Reading boss Paul Ince hopes to have striker Lucas Joao available for Monday’s Sky Bet Championship showdown with Swansea.Joao was taken off as a precaution during Friday’s priceless 2-1 win at Sheffield United complaining of a tight hamstring after scoring the opening goal, but Ince is confident his only match-fit frontman will be available.However, midfielder John Swift is likely t...Full Story »

QPR boss Mark Warburton will hope for more of the same as he sends his players into Sky Bet Championship battle with lowly Derby on Monday.Rangers ended a run of five successive defeats with a hard-fought 2-2 draw at promotion-chasing Huddersfield on Friday, and need victories if they are to force their way into the play-off places.Emergency signing Keiren Westwood returned from illness in that ...Full Story »

Crawley boss John Yems could stick with a winning formula against Walsall on Monday.The Reds secured their first away league victory for two months in Good Friday’s 2-1 triumph at Newport.Joel Lynch made his first start since returning from injury in Wales and, having played 69 minutes, the defender will be looking to keep his place.Crawley could make it four successive home wins when the ...Full Story »

Following Roma's win over FK Bodo/Glimt Jose Mourinho After Roma's elimination of FK Bodo/Glimt in the Europa Conference League, Jose Mourinho becomes the coach with the most European semi-final appearances in history, with a total of eleven appearances. The Portuguese is now ahead of greats such as Scotland's Sir Alex Ferguson, Germany's Jupp Heynckes (both with eight), Italy's Carlo Ancelot...Full Story »

Liverpool are showing an interest in €30m Arsenal transfer target Domenico Berardi. Berardi is the current captain of Sassuolo, but has been attracting interest from clubs around Europe. Liverpool are the latest club to be added to the list of potential suitors, according to Fichajes, with Jurgen Klopp said to be a fan of the winger. The report also lists AC Milan and Juventus as inter...Full Story »

Fulham’s bid for an immediate return to the Premier League was put on hold again after they suffered a surprise 2-1 defeat at relegation-battling Derby.The Cottagers would have sealed promotion with victory and the Sky Bet Championship leaders were on track to do just that when Fabio Carvalho put them ahead in the 20th minute.But the Rams hit back and, inspired by teenager Luke Plange, cla...Full Story »

Crawley boss John Yems is ruling nothing out in his side’s bid to sneak into the League Two play-offs after seeing them down fellow promotion hopefuls Newport.First-half goals from Ashley Nadesan and Ludwig Francillette fired Town to a fourth win in their last five matches and they are 12th in the table on 57 points, 10 adrift of seventh-placed Sutton with five games to go.Yems, who confes...Full Story »

Steve Bruce played down West Brom’s chances of promotion despite his side moving within five points of the play-offs with a win over Blackpool.Karlan Grant scored with virtually the last kick of the game to secure the Baggies a 2-1 win over Neil Critchley’s side at The Hawthorns.In a game of few clear-cut chances, Andy Carroll gave West Brom a first-half lead before Marvin Ekpiteta l...Full Story »

Doncaster boss Gary McSheffrey insists his side have to remain positive despite their League One survival hopes suffering a major blow with defeat to Bolton.Rovers sit six points from safety with three matches left to play after the 2-1 loss to the Trotters.West Ham loanee Mipo Odubeko cancelled out Amadou Bakayoko’s opener for Bolton only for Kieran Sadlier to put the visitors back in fro...Full Story »

Head coach Shota Arveladze expressed relief after the 2-1 win at home to Cardiff confirmed Hull’s position in next season’s Sky Bet Championship.Arveladze’s men are now safe after early goals from Allahyar Sayyadmanesh and Lewie Coyle earned the Tigers three points.Aden Flint scored a late header for Cardiff, but Hull calmly held on to end a run of six successive home defeats.A...Full Story »

Stevanage manager Steve Evans praised his side’s response to his half-time team talk as they claimed a crucial 1-0 win over Rochdale.Stevenage moved out of the League Two relegation zone with the win courtesy of Scott Cuthbert’s header just after the break.The first half offered little in the way of chances for both sides and Evans challenged his players to offer more in the second p...Full Story »

Substitute Callum McManaman scored a late equaliser to earn Tranmere a 1-1 draw at 10-man Bradford and leave Bantams manager Mark Hughes still waiting for his first home win after five attempts.Bradford, who played for more than an hour with 10 men after midfield player Elliot Watt was sent off for a second booking, were denied a win when McManaman equalised with a low drive just inside the far ...Full Story »

Gillingham manager Neil Harris praised the instincts of striker Vadaine Oliver after bagging the opening goal in his side’s vital 2-2 draw at Cheltenham which hoisted them out of the relegation zone.The 30-year-old frontman fired the visitors into a 14th-minute lead with midfielder Ben Reeves also on target, only for Callum Wright and Kion Etete to twice haul Cheltenham level.Harris said: ...Full Story »

Scunthorpe United manager Keith Hill admitted his thoughts were with the supporters after The Iron were sent tumbling out of the Football League.A 3-0 defeat at Leyton Orient guaranteed relegation at the end of what has been a wretched season for the club, who were elected into the League in 1950.First-half goals by Paul Smyth, Theo Archibald and Ruel Sotiriou ensured a 26th defeat in 42 matches...Full Story »

Sutton boss Matt Gray revelled in a “top performance” from his side after they beat Mansfield 3-2 to halt the Stags’ club-record home run of 11 successive league wins.An error from home defender Farrend Rawson gifted United a ninth-minute lead from which Mansfield never recovered as the visitors came out on top in a battle between two clubs pushing for promotion.The result saw ...Full Story »

Manchester City are likely to be without Kevin De Bruyne and Kyle Walker as they face Liverpool at Wembley in the FA Cup semi-finals.Playmaker De Bruyne (foot) and right-back Walker (ankle) were both forced off in the second half of Wednesday’s Champions League clash at Atletico Madrid.Ruben Dias, an unused substitute in midweek, is pushing to return having been out since early March with ...Full Story »

Arthur Gnahoua’s double helped Morecambe secure a 3-2 win at Charlton that gives their League One survival hopes a boost.Cole Stockton grabbed his 26th goal of the season in the 23rd minute to fire Morecambe ahead.The striker produced a deft first time finish following excellent approach play that saw Greg Leigh and Dylan Connolly combine down the right to fashion the opening.Gnahoua made ...Full Story »

AFC Wimbledon’s hopes of avoiding relegation were delivered a blow as already-relegated Crewe came from behind to win 3-1 and secure their first victory in nine games.Second-half goals from Mikael Mandron, Chris Long and Bassala Sambou left the Dons without a win in 24 games and gave interim Crewe manager Alex Morris success in his first match since taking over from Dave Artell, who was sa...Full Story »

Rhys Browne’s fine second-half goal earned Wealdstone a 1-0 win at Southend.The Shrimpers had the perfect chance to go ahead 12 minutes in when Noor Husin was bundled over, but Jason Demetriou saw his spot-kick saved by George Wickens.Demetriou then missed another chance with the goal at his mercy as Southend piled on the pressure, while at the other end Josh Umerah was denied by Steve Arn...Full Story »

Watford will be without forward Cucho Hernandez for the Premier League match against Brentford because of a hamstring problem.The Colombian was forced off late in the first half of last weekend’s home defeat by Leeds, with subsequent scans confirming the injury is a serious one and could see him sidelined for the rest of the season.Forward Samuel Kalu is carrying a minor ankle injury, whil...Full Story »