ANOTHER LOSS SEES MICK GO
MIDDLESBROUGH condemned Cardiff to an eighth successive Championship defeat with a 2-0 victory that saw the end of Mick Mccarthy’s reign at the club.
Andraz Sporar’s first-half penalty and Martin Payero’s late second secured a third successive win for the play-off chasing visitors.
It was visiting boss Neil Warnock who was celebrating at the end on his return to the club he led to the Premier League in 2018.
Just over an hour later it was announced by Cardiff that Mccarthy, who only joined the club in January, had left “by mutual agreement”.
Bournemouth extended their lead at the top of the table to six points with a 3-0 victory over Huddersfield.
Dominic Solanke opened the scoring from the penalty spot in the 10th minute after he himself
had been brought down.
Solanke then doubled the advantage from close range, and captain Lloyd Kelly wrapped it up in the 64th minute.
West Brom moved up to second with a 3-0 win over Bristol City in a game delayed by medical emergencies affecting fans of both teams as well as a lengthy injury stoppage for City’s Nathan Baker.
Jordan Hugill gave Albion a seventh-minute lead as he finished off a flowing team move and Kyle Bartley then nodded home a second from Darnell Furlong’s long throw just before the break.
Karlan Grant latched on to a poor back pass after 52 minutes to put the game beyond the Robins.
Coventry remain fourth after a 1-1 draw with Derby. Matty Godden put them ahead in the 20th minute from the penalty spot but Graeme Shinnie earned the Rams a point 12 minutes from the end.
Elijah Adebayo’s 17th-minute strike earned Luton a 1-0 win over struggling Hull, while Siriki Dembele hit a stoppage-time winner for Peterborough to complete a 2-1 comeback win over QPR after Harrison Burrows had cancelled out Ilias Chair’s opener.
Tom Bradshaw’s second-half double saw Millwall come from behind to impressively beat Stoke 2-1. Romaine Sawyers scored Stoke’s opener.
Goals from Keshi Anderson and Gary Madine gave Blackpool a 2-0 derby victory over Preston, who had Alan Browne sent off late on, and two goals in three minutes from Sam Gallagher and Tyrhys Dolan guided Blackburn to a 2-0 win over Reading.
Yesterday, two goals from Lys Mousset set Sheffield United on their way to a 3-2 derby win at Oakwell, despite a late fightback from Barnsley.
When Ben Osborn made it 3-0 in the 72nd minute there looked no way back for the home side, but goals from Devante Cole and fellow substitute Leya Iseka left the Blades sweating.
And former Swans boss Steve Cooper suffered his first defeat with Nottingham Forest as Fulham romped to a 4-0 win at the City Ground.
An early Djed Spence own goal, a brace from Aleksandar Mitrovic, one a penalty, and Neeskens Kebano did for Forest.