James Abankwah's rollercoaster week took a turn for the worse as the Republic of Ireland defender saw red in Watford's 1-0 loss to Oxford United.
The game was drifting towards a scoreless draw when Abankwah pulled back a breaking Oxford player in the 79th minute to pick up a second card. Four minutes later, Siriki Dembele capitalised on some hesitant Hornets defending to lash home the winner.
Ex-St Pat's man Abankwah and his clubmate Rocco Vata have been included in Heimir Hallgrimsson's Ireland squad for the UEFA Nations League matches against Bulgaria.
Leeds sit at the Sky Bet Championship summit heading into the international break but were left to rue more dropped points after a 2-2 draw at QPR.
Koki Saito and Steve Cook had the home side ahead against the run of play, before a Morgan Fox own goal and Jayden Bogle's strike got Leeds - who now have one win in four - level.
Saito was sent off in a bitty end to the game, with Leeds knowing a win for Sheffield United against rivals Wednesday on Sunday will see them take a share of the lead in the second tier.
Burnley are also in hot pursuit and are now second, two points behind, after a 2-0 win at Swansea thanks to free-scoring skipper Josh Brownhill's 13th of the season and Jaidon Anthony.
Fifth-placed Coventry underlined their play-off credentials with an 3-0 win over fourth-placed Sunderland thanks to a Haji Wright (above) hat-trick, while Isaac Price thought he had got West Brom a win over Hull only for Abu Kamara to earn the visitors a 1-1 draw.
Ryan Porteous and Stefan Teitur Thordarson were on target as Preston beat Portsmouth 2-1.
At the bottom of the table, Plymouth came from 2-0 down against fellow strugglers Derby, only for Marcus Harness to win it for the Rams with two minutes to go.
Harness and Harrison Armstrong put County ahead before Mustapha Bundu and a Nat Phillips own goal levelled things up. Harness would have the final word, though, pushing Derby to within a point of safety.
They are hot on the heels of Cardiff who won 2-1 at Blackburn, while Mihailo Ivanovic's stoppage-time penalty snatched a 1-0 victory for Millwall against strugglers Stoke and Luton and Middlesbrough drew 0-0.
