Match report: Sunderland 1-0 Ipswich
Match report: Swansea 2-3 Derby
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In League Two, Swindon stay top but their lead has been halved from four points to two after being held 1-1 by Carlisle.
In the mayhem of whirling vidiprinters spewing out full-time results, Crewe popped up with a late, late winner (yep, well worthy of two lates as it was recorded as 90+7) at home to Oldham.
That 2-1 win put them just two back from Swindon and, wouldn’t you know it, they have a game in hand too.
In League One, Wycombe end the day three back from leaders Rotherham after a 3-1 win over Bristol Rovers.
Sunderland 1-0 Ipswich was a key result. It puts Sunderland into the top six and drops Ipswich to seventh and outside the play-off spots.
Nottingham Forest team news:
Samba, Cash, Worrall, Figueiredo, Ribeiro, Watson, Slow, Lolley, Silva, Ameobi, Grabban.
Subs: Muric, Bong, Diakhaby, Jenkinson, Dawson, Yates, Walker.
Here’s the Leeds line-up for the trip to Nottingham Forest...
📋 No changes to the Starting XI for this evening's clash, but Jean-Kevin Augustin is named on the bench for the first time since joining from RB Leipzig
— Leeds United (@LUFC) February 8, 2020
So, over to you Leeds.
Worst fears were realised for the Whites with wins for the chasing pack today. Fulham now trail Leeds only on goal difference after grinding out a 1-0 win at Blackburn while Brentford are up to fourth and just two points back after coming through a goal-laden second half to beat Middlesbrough 3-2.
Leeds can get get some breathing space again by beating Nottingham Forest in the 5.30pm kick-off but if the hosts take victory then they’ll be just one behind Marco Bielsa’s side.
If Leeds win, they’ll go two clear again of West Brom, who travel to Millwall tomorrow.
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Full-time scores
And here’s how it ended...
Championship
Wigan 1-2 Preston
Barnsley 1-1 Sheffield Wednesday
Blackburn 0-1 Fulham
Brentford 3-2 Middlesbrough
Huddersfield 2-0 QPR
Luton 0-1 Cardiff
Reading 1-1 Hull
Stoke 3-1 Charlton
Swansea 2-3 Derby
League One
AFC Wimbledon 1-2 Fleetwood
Blackpool 2-1 Southend
Burton 0-0 Gillingham
Coventry 2-1 Bolton
Doncaster 1-1 Rochdale
Peterborough 4-0 Oxford Utd
Shrewsbury 1-1 MK Dons
Sunderland 1-0 Ipswich
Tranmere 0-2 Portsmouth
Wycombe 3-1 Bristol Rovers
League Two
Bradford 1-1 Grimsby
Carlisle 1-1 Swindon
Colchester 3-0 Plymouth
Crewe 2-1 Oldham
Exeter 2-1 Stevenage
Forest Green 1-2 Walsall
Leyton Orient 1-1 Macclesfield
Morecambe 1-1 Mansfield
Newport 0-1 Cambridge Utd
Northampton 0-1 Port Vale
Salford 0-0 Crawley
Scunthorpe 1-0 Cheltenham
Scottish FA Cup fifth round
Hamilton 1-4 Rangers
Aberdeen 0-0 Kilmarnock
Ayr 1-2 St. Johnstone
Inverness CT 1-0 Livingston
St. Mirren 1-1 Motherwell
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Bit of a sickener for Bradford as Grimsby’s Luke Hendrie equalises in the second minute of added time. 1-1.
Late goal in League One as Maxime Biamou puts Coventry 2-1 up on Bolton.
That live Championship table then...
West Brom 56
Leeds 55
Fulham 55
Brentford 53
Gulp! The top two have a game in hand but surely teams want actual points on the board rather than theoretical opportunities to win them at this stage of the campaign.
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Brentford 3-2 Middlesbrough (Watkins 87)
Worst fears realised for Leeds fans as Brentford go back in front against Middlesbrough and there’s just three minutes plus stoppage time remaining.
Ollie Watkins gets the goal in what we’re surely calling a five-goal thriller.
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Drama in Exeter. Basement dwellers Stevenage level through Daniel Kemp in the 79th minute but Matt Jay restores Exeter’s lead on 81.
The hosts will end the say second in League Two if they see this out.
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A goal for Bradford to greet Stuart McCall’s 27th stint in charge of the West Yorkshire outfit.
The Bantams lead Grimsby 1-0 thanks to Lee Novak’s 80th-minute goal.
More goals in the Championship! Mallik Wilks levels for Hull at Reading (1-1) while Derby are now 3-2 up at Swansea via Tom Lawrence having trailed 2-1 at the hour mark.
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The live League One table now shows Sunderland in the top six after the Black Cats take an 81st-minute lead at home to fourth-placed Ipswich.
Chris Maguire sparks the scenes of jubilation.
Dennis Politic - great name - gives bottom side Bolton a 1-1 equaliser at Coventry, who had been 1-0 up from the third minute.
Back to the Scottish FA Cup fifth round and St. Mirren are level at home to Motherwell.
Alex Jakubiak restores parity (1-1) with 16 minutes remaining.
Full-times from the early afternoon games in the German Bundesliga:
Freiburg 1-0 Hoffenheim
Hertha Berlin 1-3 Mainz
Schalke 1-1 Paderborn
Werder Bremen 0-2 Union Berlin
Wolfsburg 1-1 Dusseldorf
Schalke miss the chance to close on the top four after conceding an 81st-minute equaliser at bottom side Paderborn.
GOALS! More to report and let’s start at Stoke where Nick Powell has given the hosts a 3-1 lead at home to Charlton.
In League Two, the journey home for leaders Swindon is set to be a little muted now after Carlisle pull level via Aaron Hayden.
Blackburn 0-1 Fulham (Mitrovic 65)
The deadlock is broken at Ewood Park and no prizes who gets the Fulham goal. Yes, it’s Aleksandar Mitrovic with his 20th Championship goal of the season. Leeds fans’ nerves in shreds and their game hasn’t even kicked off. As it stands, Fulham are now level with the Yorkshire outfit on 55 points.
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Brentford 2-2 Middlesbrough (Fletcher 63)
And another goal at Brentford. Leeds fans unmoved, muttering that Brentford will inevitably go back in front shortly. The goal spree continues as the third in five minutes and second equaliser for the visitors comes from Ashley Fletcher. 2-2.
Everywhere you look in the Championship there’s a goal. The latest to join this onion bag festival are Huddersfield, who go 1-0 up on QPR through Elias Kachunga.
GOAL! Brentford 2-1 Middlesbrough (Mbeumo 60)
A chorus of “bloody knew its” in Leeds as Brentford quickly restore their advantage. Bryan Mbeumo puts the hosts 2-1 up.
It’s a complete turnaround at Swansea as Wayne Routledge gives them a 2-1 lead at home to Derby.
GOAL! Brentford 1-1 Middlesbrough (Wing 58)
Whoops of joy in Leeds as Brentford are pegged back by Middlesbrough. Lewis Wing gets the goal.
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It’s all happening in the Championship now as Swansea level things up at home to Derby.
Yan Dhanda’s 56th-minute strike makes it 1-1.
Another goal in the Championship as Reading break the deadlock at home to Hull via Jordan Obita.
Some breathing space for Portsmouth in League One as Ryan Williams gives the visitors a 2-0 lead at Tranmere.
If Pompey hang on, they’ll be six points behind leaders Rotherham but with two games in hand.
GOAL! Our wishes are granted as Tom Ince nets in the 47th-minute to restore Stoke’s lead at home to Charlton. 2-1 to the Potters.
“Ince looked offside but the flag stayed down,” squawks their Twitter page.
That’s his first goal since August when he scored against... Charlton. Beautiful symmetry from son of Paul.
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Back underway in today’s 3pm games. Hopefully some more goals in the Championship in this second 45.
This seems to sum up Fulham’s goalless first half at Blackburn...
35' Nothing really to report here at Ewood Park. A slow burner, this.
— Fulham Football Club (@FulhamFC) February 8, 2020
[0-0] #BLAFUL pic.twitter.com/04uQXPptRA
Brentford are currently third in the live Championship table after taking a 1-0 half-time lead against Middlesbrough.
Halfway there
— Brentford FC (@BrentfordFC) February 8, 2020
🐝 1-0 🔴#BREMID | #BrentfordFC pic.twitter.com/ZSXB42dQcE
In La Liga, third-placed Getafe are in action at home to Valencia but it’s 0-0 at the break.
Half-times in the Scottish Cup
Fifth round
Hamilton 1-4 Rangers (R)
Aberdeen 0-0 Kilmarnock
Ayr 1-2 St. Johnstone
Inverness CT 0-0 Livingston
St. Mirren 0-1 Motherwell
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Half-time scores in England
Championship
Wigan 1-2 Preston (R)
Barnsley 1-1 Sheffield Wednesday (R)
Blackburn 0-0 Fulham
Brentford 1-0 Middlesbrough
Huddersfield 0-0 QPR
Luton 0-0 Cardiff
Reading 0-0 Hull
Stoke 1-1 Charlton
Swansea 0-1 Derby
League One
AFC Wimbledon 1-1 Fleetwood
Blackpool 1-0 Southend
Burton 0-0 Gillingham
Coventry 1-0 Bolton
Doncaster 1-0 Rochdale
Peterborough 1-0 Oxford Utd
Shrewsbury 0-0 MK Dons
Sunderland 0-0 Ipswich
Tranmere 0-1 Portsmouth
Wycombe 3-1 Bristol Rovers
League Two
Bradford 0-0 Grimsby
Carlisle 0-1 Swindon
Colchester 3-0 Plymouth
Crewe 0-0 Oldham
Exeter 1-0 Stevenage
Forest Green 0-0 Walsall
Leyton Orient 0-0 Macclesfield
Morecambe 0-0 Mansfield
Newport 0-0 Cambridge Utd
Northampton 0-0 Port Vale
Salford 0-0 Crawley
Scunthorpe 1-0 Cheltenham
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Half-times rolling in but we have an injury-time goal in the Championship as Ben Purrington levels for Charlton at Stoke. 1-1.
Action in Germany and here’s a bit of a laugh. Wolfsburg are reduced to 10 men as Marin Pongracic is sent off but two minutes later they equalise at home to Fortuna Dusseldorf through Renato Steffen.
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GOALS! Some notable strikes in League One and Two.
Second-placed Wycombe are 2-1 in front against Bristol Rovers while the live League Two table shows Exeter up to second thanks to Randell Williams giving them a 1-0 lead at home to Stevenage.
And as my fingers wander over the keyboard, Wycombe now lead 3-1 thanks to Matt Bloomfield. Two in the space of three minutes for the hosts.
More misery for third-placed Plymouth in League Two as Theo Robinson’s second of the afternoon gives Colchester a 3-0 lead inside 36 minutes.
Still just three goals in the seven Championship kick-offs.
Brentford, Stoke and Derby are the trio to have given their fans a first-half roar.
Over to Europe now and Serie A where Ruslan Malinovskyi has given Champions League last 16’s Atalanta a 2-1 lead at Fiorentina.
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GOALS! Callum Hendry puts St. Johnstone 2-1 up at Ayr in the Scottish Cup while improving Stoke take the lead at home to Charlton. It’s James McClean with the goal and they’re up to 19th in the live standings.
In League One, Jayden Mitchell-Lawson gives Bristol Rovers an equaliser (1-1) at Wycombe and in League Two Theo Robinson’s strike doubles Colchester’s lead at home to Plymouth. 2-0.
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GOAL! Brentford 1-0 Middlesbrough (Jeanvier 24)
Brentford break the deadlock as Julian Jeanvier gives the Bees a 24th-minute lead. As it stands, the hosts would move up to third, just two behind Leeds and three adrift of West Brom.
A scrappy goal and goalline technology has to alert the ref that the ball had crossed the line.
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Another goal in the Scottish Cup with Mark O’Hara putting Motherwell 1-0 in front at St. Mirren.
Lack of goals in the Championship so far.
Fulham (at Blackburn) and Brentford (home to Middlesbrough) have the chance to close the gap on top two West Brom and Leeds but no goals so far in both those fixtures after 22 minutes.
In the Scottish Cup fifth round, Aaron Muirhead’s own goal has gifted St. Johnstone an equaliser at Ayr. 1-1.
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Half-time scores in Germany: Binary in Bundesliga...
Freiburg 1-0 Hoffenheim
Hertha Berlin 0-1 Mainz
Schalke 0-0 Paderborn
Werder Bremen 0-0 Union Berlin
Wolfsburg 0-1 Dusseldorf
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A match report from Rangers’ 4-1 Scottish Cup win:
GOALS! Martyn Waghorn puts Derby 1-0 up at Swansea in the Championship while Rarmani Edmonds-Green has given League Two leaders Swindon an early advantage at Carlisle. Not so good for third-placed Plymouth though as they trail Colchester 1-0 after a 14th-minute strike from Ben Stevenson.
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GOAL! Wycombe 1-0 Bristol Rovers (Akinfenwa 9)
Wycombe have a game in hand on League One’s six-point leaders Rotherham and they’re on track to cut it in half after Adebayo Akinfenway’s early goal.
Back to the Scottish Cup and Aaron Drinan has put Ayr 1-0 up on St. Johnstone at Somerset Park.
Another goal for a home team in League One, well sort of, as Coventry go 1-0 up on bottom side Bolton. It comes from Sierra Leone’s Amadou Bakayoko.
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GOAL! The first of the day in the 3pm games and Doncaster lead Rochdale 1-0 through Duran Duran bass player Jon Taylor.
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Kick-off
Peeeep! The 3pm games are underway.
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We also have fifth-round Scottish Cup action and Rangers have moved into the last eight after beating Hamilton Academical 4-1.
Sounds easy but Steven Gerrard’s side were being held 1-1 by the hosts with a quarter of the game remaining before pulling away.
Just over an hour gone in the other early Championship game and it’s 1-1 between local rivals Barnsley and Sheffield Wednesday.
Josh Windass (16) put the visitors ahead but the lead lasted just eight minutes before Cauley Woodrow equalised for the Tykes.
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In Germany, top two Bayern Munich and RB Leipzig meet tomorrow. Here’s a preview from Marcus Christenson:
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In League One, Matt Crooks’ 10th goal of the season took Rotherham six points clear in League One after a 1-0 win at Lincoln last night.
Wycombe will hope to narrow the gap to three again by scoring a home win over Bristol Rovers, one of 10 games kicking off at 3pm in the third tier.
Swindon start the day with a four-point lead in League Two. They face the long trip north to Carlisle.
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While the difference between first and second in the Premier League is 22 points, that same gap in the Championship covers the top 18 teams.
It’s particularly tight at the top and, ahead of the six 3pm kick-offs, there are seven teams separated by by just six points.
Leaders West Brom (56 points) play Millwall tomorrow while Preston have just joined a trio of sides on 50 points by scoring a 2-1 win at Wigan in Saturday’s early kick-off to move up to sixth.
Leeds fans have a few hours before the fingernail chewing begins as their game today is a 5.30pm kick-off at fourth-placed Nottingham Forest.
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