Burnley had been made to look forward to the Championship name after being held to a 2-2 draw at Rotherham, at the same time as Sheffield United’s 1-0 win against Bristol City moved them a step towards the Premier League on Tuesday.
Goals from Scott Twine and Manuel Benson either facet of Vitinho’s very own purpose driven Vincent Kompany’s promoted facet to the threshold of clinching the second-tier silverware.But Georgie Kelly equalised to earn the Millers a deserved factor and with second located Sheffield United winning, it supposed the champagne celebrations will must wait till Saturday, wherein a win towards QPR will cozy pinnacle spot for the Clarets.
Sheffield United ought to be a part of Burnley inside the top-flight subsequent season after replacement James McAtee’s second-1/2 aim gave the Blades a win that moved them eight factors clear of 1/3 located Luton with four fits final.
Lukas Jutkiewicz’s first-half strike positioned a dent in 5th placed Millwall’s play-off push as Birmingham claimed a 1-zero win on the Den.
Blackpool slipped towards relegation with a 2-zero defeat against West Bromwich Albion, who moved as much as sixth vicinity.
Will Keane’s intention kept alive Wigan’s faint hopes of avoiding relegation as their 1-0 win at Stoke moved them within five points of safety.
Sunderland’s play-offs charge was hit by way of a 1-1 draw in opposition to lowly Huddersfield.
The Black Cats have closed to within one factor of the top six, however with the two aspects without delay above and under them in the table all having as a minimum one recreation in hand, Tony Mowbray’s guys will experience they’ve misplaced ground within the promotion warfare.
A draw was a higher result for Huddersfield, who noticed Josh Koroma’s 2nd-half strike cancel out Joe Gelhardt’s opener, because it has moved them two points clean of the drop zone in advance of this weekend’s journey to fellow strugglers Cardiff.