Burnley moved to the top of the Sky Bet Championship after Jaidon Anthony’s brace secured a 2-1 victory at Coventry.

Haji Wright controversially opened the scoring early on before Anthony struck either side of half-time to extend Burnley’s unbeaten league run to 27 matches.

Burnley’s victory also handed Coventry back-to-back league defeats for the first time since Frank Lampard took charge of the Sky Blues in late November.

The former England midfielder was also sent off after full-time for confronting referee James Bell following the final whistle.

Jack Rudoni was one of four recalled to the starting XI by Lampard following last weekend’s disappointing display at Sheffield United, and it was his shot that was tipped onto the post by James Trafford before Ephron Mason-Clark followed up.

Mason-Clark’s shot was then blocked, but fell kindly to Wright to swivel and smash home from close range despite replays showing he was clearly in an offside position.

It was only the 12th goal the Clarets had conceded this season and just their seventh on the road, but it lit the touchpaper for a full-blooded first half between the two promotion chasers.

Scott Parker’s side were level just past the 15-minute mark when Josh Cullen nipped in front of Brad Collins, who had replaced Oliver Dovin following his season-ending ACL injury at Bramall Lane.

Cullen squared to Lyle Foster, whose improvised flick-on allowed Anthony to slot into an empty net with Coventry’s defence nowhere to be seen.

Wright, who scored a hat-trick in Coventry’s last home outing against Sunderland, could have put the hosts back in front had he connected with Jay Dasilva’s sumptuous cross with the goal at his mercy.

A calamity in the Sky Blues’ back line gifted Burnley and Anthony their second just after the break.

Liam Kitching failed to connect with his header back to Collins, who had come out of his penalty area, and Anthony pounced on the loose ball before rolling into an empty net for the second time.

Burnley arrived at the CBS Arena with the best away record in the Championship, taking 39 points from their 19 matches on the road this season, and went in search of a third through Foster.

The South African wriggled his way into the box before shooting straight at the chest of Collins.

Josh Laurent was next to go close to a third as he cut inside and took aim at goal but Collins parried his effort away for a corner.

Coventry were unable to threaten the stubborn Burnley defence other than a handful of Milan van Ewijk long throws as Parker’s side closed out their 12th away victory of the season.