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Burnley extended their lead at the top of the Championship to seven points with a 3-0 win at Norwich while Sheffield United were held by Rotherham.
Anass Zaroury set Burnley up in the eighth minute following Tim Krul’s error and, although they had to wait until half-time to break the Canaries down again, two goals in six minutes from substitute Vitinho and debutant Hjalmar Ekdal sealed their comfort. win.
A ninth league win continued to feel more precious as the Blades dropped points in a goalless draw with South Yorkshire rivals, with Anel Ahmedhodzic and Billy Sharp missing good chances.
It also temporarily lifted the Clarets 20 points in third place, though Middlesbrough narrowed that gap slightly with a 3-0 win over Blackpool later in the day. Chuba Akpom scored twice before Paddy McNair made the result certain.
Fourth place Luton stay level on points with Boro, having played fewer games, as Pelly-Ruddock Mpanzu’s early goals earned them a 1-0 win. Stoke.
WatfordHowever, squandered a two-goal lead in a dramatic 2-2 draw with read. Ismaila Sarr and debutant defender Ryan Porteous looked to have taken control of the Hornets, but Tom Ince’s penalty and Jeff Hendrick’s stunning volley earned Reading the lead.
Millwall and Sunderland remained just outside the play-off place after a 1-1 draw, Dennis Cirkin’s goal for the Black Cats canceled out Jake Cooper’s opener. The two teams are separated in the table by eighth-placed Blackburn, who play Wigan on Saturday.
Hull are in the top half after their fourth win in six games, 1-0 over Cardiff thanks to Cyrus Christie’s goal just after the hour.
Birmingham twice came from behind to beat Swansea 4-3 in south Wales. The Blues took the lead through a Scott Hogan penalty but Joel Piroe’s double helped Swansea 3-2, Liam Cullen with another goal while Tahith Chong scored for Birmingham.
Lukas Jutkiewicz headed in a 90th-minute equalizer and there was still time for more drama when Auston Trusty – whose own extra-time goal saw them knocked out of the FA Cup by Blackburn on Tuesday night – scored the winner seven minutes into stoppage time.
City of Bristol won 2-1 in PrestonMark Sykes and Sam Bell were on target before Ched Evans pulled one back, and Martyn Waghorn earned Huddersfield a 1-1 draw after QPR had taken the lead through Jamal Lowe.
Sky Bet League one
Sheffield Wednesday jump Plymouth to move to the top of Sky Bet League One with Arrows 1-0 win at Hillsborough.
Callum Paterson scored the only goal of the game after just seven minutes, turning in Will Vaulks’ cross at the near post, as the Owls extended their unbeaten run to 16 games and knocked the visitors off the summit for the second time since September.
The result took Sheffield Wednesday six points clear in the race for promotion after finishing third Ipswich draw 1-1 in struggling Cambridge.
Harvey Knibbs scored for the hosts in the first half before striker Freddie Ladapo levelled, after Cambridge striker Joe Ironside had had a penalty saved by goalkeeper Christian Walton.
The draw leaves Ipswich with just one win in six games and leaves Cambridge two points from safety in 22nd.
David McGoldrick’s hat-trick in the space of five minutes either side of half-time got it Derby winning the league for the sixth time in a row to strengthen their grip on the top six.
They won 5-0 against Morecamberelegation fears resurfaced after winning four of their previous five matches.
Burton dragged themselves out of the relegation zone thanks to the dramatic final Fleetwood.
Promise Omochere thought he had rescued a point for the hosts in the fourth minute of added time, only for substitute Charlie Kirk to seal a stunning 3-2 win on his debut.
ten people Accrington remain second from bottom after going down 3-0 at home to Lincoln.
Goals from Ben House, Teddy Bishop and Sean Roughan earned the visitors their first league win since November, after substitute Harry Perritt was sent off in the first half for Accrington.
Duncan Ferguson is still waiting for his first win forest Green manager after rock-bottom Rovers lost 2-0 at home to play-off-chasing Peterborough.
Jonson Clarke-Harris and Hector Kyprianou were on the scoresheet to leave the home side five points clear of safety.
It means Posh moved to within three points of the top six after Barnsley’s 1-1 draw at Portsmouth. Colby Bishop scored just after half-time before defender Bobby Thomas saved the final point for the sixth-placed Tykes.
Bolton leave it last to beat Cheltenham and keep the play-off chasing the pack at arm’s length.
An 80th-minute goal from midfielder Kyle Dempsey ensured the gap on seventh-placed Posh remained at seven points. Defeat for Cheltenham leaves them 18th, two points clear of the relegation places.
There won 1-0 for Shrewsbury at Oxford and 2-0 success for MK Dons at Bristol Roverswhen Charlton moved to the host point Exeter with a 2-1 victory at St James’s Park.
Wycombe boost play-off ambitions with an emphatic 3-0 win Port Vale.
Sky Bet League Two
George Moncur’s goal earned Leyton Orient a 1-0 win over AFC Wimbledon that extended their lead at the top of Sky Bet League Two to four points.
Moncur drilled home from the left side of the penalty area in the 64th minute to wrap up what was often a tense encounter at Brisbane Road.
And it was enough for three points as Orient made it a club record nine consecutive home league games without conceding.
Second Stevenage extended their unbeaten league run to 12 games but were unable to match the lead as they drew goalless. Sutton.
The last own goal Paul Huntington saw Harrogate ending a run of five games without a win as they upset the promotion-chasing Carlisle 1-0 at Brunton Park.
Huntington mistimed a backhand pass to goalkeeper Tomas Holy in the 82nd minute as Carlisle missed out on a fifth consecutive win, but they remain in the automatic promotion spots by one point. Northampton held a goalless draw at home for Walsall.
Northampton had the better of several possibilities in an often lifeless encounter, but finished with 10 men as Ali Koiki collected the second order in stoppage time.
Salford just two points behind the Cobblers after a 2-1 win over Rochdale at Peninsula Stadium.
Matt Smith turned in Elliot Watt’s cross on 11 minutes and Conor McAleny doubled the lead after the hour, with Scott Quigley’s penalty with nine minutes remaining not enough for the visitors.
The sixth time Mansfield It took a stoppage-time header from Alfie Kilgour to salvage a point from a 1-1 draw in the promotion clash Bradford.
Kilgour headed in Elliott Hewitt’s cross at the death to cancel out Andy Cook’s first-half strike for the hosts.
Stockport moved to the end of the play-off place with a 3-2 win over Tranmere.
Kyle Knoyle headed County ahead on 19 minutes and although Kane Hemmings leveled from the spot after being fouled by Akil Wright, Kyle Wootton headed Stockport back in front before the break.
Will Collar made it 3-1 11 minutes from time and Stockport held on after Kieron Morris got a second for Tranmere in the 84th minute.
That saw Stockport take advantage of the defeat to Swindonwho went down 2-1 away to relegation-threatened Newport in the first game Jody Morris was in charge.
Straight red card shown to Rushian Hepburn-Murphy for shoving Cameron Norman in the face just 15 minutes into crucial time.
Norman then headed in the opening goal nine minutes into the second half before substitute Calum Kavanagh got his second on 12 minutes, with a stoppage-time goal from Tomi Adeloye the only consolation.
Barrow sit one point outside the play-off places after Kwesi Appiah’s equalizer failed to win. Colchester where it ended 1-1.
Appiah found the net in the sixth minute added to cancel out Ben Whitfield’s goal in the 57th minute.
Dan Dodds’ 88th minute goal gave it away Hartlepool only the second league win in seven as they won 1-0 in Doncaster.
And the result took them out of the bottom two despite a 1-0 win for Gillingham against Crawley.
Shaun Williams got the winner as the Gills extended their unbeaten run to four games.
First half goals from John McAtee and George Lloyd set it up Grimsby on the way to a 3-0 win over Crewewith Tom Dickson-Peters sealing the final victory.
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