Burnley missed the chance to go top of the Championship as they were held to a 0-0 draw by Preston in a scrappy, occasionally bad-tempered Lancashire derby.The visitors gained a valuable point in their bid to pull away from the relegation zone, in their first outing since striker Milutin Osmajic was given an eight-match ban for biting.Preston could feel hard done, as they saw a fourth-minute goal

Jordan Gibson scored twice as Doncaster coasted to a 3-0 win over 10-man Grimsby.Luke Molyneux also got in on the act, while Harvey Rodgers was sent-off for the Mariners.Gibson made it 1-0 in the second minute, scoring at the second attempt after beating the offside trap and initially being thwarted by defender Lewis Cass.Molyneux, who teed up that opener, put Doncaster in control when he found th

Diogo Jota’s goal kept Liverpool at the top of the Premier League for another week as they beat Crystal Palace 1-0 at Selhurst Park.The Portugal international punished some poor defending to earn Arne Slot’s men a third league win on the spin.Liverpool showed their title pedigree in south London and head into the international break in high spirits ahead of a home clash against Chelsea

Kwame Poku netted a stoppage-time winner as Peterborough got themselves back on track in Sky Bet League One with a narrow 2-1 victory at home to Stevenage.It was the Posh’s first win in four games, but it was harsh on their opponents, who looked set for a deserved share of the spoils thanks to Louis Thompson’s second-half equaliser.Peterborough were ahead after only five minutes when D

A failure to finish proved both sides’ undoing as Fleetwood and Bromley played out a 0-0 draw.The visitors had the better of the first half, while the Cod Army were on top after the break but wasted chances at both ends meant a point apiece.Fleetwood were grateful to goalkeeper David Harrington for keeping them in contention at the break. Harrington rescued his side when they surrendered pos

Ben Wiles and David Kasumu were on target as Huddersfield halted a four-match losing run with a late 2–0 League One victory against manager Michael Duff’s former club Barnsley.Huddersfield dominated the first half but were unable to make a breakthrough, with Callum Marshall having a backwards header turned wide by Gabriel Slonina.Bojan Radulovic did well to get onto a bouncing ball in

Norwich maintained their impressive surge up the Championship table with a 4-0 demolition of a ragged Hull side at Carrow Road.The Tigers went into the match with three straight wins behind them but were no match for a rampant home outfit who scored twice in each half to make it four wins in six games.Helped by some desperately poor defending, Norwich scored two early goals in quick succession thr

Louie Sibley came off the bench to fire his first Oxford goal and deny Portsmouth a first win of the season in a 1-1 draw at Fratton Park.Mark O’Mahony had stooped low to head Pompey into a 58th-minute lead, after Elias Sorensen had seen an early penalty saved.Sibley brilliantly finished from the edge of the area 128 seconds after coming on as Oxford drew on the road for the second time in a

Leeds manager Daniel Farke was “heartbroken” after Illan Meslier’s last-gasp mistake handed Sunderland a 2-2 draw in a pulsating Sky Bet Championship encounter.A costly mistake from Meslier gifted the Black Cats an equaliser in the dying seconds of stoppage time as Alan Browne’s attempted cross brushed off Junior Firpo’s head and the ball bounced past the goalkeeper a

Illan Meslier’s last-gasp mistake handed Sunderland a point as they drew 2-2 with Leeds in an pulsating Sky Bet Championship clash.Sunderland took an early lead through teenager Chris Rigg but Leeds fought back and levelled through Joel Piroe’s header.The visitors then took advantage shortly after the break through Junior Firpo’s low strike, which looked to have sealed victory un