Tag: point

22 August 2026 Off

Birmingham City 2-2 Bristol City: Demarai Gray penalty salvages Blues point

By Total Football News

In the opening stages, both sides struggled to fashion clear-cut chances although Twine shot wide before Blues’ Bright Osayi-Samuel and Lorent Tolaj, for the visitors, exchanged misses at either end.

In a game that desperately needed a spark, it was the visitors who eventually obliged, getting themselves on the scoreboard for the first time this season after a penalty box melee.

Following a long ball played into the Birmingham half,

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20 April 2026 Off

Kieran McKenna: Ipswich Town boss satisfied with point against Middlesbrough

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Ipswich Town manager Kieran McKenna believes his side deserved a penalty in the final moments of a turbulent 2-2 draw with Middlesbrough, which sees the Tractor Boys back up to second in the Championship.

“Bit surprised about how many questions I’ve had about [the penalty],” McKenna told BBC Radio Suffolk.

“To me, the ball’s going across the face of goal and [Adilson] Malanda pulls George Hirst back as he’s running

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16 April 2026 Off

Coventry City boss Frank Lampard focused with promotion one point away

By Total Football News

He added: “I think the Championship is a great league to to work in and to watch, especially with its unpredictability.

“The support bases, the sizes of the teams that are in it, and the different styles of play are great.”

Speaking about Blackburn, who were beaten 3-0 by in-form Southampton on Tuesday, Lampard said: “They are a team who are fighting.

“You can see they have good players and

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9 April 2026 Off

Jayson Molumby: West Bromwich Albion midfielder ‘happy’ with point

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West Bromwich Albion midfielder Jayson Molumby claimed the side are “happy” with their goalless draw with Blackburn Rovers, as the bottom Championship clubs all dropped points across Easter Monday.

Oxford United and Portsmouth shared a 2-2 draw at Fratton Park in the lunchtime kick-off, before the game against Sheffield Wednesday and Leicester City also resulted in a draw.

However, while the Irishman may have had a keen eye on the

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7 April 2026 Off

Portsmouth: Opinion – A good point but not enough for Pompey’s survival

By Total Football News

A draw was never going really going to be enough for either side at Fratton Park.

However, given circumstances, it’s a good point for Pompey and one that got away for Oxford.

Connor Ogilvie’s early red card was very harsh. The reaction of the players and coaches on both sides showed no one was expecting it.

Oxford’s Brodie Spencer was lucky not to receive a yellow card in the second

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7 April 2026 Off

Preston North End 1-1 Queens Park Rangers: Late own goal gives QPR point

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Three consecutive wins had reignited QPR’s bid for an unlikely play-off place but they were frustrated in a drab first half.

Preston, who are now 14th, 10 points outside the top six, had the better of the opening 45 minutes as Alfie Devine saw a shot from 25 yards out deflected narrowly wide.

Devine then set up Ben Whiteman just outside the area but he pulled his shot over the

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7 April 2026 Off

Sheffield Wednesday 1-1 Leicester City: Jordan Ayew salvages point for Foxes

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Striker Yates got the hosts off to the perfect start when he poked in from close range with just two minutes on the clock after Leicester had failed to clear a corner.

Minutes later, Abdul Fatawu should have drawn the Foxes level when Divine Mukasa’s corner fell to him unmarked, but his first-time effort sailed wide.

The Foxes went on to create several chances to equalise in the first half,

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6 April 2026 Off

Portsmouth 2-2 Oxford United: Pompey rescue point in vital Championship game

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Pompey made a breakthrough after nine minutes, when a headed pass to Colby Bishop rebounded off his leg to Anderson, who took a smart touch to his left before firing his side into the lead.

The shot flew into the net via keeper Jamie Cumming, who got a hand to the effort but could not keep it out.

Pompey’s momentum was then halted when referee Josh Smith produced a straight

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21 March 2026 Off

Ipswich Town 1-1 Millwall – Promotion rivals settle for point each

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Defeat would have been cruel on the hosts who dominated possession and posed the greater overall threat, but were generally wasteful in the final third.

A point apiece means the gap to second-placed Middlesbrough remains at two points following Boro’s draw away at Blackburn Rovers.

The real winners were Coventry City, who could go nine points clear at the top of the table with victory over Swansea City in the

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