January signing Elton Kabangu helped himself to another double as Hearts stepped up their pursuit of a top-six place in the William Hill Premiership with a hard-fought 2-1 victory away to bottom side St Johnstone.The Belgian forward bounced back from missing a string of chances in the previous weekend’s 3-1 defeat by Rangers to take his tally to seven since his arrival on loan from Union Sai

Watford reclaimed local bragging rights with a 2-0 derby win that left Luton still rooted to the bottom of the Championship table.Tom Dele-Bashiru’s early penalty and a tap-in not long after from Edo Kayembe turned out to be enough for Watford to inflict a ninth defeat in 12 league matches upon the Hatters, who had beaten the Hornets 3-0 at Kenilworth Road in October.Goalkeeper Thomas Kamins

Aston Villa boss Unai Emery is pleased with the impact of January signings Marcus Rashford and Marco Asensio after they earned a vital 2-1 win over Chelsea.Rashford arrived on loan from Manchester United and Asensio came from Paris St Germain and the pair combined twice to inspire a come-from-behind Premier League win at Villa Park.After falling behind to Enzo Fernandez’s early opener, Rashf

Filip Jorgensen’s late howler in the Chelsea goal handed Aston Villa a Champions League qualification lifeline as they won 2-1 at Villa Park.The Blues’ goalkeeping problems continued as Jorgensen inexplicably let Marcos Asensio’s saveable shot straight through his grasp in the 89th minute to give Villa a vital three points in the race for the top four.Unai Emery’s men looke

Swindon assistant manager Marcus Bignot said Chesterfield counterpart Paul Cook would put in a word for home boss Ian Holloway after his sending off during Saturday’s 1-0 League Two win at the County Ground.Kabongo Tshimanga grabbed Swindon’s winner against his old club in a game marred by Holloway’s red card and fears over a serious injury to Chesterfield defender Tyrone William

Bournemouth manager Andoni Iraola criticised the VAR process that led to defender Illia Zabarnyi’s 31st-minute red card as his side lost 1-0 to Wolves to miss the chance to go fourth in the Premier League.Referee Michael Salisbury was called pitchside at the Vitality Stadium to review Zabarnyi’s tackle on Rayan Ait-Nouri and deemed it amounted to serious foul play, leaving the home sid

Philippe Clement described Rangers’ performance in the 2-0 defeat by St Mirren at Ibrox as “by far the worst” in his time at the club.Gers fans went to Ibrox boosted by news this week of a potential multi-million pound takeover of the club by a USA-led consortium but they were stunned by a well-organised Buddies side.St Mirren deservedly won through second-half goals from strike

Steve Schumacher insisted it did not need any half-time histrionics to turn round the fortunes of comeback-kings Bolton as they edged a 2-1 League One victory at home to Leyton Orient.A goal down to Charlie Kelman’s 15th of the season, Wanderers won a third-successive league game under Schumacher’s command with a John McAtee equaliser and Aaron Morley penalty.Orient’s defeat was

West Brom head coach Tony Mowbray has challenged his players to become more clinical after a 2-0 win against Oxford.Former Oxford loan midfielder Alex Mowatt’s 11th-minute goal and substitute John Swift’s effort 11 minutes into added time moved the Baggies up to fifth in the Championship.But Albion, who had 22 shots, should have won more comfortably.Oxford goalkeeper Jamie Cumming deni

Brighton boss Fabian Hurzeler said his only disappointment was not winning by more after seeing his side thump Southampton 4-0 at St Mary’s to climb to eighth in the Premier League.The Seagulls ripped Southampton apart throughout with goals from Joao Pedro, Georginio Rutter, Kaoru Mitoma and Jack Hinshelwood taking them to within three points of the top six.But for some wasteful finishing an