IN ENGLAND
A duo with Scottish connections teamed up to keep Norwich City’s push for promotion on track in the English Championship yesterday.
Former Celtic striker, Teemu Pukki, scored his seventh league goal of the season after being set up by Scotland midfielder, Kenny Mclean, to move the Canaries up to fourth following a 1-0 victory at Swansea.
A first-half goal from captain Billy Sharp gave Sheffield United a narrow 1-0 win against Huddersfield to keep the pressure on leaders, Burnley.
Sharp scored after 15 minutes, which put the Blades level on points with the Clarets while Huddersfield remain on the foot of the table with just 19 points.
Ched Evans bagged a brace as Preston hammered Blackburn 4-1 to go fifth.
Ben Woodburn (17) set them on their way and Evans doubled their lead early in the second half before Blackburn replied through Bradley Dack in the 55th minute.
But Preston netted two goals in three minutes through an Evans header and Ben Whiteman’s deflected effort.
Summer signing Amadou Mbengue scored his first goal for Reading as they edged a 1-0 victory over Coventry at the Select Car Leasing Stadium.
Bristol City kickstarted their season with a 3-1 victory at Rotherham.
An own goal from Wes Harding in the 14th minute handed the visitors the lead but Chiedozie Ogbene equalised with a header 11 minutes later.
Joe Williams put the Robins ahead again on the half-hour mark and Cameron Pring headed home their third after 73 minutes as they leapfrogged their opponents into 16th.
Kolo Toure had to settle for a point on his managerial debut as Wigan and Millwall played out an entertaining 1-1 draw at the Den.
Will Keane scored his eighth goal of the season as the Latics went ahead in the 33rd minute but Millwall levelled through Zian Flemming.
Middlesbrough edged a last-minute 2-1 victory at home to 10-man Luton to move up three places to 12th.
Jordan Clark slotted Carlton Morris’ assist into the bottom corner as Luton took the lead in the 33rd minute but Boro replied with a Chuba Akpom header five minutes later. Matt Crooks struck late on to steal maximum points.
Stoke and Cardiff marked their return to Championship action with an entertaining 2-2 draw.
Ryan Wintle handed Cardiff a sixthminute lead before Tyrese Campbell equalised five minutes later and Liam Delap turned the game around in the hosts’ favour inside 18 minutes.
The Bluebirds levelled through Callum Robinson just before the hour.
Second-bottom Blackpool ended a run of four consecutive defeats by holding Birmingham to a hard-fought goalless draw at Bloomfield Road.