Luton leapfrogged Huddersfield to move up to third in the Championship, taking advantage of Bournemouth’s 3-0 win with a 3-1 victory at Hull. Elijah Adebayo opened the scoring in the ninth minute after a fine run and he turned provider with 56 minutes on the clock when he set up Harry Cornick for a tap-in. James Bree wrapped up the points with a stunning free-kick midway through the second half before Tom Eaves netted a late consolation. Sheffield United were the other big movers after they tasted success at home to Barnsley in one of the two early kick-offs. The Yorkshire derby remained goalless until the 54th minute when Sander Berge tapped home at the back post before Morgan Gibbs-White sealed the 2-0 victory with 14 minutes to go. Paul Heckingbottom’s side are now fifth after extending their unbeaten home record to 10 games. The other 12.30pm kick-off saw Tom Lawrence’s penalty earn Derby a point at home to Coventry after a hard-fought 1-1 draw. A well-worked move enabled Matty Godden to fire the visitors ahead in the first half at Pride Park, but Wayne Rooney’s men boosted their survival hopes with a leveller from the spot. Captain Lawrence converted from 12 yards but later in the day 21st-placed Reading clinched a vital 1-0 win over play-off chasing Blackburn to cast a cloud over the relegation-threatened sides in the bottom three. Rovers had struggled for goals in the absence of leading forward Ben Brereton Díaz and again created a number of chances which were not taken. It enabled Paul Ince, Reading’s interim manager, to get the last laugh over his old club when Josh Laurent fired home for the hosts following excellent play by substitute John Swift. The Royals now hold a five-point advantage over Barnsley and are eight points ahead of Derby with games running out for the sides in the relegation zone. Millwall’s faint promotion hopes were dealt a major blow after they lost 2-0 at Stoke. Jacob Brown put the hosts in front with 19 minutes on the clock and George Saville’s own goal settled the result while Jed Wallace failed to convert a late penalty to compound a frustrating afternoon for the Lions and manager Gary Rowett. Adam Reach’s stoppage-time equaliser for West Brom did little for their own play-off push following a 2-2 draw at Bristol City. Nahki Wells saw his first-half opener cancelled out by Karlan Grant’s penalty for the visitors but Andreas Weimann’s 18th goal of the campaign appeared to have the Robins on course for all three points. Reach was able to fire home in the third minute of stoppage time to rescue a point for Steve Bruce’s men, but they stay 12th and are seven off the top six. Mid-table clubs Swansea and Birmingham played out a goalless draw in south Wales. Lee Bowyer’s visitors had the better chances, with Maxime Colin hitting the crossbar from close range in the second half.
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