Depleted Luton moved up to third in the Sky Bet Championship with a disciplined 3-1 victory at Hull.Despite being without their core defensive line through injury, Nathan Jones’ side produced an exemplary performance.Elijah Adebayo opened the scoring after nine minutes – a just reward for an intense start to the game.Harry Cornick added a second on 56 minutes, with Luton’s auth...Full Story »

Charlton moved 13 points clear of the League One relegation zone as Conor Washington and Corey Blackett-Taylor struck in a 2-0 win over Burton.Burton right-back Tom Hamer was lucky to only be booked by referee Rebecca Welch for a two-footed challenge on George Dobson in the ninth minute.Charlton’s opening goal on 12 minutes was classic route one. Goalkeeper Craig MacGillivray claimed Hamer...Full Story »

Arsenal returned to winning ways with a 1-0 victory over Aston Villa to move four points clear of Manchester United in the Champions League race.Bukayo Saka scored the only goal of the game in the 30th minute with a shot from the edge of the area.The Gunners, who also have a game in hand on United, saw a five-match winning run ended by Liverpool in midweek but they completely dominated the first...Full Story »

Promotion-chasing Sheffield United recorded a 2-0 victory at home to relegation-threatened Barnsley thanks to second-half goals from Sander Berge and Morgan Gibbs-White.Midfielder Berge grabbed his third goal in four games and Gibbs-White capped what was an impressive display from the Blades in the second period.Following their midweek draw at Blackpool, Blades boss Paul Heckingbottom made one c...Full Story »

Hull manager Shota Arveladze said his side owe their supporters a strong home performance after making it five unbeaten on the road with a 2-0 win over Coventry.Richie Smallwood set the Tigers on their way before Ryan Longman doubled the advantage, thumping home a half volley from inside the box.The Georgian said: “We know we owe our supporters a good game at home and this performance will...Full Story »

Liverpool struck twice in eight second-half minutes to win at Arsenal and move to within a point of Manchester City at the top of the Premier League.With City held to a goalless draw at Crystal Palace on Monday night, Liverpool took full advantage, winning their game in hand 2-0 as Diogo Jota and Roberto Firmino scored the goals.The pair have history against the Gunners – this was Jota&rsq...Full Story »

Nottingham Forest closed in on the Championship play-offs following a thumping 3-1 triumph over QPR.On-loan Watford striker Andre Gray had given the visitors a 1-0 lead at the break as he scored in a third successive game for the first time in six years.But a spectacular Djed Spence long-range strike sparked a scintillating second-half comeback from Forest that was completed by midfielder Ryan Y...Full Story »

Derby boss Wayne Rooney feels his side were left to rue missed chances as they fell to a 3-1 Championship defeat to Blackburn, despite taking the lead at Ewood Park.Derby took the lead midway through the first half when Nathan Byrne set up Ravel Morrison to finish from close range.Greeted with boos at half-time, Rovers found new impetus and two goals in six second-half minutes from Scott Wharton...Full Story »

Jon Brady praised Northampton’s resilience after they held off a spirited Stevenage fightback to secure a crucial 2-1 away win.Goals from Aaron McGowan and Mitch Pinnock put the promotion-chasing Cobblers 2-0 up before Chris Lines pulled one back for Stevenage late on.Northampton survived a nervy final 10 minutes to secure their 18th league win of the season and stay second in a cramped Le...Full Story »

Harry McKirdy’s second-half winner clinched a vital 2-1 victory for Swindon over play-off rivals Sutton.The hosts got in front after 14 minutes when Josh Davison raced onto a long clearance, chipped keeper Stuart Nelson and slotted into the corner.He should have made it two when McKirdy floated in a cross to the far post but with the goal at his mercy the Charlton loanee fluffed his volley...Full Story »

Andrew Munro got Forfar’s Scottish League Two promotion hopes back on track as he headed an 84th-minute winner at bottom club Cowdenbeath.The Loons went into the game at Central Park smarting from their shock loss to Stirling at the weekend that left them adrift of second-placed Annan.But the visitors made a bright start and snatched the lead in the 14th minute when Craig Thomson fired hom...Full Story »

Josh Magennis struck his first goal since signing for Wigan as the Latics kept up the pressure on League One leaders Rotherham with a hard-fought 2-0 win at lowly Crewe.Magennis – recruited from Hull in January – headed home at the end of the first half and Will Keane followed suit with another aerial finish soon after the interval to break the bottom club’s resistance.Wigan sk...Full Story »

Struggling Barnet dealt a further blow to Boreham Wood’s National League play-off prospects with a 1-0 win at The Hive.Ephron Mason-Clark pounced on a defensive mix-up to grab the only goal after 13 minutes and leave the visitors still searching for their first win since the end of their FA Cup heroics.Reece Grego-Cox came close to adding a second for the hosts, who were in the mood to bui...Full Story »

Fulham’s runaway charge to the Sky Bet Championship title was checked as West Brom outplayed them to win 1-0 at the Hawthorns.Callum Robinson’s 63rd-minute goal was scant reward for a dominant performance from the Baggies, who won at home for the first time under new manager Steve Bruce.Defeat for Fulham was only their second in 14 Championship games, and ended a run of 10 away leagu...Full Story »

Two goals in six second-half minutes secured back-to-back wins for Bradford as they claimed a 2-0 victory at Hartlepool.Matty Foulds’ opener arrived in the 70th minute before defender Yan Songo’o flicked in a crucial second shortly afterwards to inflict the first home league defeat on Graeme Lee since he took over as Pools boss in December.This was former Premier League boss Mark Hug...Full Story »

Elliot Anderson’s second-half goal was enough to give Bristol Rovers a 1-0 home win over Colchester and lift them into the League Two play-off zone.The young midfielder, on loan from Newcastle, struck with a fierce right-footed shot from the left side of the box after 49 minutes to settle a closely-fought contest.Colchester contributed plenty and attacked with menace in the second half, wi...Full Story »

Two goals from midfielder Tim Dieng helped Exeter to a 2-1 win over battling Crawley in a scrappy game at St James Park.Crawley’s best chance of the first half fell to Ashley Nadesan, who rounded Exeter goalkeeper Cam Dawson, but from an acute angle, he rolled the ball into the side-netting.The deadlock was broken in the 31st minute when Offrande Zanzala kept the ball alive from a deep fre...Full Story »

Mikel Arteta said Thomas Partey has “come a long way” since he signed for the club after the Ghana international produced a starring performance in Arsenal’s 2-0 win over Leicester.Partey and Alexandre Lacazette were on target as the Gunners reclaimed fourth spot in the Premier League from Manchester United, who beat Tottenham on Saturday.Partey put Arsenal ahead with an 11th-m...Full Story »

Blackpool manager Neil Critchley said his players had to sacrifice their egos and suffer without the ball in a narrow 1-0 win over Swansea at Bloomfield Road.Gary Madine’s fourth-minute header was enough to give the Seasiders a third league win in a row, and a fifth in six home games.Blackpool are 12th, moving within six points of sixth-placed Luton, and Critchley said that despite their o...Full Story »

Danny Wright scored twice as Torquay breathed fresh life into their fading National League play-off hopes with a hard-fought 3-2 win at second-bottom King’s Lynn.The 11th-placed Gulls, who had lost just once in their previous 10 games but had drawn the last four, saw Connor Lemonheigh-Evans fire a good early chance over before the visitors took control through Wright’s quickfire doub...Full Story »