Alex Mowatt’s brace, after Josh Maja became the Championship’s leading goalscorer, sent West Brom top of the table with a clinical 3-0 victory over winless Portsmouth.
The in-form Maja bagged his fifth goal of the season inside the first minute – with only Manchester City’s Erling Haaland scoring more goals in the top four divisions this season. Mowatt struck twice after the break to put the unbeaten Baggies a point ahead of Sunderland at the summit.
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