Rangers turned up the heat after half-time to overcome Dundee United 2-0 in their cinch Premiership clash at Tannadice.The visitors were well under par in a goalless first half but two strikes in just over two minutes from Fashion Sakala and Malik Tillman soon after the restart eased the nerves and allowed the Gers to see out the game with some control and confidence.Michael Beale has now won 16...Full Story »

Kevin Nisbet scored a hat-trick as Hibernian eased the pressure on manager Lee Johnson with a 3-2 victory away to struggling Motherwell.Just weeks after returning following 10 months out with a cruciate ligament injury, the Scotland striker was back at his clinical best when his boss needed him most on the back of a demoralising run of nine defeats in 11 matches.The win moved Hibs up to seventh ...Full Story »

Derby head coach Paul Warne felt his team learned a valuable lesson despite beating Barnsley 3-0 to reach the fourth round of the FA Cup.Although the Rams went on to win comfortably in the first FA Cup meeting between the clubs in 125 years, it could have been different but for Joe Wildsmith’s brilliant fourth-minute save to deny Tom Edwards.Derby grew into the game and went ahead on the s...Full Story »

Dean Holden praised his Charlton side for a resilient performance on home soil as they claimed a 2-1 narrow League One victory over Lincoln at the Valley.It was back-to-back league wins for the home side, who started their first game of the new year in impressive fashion, with goals from Scott Fraser and Corey Blackett-Taylor enough to see off the Imps.“It is a result that we would not hav...Full Story »

Morecambe boss Derek Adams lavished praise on his side as they sealed a third-successive win with a narrow 2-1 victory over Cheltenham to move out of the League One relegation spots.Adams said the Shrimps supporters witnessed some of the “best football Morecambe fans have ever seen” as goals from Jensen Weir and Kieran Phillips either side of an Alfie May strike made it nine points f...Full Story »

Richie Wellens was happy to see his Leyton Orient side make the game ugly as the League Two leaders ground out a 1-0 win at home to Doncaster.Theo Archibald’s superb dipping volley from long range earned Orient their first win in four matches.It was also the first goal the hosts had scored in four games but was still enough to extend their lead at the top of the table to five points.Wellen...Full Story »

Caolan Lavery scored a hat-trick as troubled Scunthorpe ended an 11-match winless run with a 3-0 victory against Maidenhead.The result was not enough to lift the Iron off the bottom of the National League table but a first win since October was certainly something to celebrate.Scunthorpe had hit the post and seen one cleared off the line before Lavery scored the opener in the 29th minute after g...Full Story »

Woking moved level on points with third-placed Chesterfield in the National League table with a 2-1 victory at Dagenham.Both Woking goals came from Rohan Ince, who opened the scoring in the 26th minute from a Charlie O’Connell corner before doubling the lead with a fine strike from outside the box 11 minutes later.The Daggers pulled one back in the 67th minute, Myles Weston digging out a c...Full Story »

Bruce Anderson’s double earned Livingston their first Scottish Premiership win since early November with a 2-0 victory at bottom side Ross County.The 24-year-old’s quickfire second-half brace, which came just as the Staggies were building momentum, settled a game of few goal-scoring opportunities and sent Livingston up to fifth.Visiting goalkeeper Shamal George barely had a save to m...Full Story »

Preston secured their spot in the FA Cup fourth round for the first time since 2018 thanks to a late 3-1 win over Huddersfield at Deepdale.Ryan Lowe’s hosts have developed a familiar rivalry with Huddersfield this season, after three previous meetings in Championship and EFL Cup action, including a 2-1 Boxing Day league defeat at home to Mark Fotheringham’s strugglers.Preston carved ...Full Story »

Kelechi Iheanacho extended his fine FA Cup record by firing Leicester into the fourth round with the second-half winner in a 1-0 victory at Sky Bet League Two strugglers Gillingham.Striker Iheanacho claimed his 16th career goal in the competition as the 2021 winners avoided a major upset at the expense of the club languishing at the bottom of the English Football League.Gillingham, watched by ne...Full Story »

Pep Guardiola joked he was “a genius” after a double substitution kept Manchester City on Arsenal’s tail in the Premier League title race.Riyad Mahrez fired City to a 1-0 win at Chelsea to cut the deficit to the leaders back to five points.Less than three minutes after coming on as substitutes, Jack Grealish teed up Mahrez for the winner which keeps Arsenal firmly in their sigh...Full Story »

Harry Kane’s quickfire brace helped Tottenham return to winning ways with a 4-0 victory over Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park.The hosts had put in a fine performance in a goalless first half but Kane struck twice inside five early second-half minutes to change the momentum.Goals from Matt Doherty and Son Heung-min extended the visitors’ advantage as they picked up their first victory ...Full Story »

Bolton boss Ian Evatt praised his side’s flying start to the game after they cruised to a 3-0 victory over 10-man Barnsley.Dion Charles opened the scoring from the penalty spot in the 12th minute after Barnsley captain Mads Andersen saw red for bringing down the Bolton striker.Jon Dadi Bodvarsson made it 2-0 just before half-time and Kyle Dempsey wrapped up the win late on as Bolton moved ...Full Story »

Ched Evans’ last-gasp header earned Preston a 1-0 victory at Stoke as they ended their three-match losing streak.A fixture which was delayed by 15 minutes due to nearby traffic was low on quality and looked destined to finish goalless until Evans struck.Stoke boss Alex Neil, hosting his former employers, fell to a second successive defeat, his side having recorded only one win from their l...Full Story »

Jamie Gullan’s early goal handed Raith a hard-fought 1-0 Scottish Championship victory at bottom-of-the-table Hamilton.Rovers took a ninth-minute lead when Gullan converted Ross Millen’s pass from close range for his third league goal of the campaign.Scott Brown and Gullan might both have doubled their advantage, but Scott Martin and Lewis Smith threatened to level as a tight first h...Full Story »

Rock-bottom Wigan suffered their third 4-1 defeat in the space of seven days as Hull moved up to 16th place in the Sky Bet Championship with victory at the DW Stadium.The visitors started well and only a great block from Joe Bennett diverted Alfie Jones’ shot behind for a corner. From the resulting set-piece, Sean McLoughlin sent the ball just wide of the far post.Another corner from Jean ...Full Story »

Free-scoring Lawrence Shankland hit a first-half double as Hearts made it eight Edinburgh derbies in a row unbeaten with a 3-0 home win over Hibernian.The striker, recently appointed captain following serious injury to Craig Gordon, made it six goals in his four games since the World Cup break and took his tally for the season to 18 with a clinical finish and a penalty before half-time.Hibs impr...Full Story »

In-form West Brom made it eight wins in their last nine Sky Bet Championship games with a 1-0 triumph over Reading to move within a point of the play-off zone.Daryl Dike’s goal on the hour mark was the difference between the sides at The Hawthorns but the Baggies could have been out of sight by half-time if they had converted their chances.The result, on an afternoon which saw home fans co...Full Story »

Wrexham closed the gap to Notts County at the top of the National League to two points with a 2-1 victory at Solihull Moors.The Welsh side arrived in the West Midlands unbeaten in 11 matches and off the back of a 5-0 win over the same opponents on Boxing Day, and stormed out of the blocks as Jordan Tunnicliffe put them in front after 10 minutes with his first goal for the club.The visitors doubl...Full Story »