Championship Roundup: Leicester Deeper In Trouble As Bowat Lifts Portsmouth

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Ibane Bowat’s second-half extremity was capable to lead Portsmouth to a captious 1-0 triumph astatine location to their relegation rivals Leicester arsenic nan Foxes plunged a immense measurement person to League One. The substitute Bowat’s scruffy 63rd-minute onslaught from a area earned Pompey a 3rd consecutive triumph to time off them 1 triumph from staying up.

It is now 1 triumph successful 17 for nan hapless Foxes, whose demotion to nan 3rd tier 10 years aft winning nan Premier League could beryllium confirmed arsenic soon arsenic Tuesday night, erstwhile they big Hull, dependant connected immoderate points conclusion for West Brom.

Pompey collapsed nan deadlock successful nan 63rd infinitesimal erstwhile an Adrian Segecic area caused havoc wrong nan Leicester punishment area and Bowat sewage nan past touch of 3 Pompey players that crowded nan near of nan six-yard container astatine nan acold post. The Pompey defender Regan Poole later put himself connected nan statement to artifact a Patson Daka changeable and celebrated arsenic if he had scored nan winning goal.

Jaydon Banel kept Derby’s playoff hopes live pinch nan victor successful a 1-0 triumph that pushed Oxford person to League One. The location broadside dominated for ample parts of a crippled some teams needed to triumph for contrasting reasons and came retired connected apical acknowledgment to Banel’s good individual goal. In nan 22nd infinitesimal done he won nan shot successful his ain half and surged forward, holding disconnected 2 defenders, earlier firing debased into nan bottommost near area from nan separator of nan box. Oxford offered small successful nan first half but improved successful nan 2nd only to miss 2 large chances pinch Myles Peart-Harris and Yunus Konak failing to deed nan target.

Millwall could convey a blistering commencement arsenic they earned a 2-0 triumph complete QPR astatine nan Den that lifted them backmost up to 2nd successful nan array overnight. One triumph from their erstwhile 5 games had stalled nan Lions’ promotion push, but early goals from Derek Mazou-Sacko and Camiel Neghli meant they controlled this London derby almost from nan first whistle. Alex Neil’s broadside moved 1 constituent supra Ipswich – who big their chap promotion hopefuls Middlesbrough connected Sunday.

Derek Mazou-Sacko scores Millwall’s first extremity past QPR’s Joe Walsh

Millwall were up aft conscionable 3 minutes erstwhile Femi Azeez’s debased transverse was cleared arsenic acold arsenic Mazou-Sacko, who ran connected to nan loose shot to powerfulness a good decorativeness past QPR goalkeeper Joe Walsh from conscionable extracurricular nan area. It was nan French midfielder’s first extremity for nan nine and it settled nerves of Lions supporters that had seen their broadside suffer their past 2 location games.

Millwall celebrated their 2nd extremity successful nan 17th infinitesimal erstwhile Mazou-Sacko won nan shot and quickly gave it to Neghli, who chopped wrong earlier bending a beautiful changeable into nan acold corner.