Romaine Mundle’s brilliant equaliser snatched a point for Sky Bet Championship promotion hopefuls Sunderland in a 1-1 draw with Preston at the Stadium of Light.The Black Cats had two brilliant chances to go in front through Wilson Isidor before the break but having enjoyed a strong start to the second half, Emil Riis sent Preston ahead with a low finish from the edge of the area.Substitute M

Sheffield Wednesday produced a superb second-half comeback to beat Norwich 3-2 at Carrow Road and keep their outside hopes of making the Championship play-offs alive.Trailing 2-0 at the break to well-taken goals from Borja Sainz – his first since late November – and Ante Crnac, the Owls turned the game on its head by scoring three times in 12 minutes.Defender Michael Ihiekwe set the ba

Promotion hopefuls Notts County returned to winning ways and snapped Grimsby’s eight-game unbeaten run with a 2-0 League Two victory at Blundell Park.Alassana Jatta scored the opener – his 17th of the league campaign – early in the second half before David McGoldrick added a second late as Stuart Maynard’s side won away for the first time in over a month.The visitors were f

Accrington moved 10 points clear of the bottom two with an emphatic 5-0 win over Newport.Stanley, who remain 21st in League Two despite a third win in five games, charged into a 3-0 lead inside 26 minutes and continued to be clinical as they secured a much-needed three points in their game in hand over the bottom teams.The Reds had a dream start after four minutes when Southampton loanee Joe O&rsq

Matt Clarke and Marcus Harness struck in each half to help Derby boost their Sky Bet Championship survival hopes with a 2-0 victory over in-form Coventry on Frank Lampard’s return to Pride Park.Lampard came back to Derby for the first time since he left the club in 2019 but the now Sky Blues boss suffered a setback with his new club in their quest for the play-offs with a first defeat in six

Exeter moved 10 points clear of the League One relegation zone as they made it back-to-back home wins with a 2-0 victory over fellow strugglers Mansfield at St James Park.It took Exeter just eight minutes to break the deadlock as Angus MacDonald played the ball across the face of goal and Mansfield goalkeeper Scott Flinders fumbled it straight to Demetri Mitchell, who was left with a simple tap-in

Forest Green got back to winning ways as a 2-1 success over Sutton took them level on points with second-placed York.Charlie McCann gave his side the lead just before the half-hour mark when he collected Liam Sercombe’s pass and slotted smartly into the bottom corner.Christian Doidge doubled the advantage when he got the final touch on Jamie Robson’s drilled ball across goal, with the

Matty Taylor scored a late winner as AFC Wimbledon missed the chance to move into the League Two automatic promotion places with a 2-1 defeat at home to Cheltenham.A win would have seen Johnnie Jackson’s side leapfrog Doncaster into third, but they ended the evening in fifth after their third loss in four games.The ball dropped kindly to George Miller inside the Dons’ penalty area in t

Tommy Conway and Anfernee Dijksteel struck either side of half-time as Middlesbrough beat QPR 2-1 to edge themselves to within three points of the Sky Bet Championship play-off places.Conway’s 11th-goal of the season gave the hosts an 11th-minute lead, but they had to wait until 13 minutes after the break for Dijksteel to effectively seal a relatively-routine victory over Rangers, for whom S

Bolton’s promotion challenge suffered a surprise setback as a late goal by Bristol Rovers centre-back Connor Taylor secured the Pirates a thrilling 3-2 victory at the Memorial Stadium.Rovers took a shock lead after six minutes when veteran striker Chris Martin coolly converted a penalty after Alex Murphy dragged down highly-rated 18-year-old Kofi Shaw.Steven Schumacher’s side, unbeaten