West Brom's nightmare start under new boss Eric Ramsay continued as Norwich City deepened their relegation fears with a thumping 5-0 victory at The Hawthorns.

Norwich lifted themselves out of the bottom three and left Albion just three points above the drop zone following a scintillating second-half performance. 

The Canaries were already 1-0 up at the interval through Oscar Schwartau's pinpoint strike into the bottom corner, but few could have foreseen the extent of West Brom's collapse.

Ali Ahmed finished first-time to make it 2-0 four minutes into the second half, before Anis Ben Slimane tucked home on the follow-up from his own saved shot to make it 3-0.

A crashing finish from Ben Chrisene made it 4-0, then Mathias Kvistgaarden prodded home to complete the rout in second-half stoppage time, lifting Norwich to 20th and just a single point behind 19th-placed West Brom.

At the top of the table, there were victories for Coventry City and Ipswich Town, with the latter leapfrogging Middlesbrough into the top two ahead of their trip to Stoke City on Wednesday.

Having scored a late winner against Leicester City at the weekend, Haji Wright reprised that role to guide Frank Lampard's side to a 2-1 victory over Milwall, after Romain Esse's opener had been cancelled out by Mihailo Ivanovic.

Ipswich's 2-0 victory over Bristol City was more routine, with Jack Clarke scoring both goals at Portman Road.

Clarke cut inside to open the scoring with an accurate finish in the eighth minute, then tucked home from Ivan Azon's cross 10 minutes into the second half.

Hull City stayed within three points of the Tractor Boys by beating Preston North End 3-0 at Deepdale, while play-off-chasing Wrexham were held to a 1-1 draw by Leicester.

Data Debrief: Norwich take their chances, West Brom's worst loss in 26 years

Norwich were certainly clinical on Tuesday, scoring their five goals from nine shots – seven of which were on target – with an expected goals (xG) value of just 0.83.

For West Brom, meanwhile, this was their heaviest second-tier defeat since they were beaten 6-0 by Sheffield United in February 2000.

Coventry's Wright kept up his impressive record versus Millwall – his five league goals against the Lions are more than he has scored against any other team.