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1 July 2020 0

West Brom win to close gap on Leeds

By Total Football News

Matheus Pereira’s double helped West Brom kick-start their automatic promotion push in the Sky Bet Championship with a 3-0 win at Sheffield Wednesday.

Brazilian forward Pereira struck twice in the second period after Charlie Austin had marked his first league start since February by converting a first-half penalty.

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The Baggies moved to within a point of leaders Leeds after securing their first win …

1 July 2020 0

Struggling Huddersfield cruise to victory

By Total Football News

Dominant Huddersfield grabbed a huge survival lifeline after an impressive 3-0 win at Birmingham.

Karlan Grant’s penalty, Fraizer Campbell’s first goal since November and Elias Kachunga’s header lifted the Terriers out of the Sky Bet Championship relegation zone.

Campbell’s strike came just after Grant had a second spot-kick saved by Lee Camp.

Danny Cowley’s side are now 19th, three points above the drop zone, after their first win since returning …

1 July 2020 0

Forest edge past 10-man Bristol City

By Total Football News

Tiago Silva’s terrific free-kick fired Nottingham Forest to victory and extended Bristol City’s wretched winless run on a night when Ashley Williams saw red.

Sabri Lamouchi’s men strengthened their position in the Sky Bet Championship play-off spots, with three points seeing them move up to fourth on Wednesday evening.

Bristol City did show signs of promise at the City Ground but Lee Johnson’s stuttering side saw their winless streak extend …

1 July 2020 0

Rooney stunner keeps Derby in play-off hunt

By Total Football News

A stunning Wayne Rooney free-kick was enough to see Derby past play-off rivals Preston as they earned a 1-0 win at Deepdale on Wednesday evening.

England’s record goalscorer struck the winner after 18 minutes, beating North End goalkeeper Declan Rudd an with inch-perfect free-kick from just outside the penalty area, following a foul on Louie Sibley.

There was a vast improvement from the hosts after the break, but there was …

30 June 2020 0

Leeds see promotion charge halted by Luton

By Total Football News

Leeds extended their lead at the top of the Sky Bet Championship but by only one point after being held 1-1 at home against relegation battlers Luton.

Substitute Harry Cornick curled Luton into an early second-half lead and when Stuart Dallas fired Leeds level just after the hour, it appeared there would be only one winner.

But Luton, who had climbed off the bottom of the table after Saturday’s win …

30 June 2020 0

In-form Wigan thump sorry Stoke

By Total Football News

Wigan made it nine matches unbeaten, and seven clean sheets in a row, with a 3-0 thumping of Sky Bet Championship strugglers Stoke.

Wigan themselves have spent most of the season deep in a relegation battle, but their remarkable recent form has lifted them to the lofty heights of 14th, eight points clear of the drop zone.

Despite dominating for pretty much the whole game, Wigan had to wait 40 …

30 June 2020 0

Barnsley win to boost survival hopes

By Total Football News

Conor Chaplin answered Barnsley’s prayers as he came off the bench to score in a 2-0 win over Blackburn that does wonders for his side’s Sky Bet Championship survival hopes.

Chaplin needed less than three minutes to make an impact as he opened the scoring in the 58th minute, with Jacob Brown sealing the three points for the Reds in the final 15 minutes.

It is their second win in …

30 June 2020 0

Brentford win to close on automatic-promotion spots

By Total Football News

Brentford moved to within two points of the Championship’s automatic promotion places with a comfortable 3-0 victory at Reading.

Bryan Mbeumo gave Brentford the lead midway through the first half, stooping to nod home his 15th goal of the season.

Josh Dasilva increased their advantage just past the hour mark and Joel Valencia added a third goal in the 90th minute to secure a fourth successive league victory for the …

28 June 2020 0

Grabban double fires Forest past Huddersfield

By Total Football News

Lewis Grabban scored twice as Nottingham Forest bolstered their position in the Sky Bet Championship play-off places with a 3-1 over Huddersfield on Sunday.

Grabban struck either side of the break and Ryan Yates grabbed a late third at the City Ground to lift Forest up to fourth in the table – now seven points clear of Preston in seventh, and also seven behind West Brom in second.

For Huddersfield, …