Andy Lyons scored twice as Mick McCarthy’s Blackpool gave themselves new hope to avoid a drop from the Sky Bet Championship with a 6-1 victory over QPR.
Jerry Yates opened the scoring from the penalty spot before Lyon scored twice when he pounced on CJ Hamilton’s superb drag-back before setting his feet cool on the home side.
Curtis Nelson led 3-0 when he capitalized on a goalkeeper mistake. It was even worse nine minutes before halftime when Jordan Thorniley headed in from Charlie’s corner. Patino easily
It was five minutes for Blackpool, just three minutes after the restart. After Dieng’s brilliant shot over Lyons’ lightning crossbar, the Blackpool midfielder headed home from Patino’s corner. Substitute Kenny Dougall’s sharp finish gave Blackpool sixth place. Great in the 88th minute.
Tom Cannon scored again for Preston, who kept their play-off hopes alive with a 2-1 win at Rotherham.
First-half goals from Cannon and Ched Evans extended North End’s unbeaten run to seven games and moved five points out of the top six.
The Irishman was heavily involved in Cannon’s goal after Tarique Fosu miscontrolled his own half, then Alan Brown curled the ball into the far post, where Robbie Brady turned a cross for Cannon to head home. at close range
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Imran Louza and Keinan Davis scored within the first 16 minutes of a painful night for Blues manager John Eustace, the former Hornets captain as a player.
Birmingham got better in the second half. But couldn’t prevent backup Britt Assombalonga from adding a third.
Millwall consolidated their place in the play-offs by beating Swansea 2-1 in a poor quality game.
After a tame first half which saw both sides still in possession of the ball. but lacks sharpness in the last three parts The game is full of life.
Charlie Cresswell opened the home run before Andreas Voglsammer doubled Millwall’s lead with his second in as many games.
Middlesbrough missed out on an automatic promotion spot as they drew 1-1 with Stoke at the Riverside Stadium.
Boro took the lead in the first half when Chuba Akpom scored his 23rd goal of the season, but Ki-Jana Hoever equalized just before half-time with his third goal in two games.
Wigan moved off the bottom of the table when a late equalizer earned a 1-1 draw with play-off chasers Coventry at the DW Stadium.