• Norwich battle back from two down against Watford

• Preston remain rock bottom after defeat at Stoke

August Priske scored twice as Birmingham bounced back from defeat at Cardiff to beat Lincoln 3-1 at Sincil Bank and move – at least temporarily – into second. The Dane scored either side of the break, with Alex Cochrane securing the win after the Imps substitute Tom Bayliss had reduced the deficit.

Birmingham went ahead in the 16th minute with a goal owing to some fortune, as a Blues pass was inadvertently directed towards his own goal by Yunus Konak, straight to Priske on the edge of the box and he swivelled and fired a low shot into the bottom corner.

The Blues’ Ethan Laird could have seen red after half an hour after attempting to bring down a clearance but booting Ben House in the face as the Lincoln forward attempted to seize possession and nip in towards goal. Lewis Smith produced only a yellow card.

On the hour mark, Blues doubled their lead. A long throw into the box was flicked on and there was Priske to slide in and poke the ball past George Wickens. Three minutes later, though, Lincoln reduced the deficit through Bayliss. Mikkel Ladefoged laid the ball off to the substitute and he arrowed a ball into the corner of the net.

Cochrane was then given too much time and space in the centre of the pitch to run forward and plant a left-footed shot past Wickens after 73 minutes to make it 3-1.

Norwich launched a storming second-half comeback to beat Watford 3-2 and make it back-to-back league wins, while their opponents could drop into the bottom three later on Saturday.

The Dutch striker Myron Boadu opened his account for the visitors with two goals as Watford took a 2-0 lead into the interval against a misfiring home team. However, the Canaries looked a different side after the interval and scored three times in 17 minutes to turn the game on its head, with Ben Chrisene, Anthony Musaba and Paris Maghoma getting the goals.

It was another unhappy afternoon for the under-pressure Watford manager, Alessio Dionisi, and if Burnley win at home to Peterborough then his side will be in the relegation zone.

Stoke continued their impressive run with a 2-0 home victory over basement side Preston. Goals from Ben Wilmot and Jack McGlynn did the damage as Mark Robins’s in-form team claimed a seventh win in their last 10 league games.

On Friday, Ben Brereton Díaz’s first goal of the season sealed a deserved 1-0 win for Sheffield United against Wrexham at Bramall Lane. The Chile forward, in his third spell on loan with the Blades, struck the only goal in the first half as Chris Wilder’s side notched their third win in five games to climb to within a point of the top eight.

The Blades are trying to make up lost ground after winning only one of their first five league games, while Wrexham, lacking confidence and inspiration, slipped to a fourth league defeat in their last seven. Phil Parkinson, the Wrexham manager, said: “We were slow on the ball and our intensity levels weren’t where they needed to be. Second half, we did loads better.”