Rovers in third with Ben brace
BEN Brereton Diaz’s brace helped Blackburn Rovers move up to third in the Championship by beating Birmingham City 4-0.
John Buckley and Reda Khadra both scored for Rovers before Brereton Diaz was brought down in the box and awarded a penalty, which he subsequently tucked away.
The forward headed in his second 10 minutes from time – his 19th goal of the season – as Blackburn won a fifth successive League game.
Blackburn moved one point behind second-placed Bournemouth after the Cherries’ 1-0 defeat to Middlesbrough following Andraz Sporar’s penalty.
A foul on Isaiah Jones saw Boro awarded a spot-kick, which Sporar scored to make it three wins in four games for Chris Wilder’s side.
Huddersfield Town earned their first win in five games by beating Bristol City 3-2.
City took the lead two minutes in through Andreas Weimann before the Terriers were awarded a penalty, but Dan Bentley saved Danny Ward’s effort.
Huddersfield found the equaliser just before half-time through Duane Holmes and Danel Sinani put them in front one minute into the second half.
Ward made up for his earlier penalty miss by nodding home their third before Weimann scored a consolation for the Robins in stoppage time.
Blackpool ended their sevengame winless run with a 3-1 victory over Peterborough United.
Siriki Dembele put Posh in front 10 minutes in, going round the goalkeeper and slotting home, before Keshi Anderson got the equaliser.
The Seasiders took the lead in the 86th minute through Sonny Carey and Jerry Yates scored a third in the 90th minute.