2 weeks Ago
Leeds are on the verge of promotion after Manor Solomon's goal secured a 1-0 victory at Oxford. The win keeps Leeds top of the Championship and five points clear of third-placed Sheffield United with three games remaining. Daniel Farke's side scored the decisive goal in the first half with Jayden Bogle's cross finished at the far post by the Tottenham loanee Solomon.
Defenders Rob Dickie and Ross McCrorie were Bristol City's heroes as their bid for a Championship playoff place received a massive boost with a 2-1 win over 10-man Sunderland at Ashton Gate. The visitors had to play all but the first seven minutes with 10 men after defender Trai Hume was shown a straight red card for clipping Nahki Wells from behind as the striker burst clear onto a long ball. But they still broke the deadlock on 31 minutes with a breathtaking solo goal.
Picking up the ball deep in his own half, Eliezer Mayenda squeezed between two City players and set off on a lung-bursting run down the right, which ended with cutting inside Zak Vyner and shooting left-footed past Max O'Leary from inside the box. City equalised on 55 minutes with another spectacular strike, this time from centre-back Dickie, who blasted a sweet right-footed shot into the top corner from 30 yards after a period of constant pressure. Wing-back McCrorie hammered a left-footed drive past Anthony Patterson from a narrow angle when the ball broke to him inside the box on 76 minutes to seal three deserved points and keep his side fifth in the table.
Coventry took a huge step in the race for the playoff places after beating 10-man West Brom 2-0 in front of a record breaking crowd at the CBS Arena. Jack Rudoni and Matt Grimes scored either side of half-time to put Frank Lampard's men three points clear of seventh-placed Middlesbrough. West Brom, who saw Callum Styles sent off moments after Grimes had netted the second, dropped to eighth in the table and sit six points behind the sixth-placed Sky Blues with three games.
.. Guardian staff reporter.
