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Key occasions
Championship: Middlesbrough miss their penalty towards Sheffield Wednesday and fail to double their lead.
GOAL! Leeds United 3-0 Stoke Metropolis
Leeds go three up, with Joel Piroe firing house from shut vary on the far submit to finish his first hat-trick in English soccer. Nothing can go flawed now!!!
Championship: Middlesbrough win a penalty towards Sheffield Wednesday when Hayden Hackney is barged over by Svante Ingelsson. We’ll get again to that as Ingelsson is at the moment receiving remedy …
League One: Peterborough United go a purpose up towards Barnsley at Oakwell courtesy of Ricky-Jade Jones’ 18th purpose of the season. On the LNER Stadium, James Collins scores from the spot to place Lincoln Metropolis 2-0 forward towards Bolton Wanderers.
An e mail: “Like each different Stoke fan who can’t get to Elland Highway at the moment, I might be spending the 90 minutes (plus stoppage time) holding my head in my fingers and weeping whereas crying out ‘How has it gone so flawed?!’” writes Joshua Reynolds.
League One: Lloyd Jones scores for Charlton Athletic at Wycombe Wanderers to ship them fourth within the desk as issues stand. In the meantime on the Memorial Stadium, Jamie Reid breaks the impasse within the twelfth minute to offer Stevenage a one-goal lead towards Bristol Rovers.
Championship: Millwall go one up towards Norwich Metropolis, with Femi Azeez sending within the cross that goes in off the knee of his apparently unwitting teammate Mihailo Ivanovic. Let’s give him the good thing about the doubt and say he meant it.
From Femi Azeez to Finn Azaz, who has put Middlesbrough forward away at Sheffield Wednesday.
GOAL! Leeds 2-0 Stoke Metropolis
Championship: Leeds double their lead towards Stoke, with Joel Piroe scoring his second in three minutes from across the identical distance out after going 10 video games and not using a purpose.
Championship: Derby have scored away at West Brom with Ebou Adams nodding in on the close to submit from a nook. In the meantime at Elland Highway, Joel Piroe has swept house a Manor Solomon cross from eight yards out to place Leeds a purpose forward towards Stoke Metropolis.
League Two: Ossama Ashley scores the primary purpose of the afternoon after three minutes on the Mazuma Cell Stadium. He’s put Salford Metropolis one up towards a Morecambe aspect that should win if they’re to keep away from relegation from the Soccer League.
Not lengthy now: Fasten your seatbelts – at the moment’s 3pm kick-offs are about to get below manner.
An e mail: “Like each different Leeds fan who can’t get to Elland Highway at the moment, I might be spending the 90 minutes (plus stoppage time) questioning whether or not to concentrate to the match, go and do one thing else to neglect about it, or disguise behind the sofa,” writes Jeremy Boyce.
“They’ve managed to blow it on the very important second so many occasions, final season within the play-off last as an illustration. Has there ever been a extra ‘almost’ workforce ? Beneath Revie they have been continually going for doubles or trebles solely to emerge empty handed on the finish of all of it.
“I’ve usually puzzled how their narrative may need turned out utterly totally different if Peter Lorimer’s volley within the 1975 European Cup last, that was dominated out for a doubtful off-side, had been allowed.
“You may say what you want about VAR, they’d have sorted that one out fast time and we’d possibly have received the cup. The champagne is within the fridge, simply off to do one thing vitally essential on the far finish of the backyard, forgetting my cellphone within the kitchen.”
All that stress, only for the privilege of seeing your workforce get gubbed week in and week out within the Premier League subsequent season, eh? Curiously, Harry Grey, the 16-year-old brother of Tottenham Hotspur’s Archie, is on the bench for Leeds at the moment and will make his senior debut for the membership.
League Two: Newport County have held Walsall in a scoreless draw at Rodney Parade regardless of being diminished to 10 males following the controversial dismissal of Ciaran Brennan within the 78th minute.
Walsall thought they’d received it on the loss of life however Oisin McEntee had a purpose disallowed within the twelfth minute of added time, slapping the ball into the online when scoring along with his head appeared the better possibility. It was a good spot and a courageous name by the linesman, though travelling followers received’t thank him for his effectivity.
The purpose takes Walsall again into the automated promotion locations, third above Bradford Metropolis on purpose distinction having performed one recreation extra.
Runaway leaders of the division at one stage of the season, the Saddlers haven’t received any of their previous 12 video games. Newport stay in 18th place however have secured their League standing with this outcome.
Cardiff Metropolis: The Welsh aspect are second from backside of the Championship desk and host Oxford United thisd afternoon. Following Saturday’s dismissal of Omer Riza, Aaron Ramsey has been given the job of holding Cardiff up with simply three video games of the season remaining.
The 34-year-old midfielder has not performed for Cardiff since struggling the newest in a protracted litany of hamstring accidents in March.
Some pre-match listening: Would you somewhat watch Leicester play soccer with out scoring a purpose for 13 hours or sit by way of King Lear, Hamlet and all three components of Henry VI? Is shameless fanboying within the commentary field ever acceptable? And what – if something – is the distinction between the Guardian’s Barney Ronay and Chelsea supervisor Enzo Maresca?
Max Rushden was within the chair as these and different questions have been answered by Barney Ronay, Jonathan Wilson and Barry Glendenning on at the moment’s episode of the Guardian’s Soccer Weekly podcast. You may pay attention right here and if you happen to’re not already a subscriber you may join within the all the standard podcast locations.
Championship: How issues stand
Promotion: Burnley might be promoted this night in the event that they beat Sheffield United, whereas Leeds will be a part of them within the Premier League subsequent season in the event that they beat Stoke Metropolis this afternoon and Sheffield United drop factors.
Each workforce right down to Swansea Metropolis in 11th place can nonetheless technically qualify for the playoffs, the place Sunderland and one in all Burnley, Leeds United and Sheffield United are already assured spots. Bristol Metropolis can safe a play-off spot in the event that they beat Luton and Middlesbrough lose to Sheffield Wednesday.
Relegation: No relegation locations might be confirmed at the moment, with a wide-ranging battle happening to no less than the penultimate spherical of matches this coming weekend. From the underside up, Plymouth Argyle, Cardiff Metropolis and Luton City at the moment occupy the relegation locations however groups from 16th within the desk down may nonetheless find yourself in League One subsequent season.
Championship fixtures
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Cardiff Metropolis v Oxford United
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Hull Metropolis v Preston
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Leeds United v Stoke Metropolis
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Luton City v Bristol Metropolis
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Milwall v Norwich Metropolis
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Plymouth Argyle v Coventry Metropolis
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Portsmouth v Watford
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QPR v Swansea Metropolis
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Sheffield United v Middlesbrough
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Sunderland v Blackburn Rovers
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West Brom v Derby County
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Burnley v Sheffield Utd (5.30pm BST)
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View the Championship desk
League One: How issues stand
Promotion: Birmingham Metropolis will go up as champions, whereas Wycombe Wanderers have a one-point lead over Wrexham within the race to the second computerized promotion spot. Each groups may nonetheless be overtaken by Stockport County and/or Charlton Athletic.
Two of Wrexham, Wycombe and Charlton are all assured playoff spots on the very least, whereas the remaining two spots are up for grabs to any of the groups from Stockport in fifth right down to Blackpool in 10th.
Relegation: Shrewsbury City are down, whereas – from the underside up – Crawley City, Cambridge United and Bristol Rovers occupy the opposite three relegation locations. Crawley and Cambridge may each go down at the moment.
Crawley host Exeter needing to no less than match the outcomes of Bristol Rovers and Burton, who tackle Stevenage and champions Birmingham respectively. The state of affairs is comparable for Cambridge, some extent higher off in Twenty second after beating Huddersfield on Friday, although even defeat by Leyton Orient wouldn’t essentially seal their destiny so long as neither Burton nor Rovers wins.
As issues stand, any of the perimeters from 15th place down – together with Stevenage, Wigan Athletic, Peterborough United, Mansfield City, Northampton City and Burton Albion – may nonetheless find yourself in League Two subsequent season.
League One fixtures
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Barnsley v Peterborough United
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Blackpool v Wrexham
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Bristol Rovers v Stevenage
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Burton Albion v Birmingham Metropolis
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Cambridge United v Leyton Orient
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Crawley City v Exeter Metropolis
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Lincoln Metropolis v Bolton Wanderers
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Mansfield City v Studying
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Northampton v Shrewsbury
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Stockport County v Huddersfield
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Wigan Athletic v Rotherham
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Wycombe v Charlton Athletic
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View the League One desk
League Two: How issues stand
Promotion: Preventing for 3 computerized promotion spots, the highest 4 groups – Port Vale, Doncaster Rovers, Bradford Metropolis and Walsall – are separated by simply three factors. Behind them, AFC Wimbledon, Notts County, Colchester United, Grimsby City, Chesterfield and Salford Metropolis nonetheless have excessive, middling or extraordinarily faint hopes of nicking computerized promotion.
Port Vale, who’re assured a playoff spot no less than, can safe promotion at the moment in the event that they win, Bradford Metropolis and Doncaster Rovers each lose and AFC Wimbledon drop factors. Groups from ninth to 13th – Chesterfield, Salford Metropolis, Crewe, Swindon City and Bromley – can nonetheless make the playoffs.
Relegation: Any workforce from 18th place down can nonetheless find yourself within the relegation spots at the moment occupied by backside aspect Morecambe and Carlisle United. From the bottom positioned up, they’re Tranmere Rovers, Accrington Stanley, Harrogate City, MK Dons and Newport County.
Morecambe’s League standing is hanging by a thread, one which can snap until they beat Salford. Even that might not be sufficient ought to Twenty second-placed Tranmere additionally win, away to Barrow. Carlisle may also be relegated in the event that they lose to Accrington and Tranmere win.
League Two fixtures
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Newport County 0-0 Walsall (L)
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Accrington Stanley v Carlisle
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Barrow v Tranmere Rovers
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Chesterfield v Bradford Metropolis
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Crewe Alexandra v MK Dons
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Doncaster Rovers v Colchester
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Gillingham v AFC Wimbledon
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Harrogate v Fleetwood City
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Morecambe v Salford Metropolis
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Notts County v Cheltenham
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Port Vale v Grimsby City
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Swindon City v Bromley
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View the League Two desk
EFL Clockwatch
Greetings all and welcome to our rolling weblog overlaying what guarantees to be a captivating day with loads of ups, downs and fairly just a few as-you-weres within the Soccer League.
As we strategy the sharp finish of the season with simply three rounds of fixtures to go in all three divisions (with just a few exceptions in League One), there’s a lot left to be determined and for higher or worse, the destiny of fairly just a few groups may very well be sealed at the moment.
If you happen to had an enormous evening final evening, there’s a very good likelihood you’ll discover the excruciating trivia of our permutations for each ends of every desk slightly too taxing however we’ve been nothing if not thorough.
Concern not, we’ll preserve you in control because the occasions of the afternoon unfold, so with out additional ado, let’s get on with the enjoyable …