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Championship
After Leeds slipped up for a second week in succession in losing at Fulham, leaders West Brom blew a chance chance to go five points clear when they were held by Brentford. Henrik Dalsgaard’s 43rd-minute goal, coming after a Mathias Jensen corner, put the Bees a goal up only for it to be cancelled out by Darnell Furlong’s header. Charlie Austin had the ball in the net for the division’s leaders, only for a offside flag to deny him.
Preston’s goalless draw with Cardiff allowed Fulham to leapfrog the hosts into third. Alex Neil’s team dominated the match but could not find a winner. Swansea, a place behind Brentford, occupy the final play-off position after their 1-0 win at Luton, courtesy of a fourth goal in three games from André Ayew. Defeat leaves Luton just a place above the bottom three.
Huddersfield, who had won only one of their previous seven matches, beat Nottingham Forest 2-1. Christopher Schindler’s left-foot hook and Steve Mounié’s header put the Terriers ahead before Joe Worrall’s header gave Forest hope of getting back into the game. It took some Kamil Grabara heroics in Huddersfield’s goal to preserve a vital three points.
Hull stayed on the tail of play-off pack with a convincing 3-0 defeat of Birmingham, in which Tom Eaves got the first on the stroke of half-time before Kamil Grosicki and Keane Lewis-Potter, on as a sub, made it three defeats in succession for Blues.
Derby’s troubled season continued after a 3-0 defeat at Reading, a result that seemed predetermined once Scott Malone was sent off in the third minute for a last-man foul on Yakou Méïté. That gave Charlie Adam the chance to score his first goal for three years from the penalty spot. Méïté scored the third from the penalty spot himself, after Lucas João had scored Reading’s second.
There was late drama in the London derby between QPR and Charlton when Naby Sarr scored a 95th-minute equaliser for the Addicks. That was a second equaliser for Lee Bowyer’s team, still without a win in 11 matches. Lyle Taylor had earlier cancelled out Geoff Cameron’s opener before Marc Pugh had put Rangers ahead.
Barnsley climbed off the bottom after another London late show, as they won 2-1 at Millwall. Patrick Schmidt’s header in time added on took all three points for the Tykes. Millwall’s 85th-minute equaliser from Aiden O’Brien had looked to have denied Barnsley a second win in succession. Conor Chaplin’s smart finish had put the visitors into the lead in the 40th minute.
Cardiff 0-0 Preston North End, Fulham 2-1 Leeds, Huddersfield 2-1 Nottingham Forest, Hull 3-0 Birmingham, Luton 0-1 Swansea, Millwall 1-2 Barnsley, QPR 2-2 Charlton, Reading 3-0 Derby, West Brom 1-1 Brentford
League One
Leaders Wycombe suffered a shock defeat at Oxford, and had to play over an hour with 10 men after Adebayo Akinfenwa was sent off. James Henry scored the winner for the sixth-placed U’s.
However, neither Peterborough nor Ipswich could capitalise on Wycombe’s slip-up, as Boro could only draw 0-0 at Bristol Rovers and Paul Lambert’s team extended their winless run to five matches by losing 1-0 at Portsmouth, for whom Ronan Curtis scored the only goal.
Of the top five, only Coventry were able to muster a win, and that came via Zain Westbrooke’s goal against Lincoln. At the bottom, in a battle of crisis clubs, Daryl Murphy was the two-goal hero as Bolton beat Sol Campbell’s Southend 3-2. Bolton moved up to five points, just two behind Southend, well short of fourth-bottom, Tranmere, on 20 points and who beat AFC Wimbledon 1-0 thanks to Rushian Hepburn-Murphy’s goal.
League Two
Leaders Swindon were denied by local rivals Forest Green by two goals from Joseph Mills, the second coming in stoppage time. Eoin Doyle scored twice in the first half to extend his scoring run to ten matches and to make it 21 goals this season only for Richie Wellens’ team to falter after the break.
Graham Westley’s first game back in charge of bottom club Stevenage, his fourth spell, ended in a 5-1 defeat to Crewe, who occupy the final automatic promotion slot. Morecambe, second-bottom, added extra pressure to Macclesfield, unable to stage their match with Plymouth and deducted six points, by drawing level on points after a 2-1 defeat of Newport.
And comeback of the day came from Exeter, who were 3-0 down to Walsall after 31 minutes, only be level by the 64th minute and there to be no further goals.
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