Swindon head coach Ben Garner praised his side’s ability to kill games off as they secured a 5-0 thrashing over Walsall at the County Ground to boost their promotion hopes.Ricky Aguiar scored a debut double to help the Robins move up to fifth in the League Two table.Garner said: “I thought we finished the first half strongly and got a good goal. We posed a real threat but we didn&rsq...Full Story »

Portsmouth boss Danny Cowley praised the patience of his players after their late 2-1 win at Shrewsbury.Pompey wrapped up the win six minutes from time after Louis Thompson hit a brilliant long-range goal against opponents who had played with 10 men since the 31st minute.“We are pleased to win but we could have made it easier if we had taken some of our clear chances,” said Cowley.&l...Full Story »

Thomas Tuchel revealed he took Chelsea’s club-record signing Romelu Lukaku out of the firing line for the 2-0 Champions League win over Lille.Kai Havertz and Christian Pulisic hit the net as Chelsea produced a fine last-16 first-leg victory at Stamford Bridge, with £98million striker Lukaku an unused replacement.Lukaku had registered a Premier League record-low seven touches in Satur...Full Story »

Callum Lang scored twice in the final 12 minutes to maintain Wigan’s promotion push with a 3-1 comeback victory at Wycombe.The second-placed Latics remain three points clear of MK Dons, with three games in hand, but the Chairboys have now dropped out of the League One play-off places, following their sixth game without a win.Wycombe led after 22 minutes when a long clearance by goalkeeper ...Full Story »

Substitutes Kieran Sadlier and Amadou Bakayoko struck twice in seven minutes to secure Bolton’s 3-1 Sky bet League One win over Lincoln.Cohen Bramall’s 65th-minute equaliser cancelled out George Johnston’s opener 12 minutes earlier and threatened to halt Wanderers’ bid for a sixth successive home win.Instead, ex-Rotherham man Sadlier, a half-time replacement for Declan Jo...Full Story »

Noor Husin’s superb second-half strike earned Southend a 1-1 draw in their Vanarama National League clash at Eastleigh.The draw ended Southend’s four-match winning run but did extend their unbeaten streak to seven, while Eastleigh are now nine games without a win.Harry Pritchard fired Eastleigh into the lead just nine minutes in. Brennan Camp, on his Spitfires debut, whipped a low cr...Full Story »

Doncaster picked up a vital win in their battle against relegation as they beat Accrington 2-0 at the Eco-Power Stadium.Josh Martin and Joseph Olowu netted for Rovers, who cut the gap to safety to four points ahead of their trip to fellow strugglers AFC Wimbledon at the weekend.Visitors Accrington had the edge in a low quality first half, though Doncaster went closest to breaking the deadlock wi...Full Story »

Leaders Rotherham strengthened their promotion push in Sky Bet League One with a 2-0 win over managerless Morecambe.A first-half brace from striker Freddie Ladapo did the damage as the Millers stayed in top spot and nine points clear of third place.It took the home side just four minutes to go ahead, Ollie Rathbone chipped the ball into Ladapo, who controlled on his chest and blasted by Trevor C...Full Story »

Promotion-chasing Northampton climbed up to second in League Two courtesy of a 0-0 draw at Scunthorpe.But the Cobblers will likely reflect on the game as two points dropped given their hosts’ position at the bottom of both the league and form tables.The visitors were second best for most of the match, although squandered the game’s best chance in the 75th minute when substitute Josh ...Full Story »

Louis Thompson hit a dramatic late winner as Portsmouth came from behind to win 2-1 at 10-man Shrewsbury.The Shrews had taken an early lead through Luke Leahy before Aiden O’Brien levelled but the game swung in Portsmouth’s favour when Josh Vela was dismissed for a poor tackle on Ronan Curtis on 31 minutes.And Thompson sealed their fate six minutes from time with a brilliant long-ran...Full Story »

Viktor Gyokeres kept Coventry’s charge towards the Sky Bet Championship play-offs on course with an 89th-minute winner in a 2-1 victory at Bristol City.The striker was allowed to move unchallenged into the box and shoot past the advancing Dan Bentley after Gus Hamer had inspired a break from midfield.Coventry took a 25th-minute lead when Hamer’s probing ball forward from midfield exp...Full Story »

Ricky Aguiar scored a debut double as Swindon strengthened their promotion hopes by stunning Michael Flynn’s Walsall with a 5-0 thrashing at the County Ground.Josh Davison teed up Louie Barry to open the scoring with a powerful strike into the roof of the net in the 36th minute as Swindon deservedly took the lead.Davison grabbed his second assist 10 minutes later, setting up midfielder Agu...Full Story »

Kai Havertz and Christian Pulisic made light of Romelu Lukaku’s omission to spearhead Chelsea’s 2-0 Champions League win over Lille.Germany forward Havertz nodded in Hakim Ziyech’s fizzing corner, before Pulisic slotted home from N’Golo Kante’s threaded pass in a dominant last-16 first-leg victory.Havertz impressed in the false nine role as £98million club-rec...Full Story »

Two goals in three first-half minutes paved the way for Bristol Rovers to record a 2-0 away victory at Leyton Orient and improve their hopes of making the Sky Bet League Two play-offs as they completed a third win a row.But defeat proved to be the end of Kenny Jackett’s tenure as Orient boss, with the club announcing they had sacked the 60-year-old after the match.Both teams created chance...Full Story »

Paul Ince successfully resumed his managerial career after an absence of more than eight years when the new interim boss of Reading saw his relegation-threatened Championship side win 2-1 over Birmingham.Ince, the 54-year-old former Manchester United and England midfielder, had not taken charge of a game since leaving Blackpool in January 2014.Birmingham dominated much of the first half, with Re...Full Story »

Sheffield United are expected to be without George Baldock, Rhys Norrington-Davies and Chris Basham for the home clash with Blackburn as their injury list shows no sign of abating.Baldock limped out of the Blades’ 4-0 win over Swansea on Saturday with a leg injury, Basham took a heavy kick in that game, while Norrington-Davies is playing through the pain of an unspecified knock.Jayden Bogl...Full Story »

Huddersfield have Levi Colwill back available for their Championship clash with Cardiff on Wednesday.The on-loan Chelsea defender could make his first appearance since suffering a knee injury in early January but the Terriers are in excellent form, beating league leaders Fulham at the weekend, and boss Carlos Corberan could stick with an unchanged team.Back-up keeper Jamal Blackman is also avail...Full Story »

QPR will make a late decision over the fitness of Lyndon Dykes and Lee Wallace ahead of the visit of Blackpool in the Sky Bet Championship on Wednesday.Dykes sustained a knock and was sidelined for the draw with Hull at the weekend, while Wallace continues to battle a groin problem.Norwich loanee Sam McCallum played a full 90 minutes in a second-team match against Oxford on Tuesday but Wednesday...Full Story »

Stoke midfielder Nick Powell could return to the side for Wednesday night’s Sky Bet Championship showdown with Luton.Powell missed Saturday’s 2-2 draw with Birmingham with a hamstring problem, but is back in training and is in contention.Central midfielder Romaine Sawyers could also figure following a 10-game lay-off with a thigh injury, while striker Josh Maja (Covid-19) and defende...Full Story »

Derby skipper Tom Lawrence will be missing through suspension for Wednesday night’s Sky Bet Championship clash with Millwall.Lawrence was sent off after catching Nathan Thompson with a flailing arm during Saturday’s 1-0 win over Peterborough and will serve the first game of a three-match ban.However, defender Richard Stearman is available once again after sitting out the last three g...Full Story »