Leicester’s survival hopes hit by heavy defeat at Fulham
Posted Tuesday, May 09, 2023 by PA
Leicester slipped further into relegation trouble as they endured a woeful 5-3 defeat away to Fulham to end their three-game unbeaten run and inflict damage on their survival hopes.Starting the game outside of the bottom three on goal difference, Dean Smith’s side were ripped apart in the first half at Craven Cottage as Willian, Carlos Vinicius and Tom Cairney all took advantage of shambol...Full Story »
Watford ensure top-half finish with hard-fought win against Stoke
Posted Tuesday, May 09, 2023 by PA
Watford ended a season to forget with a hard-fought 2-0 victory against Stoke.Imran Louza and Keinan Davis scored second-half goals to ensure Chris Wilder’s side at least finished the campaign with a top-half finish, but defeat capped a depressing end to Stoke’s season as they failed to win any of their last seven games.The Potters started brightly and took just 22 seconds to worry W...Full Story »
Ben Brereton Diaz bags brace as Blackburn beat Millwall but both miss play-offs
Posted Tuesday, May 09, 2023 by PA
Ben Brereton Diaz struck a second-half brace as Blackburn came from two goals down to beat Millwall 4-3 and send their hosts tumbling out the Sky Bet Championship play-off places.Both sides started the day with top-six ambitions and the hosts looked on their way to securing the win they needed when Duncan Watmore’s double and Oliver Burke’s addition sent them into the break 3-1 up.Bu...Full Story »
Coventry clinch play-off place with point at Middlesbrough
Posted Tuesday, May 09, 2023 by PA
Coventry claimed a final-day point to clinch a Sky Bet Championship play-off place after earning a 1-1 draw at Middlesbrough – who they will now meet in the two-legged semi-final.On a dramatic day in the promotion race, Boro and Coventry finished fourth and fifth respectively to keep their dreams of a Premier League return alive.They will now meet again on Sunday, May 14 at the Coventry Bu...Full Story »
Sunderland clinch play-off date against Luton after victory away to Preston
Posted Tuesday, May 09, 2023 by PA
Sunderland’s Premier League dream remained alive after they clinched a play-off place on the final day of the season, scoring three times inside 11 minutes to beat Preston 3-0 at Deepdale.Goals from Amad Diallo, Alex Pritchard and Jack Clarke did the trick on a day to remember.The Black Cats needed results elsewhere to go their way and Millwall’s failure to win saw them sneak into th...Full Story »
West Brom beaten at Swansea as slim play-off hopes end on final day
Posted Tuesday, May 09, 2023 by PA
West Brom missed out on the Sky Bet Championship play-offs after losing 3-2 at Swansea.Albion started the final day in eighth, needing to win to keep their promotion bid alive, and hopes of extending their season were raised after Okay Yokuslu and Semi Ajayi twice gave them the lead in South Wales.But Luke Cundle and Olivier Ntcham equalised and, with results elsewhere going against them, Joel P...Full Story »
Wigan and Rotherham play out goalless stalemate in dead rubber
Posted Tuesday, May 09, 2023 by PA
Wigan and Rotherham shared the spoils after a goalless Sky Bet Championship draw at the DW Stadium that lived up to its billing as a dead rubber.With the Millers already safe and the Latics already relegated, there was little to play for in front of a bumper crowd, boosted by a sell-out contingent from South Yorkshire.All of the pre-match talk had focused on Wigan’s failure to pay their pl...Full Story »
Neil Warnock signs off as Huddersfield boss with victory over relegated Reading
Posted Tuesday, May 09, 2023 by PA
Neil Warnock celebrated his final game as Huddersfield boss with a 2-0 Sky Bet Championship victory over already relegated Reading.Prospective new American owner Kevin M Nagle was in attendance at the John Smith’s Stadium as the Terriers claimed a seventh win of 74-year-old Warnock’s 15-match ‘great escape’ reign.Superb second-half strikes from Josh Koroma and substitute ...Full Story »
Luton prepare for play-offs with draw against Hull
Posted Tuesday, May 09, 2023 by PA
Luton and Hull played out a goalless draw in their final game of the Sky Bet Championship season at Kenilworth Road.With the Hatters having already qualified for the play-offs in third place, and the Tigers safe in mid-table, Luton boss Rob Edwards made eight changes.It was the visitors who had the first openings, as after completely dominating possession in the early stages, Adama Traore’...Full Story »
Morgan Rogers on target as relegated Blackpool sign off with win at Norwich
Posted Tuesday, May 09, 2023 by PA
Relegated Blackpool ended a disappointing Sky Bet Championship season on a high note as they recorded a hard-fought 1-0 win over Norwich at Carrow Road.A well-taken first-half goal from Morgan Rogers proved enough to settle an entertaining encounter between two clubs with nothing but pride to play for.It was a reward for a spirited showing from the visitors, who signed off on a positive note und...Full Story »
Oli McBurnie and James McAtee on target as Sheffield United win at Birmingham
Posted Tuesday, May 09, 2023 by PA
Premier League-bound Sheffield United rounded off their Championship campaign by beating Birmingham 2-1.Oli McBurnie opened the scoring early in the second half before James McAtee doubled the lead soon after.Dion Sanderson pulled a late goal back for Blues.For much of the opening half the home side proved extremely hard to break down and they went close to taking the lead in the 14th minute whe...Full Story »
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