Reading notched their fifth win in six League One home matches this season with a 4-1 victory over struggling Crawley.The hosts went ahead in the 20th minute through centre-back Amadou Mbengue only for Harry Forster to cancel it out 10 minutes later.A superb long-distance effort from Lewis Wing restored the home side’s lead before the interval.Reading secured victory with second-half goals f

Tottenham produced a second-half blitz of their own with three goals in eight minutes to down West Ham 4-1 and dispel memories of their collapse at Brighton.Ange Postecoglou had been forced to stew on a humbling 3-2 loss away to Brighton for two weeks during the international break where they conceded three times in quick succession after half-time.When Mohammed Kudus put West Ham ahead in the 18t

Second-half substitute Richard Kone scored a hat-trick inside 10 minutes as Wycombe beat 10-man Peterborough 3-1 at Adams Park.The Chairboys began the first half well as Dan Harvie, Caleb Taylor and Garath McCleary all went close.The visitors’ best chance of the opening period fell to Ricky-Jade Jones, who was thwarted by Wanderers goalkeeper Franco Ravizzoli.Peterborough took the lead five

Substitute Dane Scarlett headed a dramatic injury-time equaliser to earn Oxford a 1-1 draw against West Brom and prevent the Baggies going top of the Championship.Karlan Ahearne-Grant’s second goal of the season gave Albion a first-half lead.Grant fired home superbly in the 29th minute with a low 25-yard drive that beat Jamie Cumming to his right, fizzing into the net off the inside of the p

Shaun Whalley’s early solo strike gave Accrington a 1-0 victory against a Barrow side who could have gone top with a lunchtime win.Stanley’s winner came after eight minutes when Jimmy Knowles clipped a long ball forward to send Whalley running clear.The 37-year-old cut inside and fired low into the bottom corner for his third goal of the season.It was a third successive victory for Sta

Emil Riis ensured Preston’s unbeaten home record under Paul Heckingbottom continued as the Lilywhites beat Coventry 1-0 in the Sky Bet Championship.The 26-year-old headed home a 72nd-minute winner after missing a string of good opportunities in the first half.It was a strong performance that highlighted the progress that Preston have made since Heckingbottom replaced Ryan Lowe in August, how

Cardiff produced their best display of the season to thrash Plymouth 5-0 and heap further misery on Wayne Rooney.Alex Robertson struck first his league goal since joining from Manchester City in the 16th minute, with Rubin Colwill doubling Cardiff’s lead eight minutes later.Rooney – serving a one-match touchline ban – then saw Ibrahim Cissoko receive a straight red card before An

Sheffield United boss Chris Wilder said Leeds will be the team to beat in this season’s Sky Bet Championship title race after his side went down 2-0 at Elland Road.Wilder’s men slipped to their first league defeat of the season and conceded their first league goals in seven matches as Leeds skipper Pascal Struijk and Mateo Joseph were both on target.Leeds fully deserved to extend their

Chesterfield assistant manager Danny Webb believes the Spireites have shown they deserve to be in the League Two play-off places after a 3-0 victory at Newport on Friday night.Paul Cook’s side moved up to seventh after making it six matches unbeaten.The visitors were gifted the lead after just 43 seconds as a comical mix-up between Exiles goalkeeper Nick Townsend and centre-back Kyle Jameson

Pascal Struijk and Mateo Joseph struck second-half goals to secure Leeds a 2-0 Yorkshire derby win and consign Sheffield United to their first defeat of the season.Leeds skipper Struijk scored the first league goal conceded by the Blades in seven matches and substitute Joseph added a late second.Daniel Farke’s side leap-frogged the visitors into second place in the Sky Bet Championship table