a result that saw them draw level on points with 21st-placed Nottingham Forest, who lost 2-0 at Queens Park Rangers.

Read on for a breakdown and recap of Saturday's Championship result and the implications they pose on England's second tier heading into the final week of the 2016-17 campaign.

Home	Score	Away
Barnsley	1-1	Burton Albion
Birmingham City	2-0	Huddersfield Town
Blackburn Rovers	1-0	Aston Villa
Derby County	3-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Fulham	1-1	Brentford
Ipswich Town	0-1	Sheffield Wednesday
Leeds United	3-3	Norwich City
Preston North End	1-1	Rotherham United
Queens Park Rangers	2-0	Nottingham Forest
Reading	1-0	Wigan Athletic
Brighton and Hove Albion	0-1	Bristol City

Position	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Brighton	45	28	8	9	73	39	+34	92
2	Newcastle United	45	28	7	10	82	40	+42	91
3	Reading	45	25	7	13	64	62	+2	82
4	Sheffield Wednesday	45	24	9	12	59	43	+16	81
5	Huddersfield	45	25	6	14	56	55	+1	81
6	Fulham	45	21	14	10	83	56	+27	77
7	Leeds	45	22	8	15	60	46	+14	74
8	Norwich	45	19	10	16	81	69	+12	67
9	Derby	45	18	12	15	53	49	+4	66
10	Brentford	45	18	10	17	74	62	+12	64
11	Preston	45	16	14	15	64	62	+2	62
12	Aston Villa	45	16	13	16	46	47	-1	61
13	Cardiff	45	16	11	18	57	61	-4	59
14	Barnsley	45	15	13	17	64	64	0	58
15	Wolverhampton Wanderers	45	15	10	20	53	58	-5	55
16	Ipswich	45	13	16	16	48	55	-7	55
17	Bristol City	45	15	9	21	60	65	-5	54
18	Queens Park Rangers	45	15	8	22	52	62	-10	53
19	Burton	45	13	13	19	47	59	-12	52
20	Birmingham	45	12	14	19	44	64	-20	50
21	Nottingham Forest	45	13	9	23	59	72	-13	48
22	Blackburn	45	11	15	19	50	64	-14	48
23	Wigan	45	10	11	24	39	56	-17	41
24	Rotherham	45	5	7	33	39	97	-58	22

Recap

Brighton retain a one-point advantage over Newcastle heading into Week 46 of the campaign but missed out on their opportunity to seal the title, after Brownhill's sole effort stole a valuable 1-0 away win for Bristol City.

Sky Football provided footage of the goal in question as the Seagulls suffered a second successive defeat following their recent 2-0 loss at Norwich, with doubts perhaps emerging around the squad's fortitude:

Huddersfield Town had their chance to cement their place in third but fell short in their trip to Birmingham City, where they were beaten 2-0 and dropped down to fifth following wins for Reading the Sheffield Wednesday.

Sky Sports presenter David Garrido provided a glance at the play-off standings after Saturday's afternoon results, with just a point separating third from fifth and Fulham now guaranteed to finish sixth:

Cheers rang out at Craven Cottage after news of Leeds' 3-3 draw with Norwich filtered through to the London location, with Tom Cairney's opener against Brentford enough to secure a 1-1 draw and the last play-off place.

The Canaries will kick themselves for not seeing out the win over Leeds considering they led by three goals at one stage, and Squawka illustrated their fall from grace before opening scorer Steven Naismith saw red in the dying seconds:

Yann Kermorgant struck in the sixth minute to secure a 1-0 victory for the Royals in their meeting with Wigan Athletic, whose relegation back to League One was also wrapped up with one week remaining in the season.

Wednesday, on the other hand, were made to wait until the 77th minute for Kieran Lee to convert their 1-0 winner at Ipswich, the same scoreline by which Rovers won against Villa thanks to Danny Graham's sole finish.

Their main relegation rivals, Nottingham Forest, were prevented from moving away from 21st after goals from Conor Washington and Joel Lynch clinched a 2-0 victory for QPR at Loftus Road.

Elsewhere, Derby County trotted to a 3-1 win over 10-man Wolverhampton Wanderers, who were consigned to a defeat at Pride Park. Barnsley and Preston North End each secured 1-1 home draws against Burton Albion and Rotherham, respectively, with the latter long known to be finishing bottom of the table.