Deadly Dan on fire as Hatters go 7 up
DANNY HYLTON scored a hat-trick as Luton thumped Cambridge 7-0.
That win moved the Hatters just behind leaders Notts County, who eased to a 3-1 win at home to Cheltenham.
Dan Potts smashed in Luton’s opener and Olly Lee added a second, lofting the ball into the net from almost 70 yards.
It was 3-0 when Hylton (below) tucked the ball into the bottom corner and Elliot Lee made it four with a first-time volley before the break.
In-form Hylton added a fifth and Lee scored his second to make it 6-0 with another brilliant strike.
Hylton completed his treble with the last kick of the game.
At Meadow Lane, Jorge Grant fired into the top corner to put Notts County ahead but Cheltenham levelled when Carl Winchester let fly with a fierce drive.
Grant’s deflected free-kick restored the Magpies’ lead and Shaun Brisley’s close-range finish secured the points.
Accrington left it late to snatch a point in a 1-1 draw at home to Newport – Mallik Wilks firing in after Frank Nouble had given the visitors the lead early in the second half. Chesterfield beat Exeter 1-0 with Kristian Dennis scoring the only goal.
Swindon remain in the promotion picture after a
2-1 win at Yeovil – Keshi Anderson snatching an
89th-minute winner – while Craig Mackail-Smith scored a hat-trick as Wycombe romped to a
4-0 win over Crawley. Jodi Jones and Duckens Nazon earned Coventry a
2-1 win at Lincoln, who had gone in front through Matt Rhead, and a glancing header from veteran defender Clint Hill was enough to give Carlisle a 1-0 win at Grimsby.
Alex Iacovitti’s closerange finish saw Forest Green come from behind twice to beat Crewe 3-2 and Kane Hemmings’ solitary strike gave Mansfield a 1-0 win over Stevenage.
Mark McGhee’s first game in charge of Barnet ended in defeat as Tom Pope’s penalty was enough for Port Vale to claim a 1-0 victory.
Colchester and Morecambe played out a goalless draw.
JORDAN SPENCE’S last-gasp strike rescued a point for Ipswich as they drew for the first time this season in an entertaining clash at the KCOM Stadium.
Mick McCarthy’s side went ahead after six minutes thanks to a David McGoldrick goal.
But Hull were back on level terms before the break when Jarrod Bowen rifled in from close range.
The Tigers took the lead six minutes after the interval thanks to a smart finish from Nouha Dicko, and they looked odds-on to take the three points when Allan McGregor had saved McGoldrick’s penalty.
But Spence had other ideas and secured a draw with his leveller two minutes from time.
Town boss McCarthy said: “I don’t think we have nicked anything by any stretch of the imagination.
“I thought we started well and I thought we let them off the hook in the first 20 minutes and then they got into it.
“What really pleases me is, having had the penalty saved, it generally knocks the stuffing out of a team and gives the other side a lift.
“My lads kept going, which was great, and I think we got the point we deserved.”
The Tractor Boys had the first clear-cut chance after six minutes when Joe Garner got on the end of a dangerous cross, forcing McGregor to tip behind.
And they broke the deadlock from the SUNDERLAND’S winless home run now extends to 20 games after yesterday’s draw with Millwall.
Watched by new boss Chris Coleman’s assistant Kit Symons, the hosts went ahead on 12 minutes through Lewis Grabban.
But George Saville’s double – both goals courtesy of mistakes from Dutch keeper Robbin Ruiter – turned a enthralling, topsy-turvy game on its head.
Adam Matthews equalised at the start of the second half, but the Wearsiders could not force a winner and now remain without a home league victory since last December.
Caretaker boss Robbie Stockdale had been desperate to end his stint in the hotseat with a win, but instead sees his side rooted to the bottom of the table. “We should have won it,” he said.
“I don’t think you’ll see many matches where there are so many mistakes by the keepers.” resulting corner when McGoldrick found the bottom corner of the net after Hull failed to clear.
There were groans from the home fans when the Tigers twice gave the ball away in the middle of the park as they pushed forward in search of an equaliser.
But the hosts grew into the game as the first half wore on and Bowen created a decent opportunity in the 23rd minute when he found a pocket of space 30 yards from goal and unleashed a fierce strike which Ipswich keeper Bartosz Bialkowski did well to hold.
City got their equaliser in the 34th minute when Kamil Grosicki’s deflected cross fell to Bowen at the far post and he fired in from four yards out.
Their tails were up and they went looking for a quick-fire second, but Ipswich held on until the break.
The game swung firmly towards the hosts in the 51st minute when Dicko burst into the box and calmly tucked beyond Bialkowski after the Ipswich defence had failed to deal with a long ball forward.
Garner was lucky to stay on the field after Things started positively enough for Sunderland. They passed the ball around confidently and sent over a few teasing crosses, including one that led to a corner from which they took an early lead.
Lions keeper Jordan Archer flapped at Bryan Oviedo’s flag-kick and Grabban pounced to poke over the line.
That should have given the Black Cats the confidence to build but Saville’s curling free-kick did not look like ending in the net until Ruiter allowed the ball to squirm between his legs and across the line.
Less than three minutes later he dropped bundling over Michael Hector in the 65th minute, having been booked for a foul on the same player moments earlier.
The game became stretched as both teams poured forward, with Dicko again going close and Callum Connolly firing wide for Town.
Ipswich were presented with a golden opportunity to level things up when the referee pointed to the spot after Waghorn was tripped by Kevin Stewart just inside the area.
But McGregor dived low to his right to keep out McGoldrick’s spot-kick and maintain his side’s advantage.
Ipswich piled on the pressure in the closing stages and got their reward when Spence bundled the ball in off a post after 88 minutes to earn the visitors a share of the spoils.
Hull could have won it in added time but substitute Adama Diomande headed wide at the back post.
Tigers boss Leonid Slutsky said: “We conceded the first goal and I was really afraid in this situation because in the last matches when we conceded a goal we stopped playing.
“Today we played really well, we changed the match and scored twice – we controlled the game and dominated in the game.
“Of course we are very disappointed with the final result but we’ve had a lot of negative moments – especially last time – and we are building a new team. We were born only three months ago so we are a small child now.
“And for us it was a step forward because we showed a really good performance.” another clanger – this time Saville’s free-kick from a more central position was pushed into his own net by the Dutchman.
Millwall’s players could not believe their luck and were happy to put Sunderland under pressure every time they had the ball.
But the hosts were thankful for another keeper error to get them back into the game straight after the restart, this time from Archer.
He lost his bearings when Matthews darted beyond his man and sent over a powerful delivery which ended up flying towards goal, where Archer could only push it into his own net.