NORWICH HIT FOUR AT PRIDE PARK

Preston started brightly. Leo Leroy put them ahead in the second minute, from Andrija Vukčević's assist. Then Peck took over. Harrison Burrows set up the equaliser on 27 minutes, Ben Brereton the second ten minutes later, and Romelle Donovan the third in first-half stoppage time.

Callum Lang pulled one back on 76 minutes, sweeping in Alfie Devine's pass from the centre of the box. The Blades held on, and Preston remain bottom.

"Sydie's all-round performance was excellent - he's a touch disappointed as he had two good chances in the second half. He'll get all the headlines and deservedly so," Blades boss Chris Wilder told BBC Radio Sheffield. "One day he'll hopefully captain this club - it was too early for him when I came back and I needed to make sure he got his head down and showed he's a good footballer and he was a good footballer tonight."

Preston manager Graham Alexander saw something to build on after the break. "We have to find a way of creating that mentality, that anger, because that's what I thought we saw in the second half. There was an anger about our team. A controlled anger," he said. "There are times when we might look like we don't care or we're not fully committed but we are."

Jack McGlynn's free-kick two minutes before half-time put the visitors ahead. The second, on 68 minutes, was a gift: Million Manhoef drove low into the area, the ball deflected to Yuri Ribeiro, and his clearance thumped into team-mate Moussa Baradji and flew in.

Andri Gudjohnsen gave Rovers hope with three minutes left, a right-footed finish from the centre of the box. It was his fourth home league game in a row on the scoresheet. Three minutes later he thought he had equalised with a header into the far corner, but referee Andrew Kitchen penalised him for a push, to the fury of the Rovers fans and coaching staff. Stoke held on.

"Huge win and I think we made a meal of it to be fair. We didn't have comfortable possession of the ball," Stoke boss Mark Robins told BBC Radio Stoke. Of McGlynn's free-kick he said: "To execute something like that was absolutely phenomenal."

Blackburn head coach Tony Mowbray was furious about the disallowed equaliser. "Having watched it back, it's embarrassing really," he said after the final whistle. "Is there a forward motion and a push? No. Does the guy throw his arms up in the air? Yes. I think the referee gets it hugely wrong." On McGlynn's opener: "Crazy goal. A great bit of play from the individual, of course, but I don't think they warranted it."

Largie Ramazani put Burnley ahead on 38 minutes, finishing after Jamie Vardy's assist, and the visitors led at the break.

QPR, stung by Saturday's 4-1 defeat at Southampton, came again. Jonathan Varane equalised on 65 minutes from Idris Chair's assist, his side-footed effort from the edge of the box squirming under goalkeeper Gregoire Coudert, and neither side could find a winner.

Celestini named an unchanged side after Saturday's goalless draw with Portsmouth. A second straight draw leaves Burnley on 10 points, still hunting only their second victory of the season.

"I am frustrated with the result but not the performance," QPR boss Julien Stephan told BBC Radio London. "We had enough to score a minimum one or two times in the first 20-25 minutes. Then we concede from their first shot of the game." He added: "It's probably the difference between the top teams able to be at the top of the table, in a game like this they are able to score three or four times and us today, we are good mid-table because of a lack of efficiency."

"It was a tough game," said Burnley head coach Fabio Celestini. "Very good spirit, solidarity between the players, energy, fighting in the box many times. If today we don't have that, I think we lose." He would not blame Coudert: "Football is a mistake. Without mistakes, you don't have goals."

The forward drove a low left-footed shot from 21 yards into the bottom corner, and Charlton never found the answer. The hosts had slightly more of the ball and two efforts on target, but chances were scarce at both ends.

It ends a run of two defeats for Bolton, who had shipped eight goals against Bristol City and Middlesbrough, and lifts them to 16th on 17 points. For Charlton it is a fourth defeat in a row and 11 matches without a win since August, and they sit 21st on 14 points.

"We had no problem all night and then gifted them a goal," Charlton manager Nathan Jones told BBC Radio London. "Then we just didn't demonstrate enough quality in the final third, with the amount of opportunities we've had to cross it, to put it in areas, corners and free kicks." He added: "We aren't doing the out-of-possession stuff well enough because we are gifting goals."

An even first half ended goalless, with Mavididi the liveliest threat. After the goal Ben House, Mavididi and Kevin Keben were all booked as the temperature rose, but Lincoln could not find a way back.

It is a welcome win for Watford after defeats at Wolves and Norwich, and it lifts them to 14 points, one behind the Imps.

"It's a good night for everyone. For our supporters, because I am happy for them. I'm happy for my team. It is one match, but it will be important," Watford boss Alessio Dionisi told BBC Three Counties Radio. On his match-winner he said: "Now I'm happy for him - Stephy was unhappy that he wasn't getting enough minutes - like every player, he wants to play."

Lincoln felt the goal should never have stood. "We're gutted and feel a little bit hard done-by," said joint head coach Tom Shaw. "It's a real tough one to take because it was our throw-in - people can get that wrong, I get that - but it's been taken before it was awarded either way." He told BBC Radio Lincolnshire: "Some nights it'll click, some days like [against] Burnley it will be beautiful. Some days not quite as good."