Birmingham City’s Lukas Jutkiewicz has topped the Championship Power Rankings for a fifth matchday running.

The 29-year-old slotted the Blues ahead against Derby with his eighth goal in seven games before his side suffered a second-half collapse at Pride Park.

Meanwhile, Derby’s Harry Wilson soared into runner-up spot after levelling the scores from a 25-yard free-kick, while Jack Marriott (No 7) joined the top-10 club after sealing a 3-1 win for Frank Lampard’s side.

Norwich midfielder Emiliano Buendia (No 3) maintained his ascent after scoring in a 4-0 win at Sheffield Wednesday, with Timm Klose (No 8) and ‘keeper Tim Krul (No 10) benefiting from two clean sheets on the spin.

Aston Villa duo James Chester (No 4) and Jack Grealish (No 5) both got on the scoresheet in a 2-0 win over Bolton to book their places among this week’s top performers.

Stoke’s Jack Butland (No 6) kept a second successive clean sheet in a 0-0 draw with Middlesbrough, while Nottingham Forest’s Lewis Grabban (No 9) scored the winner during a 1-0 win against Sheffield United.

The Power Rankings methodology reflects a player’s performance by awarding points for 34 different stats.

Below, we present the in-form chart based on performances over the past five Championship matchdays (with greater weight placed on recent games), your club’s top points scorer and the season accumulative chart.

The Sky Sports Power Rankings will be updated every week during the season, so be sure to keep an eye on the big movers…

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