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⚽️ Live scores | Live league tables | Follow us on Blue Sky A deserved lead for West Brom in a significant game at the top and bottom of the Championship. Isaac Price’s low free-kick was diverted into his own net by the stretching George Dobson. League One latest Blackpool 0-0 Exeter Bradford 1-0 Northampton Burton Albion 0-0 Barnsley Huddersfield 0-0 Reading Lincoln City 0-0 AFC Wimbledon Luton 1-0 Peterborough Plymouth 0-0 Bolton Rotherham 0-0 Stevenage Stockport County 1-0 Wycombe Phillip Chinedu has equalised for Barnet against the League Two leaders Bromley, who would have preferred a stress-free afternoon after their 20-match unbeaten run was ended by Barrow last weekend. Championship latest scores Birmingham 0-0 Blackburn Charlton 0-1 Bristol City Leicester 1-0 Preston North End Norwich 0-0 Portsmouth Oxford Utd 1-1 Hull QPR 0-0 Watford Sheff Utd 0-0 Swansea Stoke 0-0 Sheff Wed West Brom 0-0 Wrexham The League Two leaders are in front at Barnet. A confident penalty from the Oxford captain Cameron Brannagan has brought them level against Hull. Guess who’s back, back again. Scott Twine has finished emphatically to give Roy Hodgson’s Bristol City a deserved lead at the Valley. Bruno Fernandes has been named the Premier League player of the month for the sixth time, which equals Cristiano Ronaldo’s Manchester United record and puts him one short of the overall record held jointly by Sergio Aguero, Harry Kane and Mo Salah. Fernandes scored two goals and made four in March, including a majestic through pass for Matheus Cunha’s vital goal against Aston Villa. 5 min: Charlton 0-0 Bristol City Emil Riis has missed an early one-on-one for Roy Hodgson’s Bristol City™. What a chance! You’re thinking about that Hodgson gif, aren’t you? Thanks Dave, hello everyone. We’ve already had two important goals in the Championship. Mohamed Belloumi has put promotion-chasing Hull in front at Oxford with a well-taken goal; Patson Daka has taken advantage of some mildly farcical defending to Leicester – one of Oxford’s relegation rivals – the lead at home to Preston. Time to hand over to Rob Smyth for hot, live action. Enjoy! We have our Middlesbrough v Millwall match report in. Louise Taylor was at the Riverside to see a dramatic twist in the Championship promotion race. Lots of peep peeps coming up. We have nine games kicking off at 3pm in the Championship, nine in League One and 11 in League Two. Arsenal team news. Arteta has also given a few injury updates on his squad after all those international withdrawals. The Gunners boss says Noni Madueke’s knee injury isn’t as bad as first feared and he should be out for days rather than weeks. ”It looked really bad, and Noni was really worried especially after what happened to him in his other knee a few weeks ago and he was out for six weeks. But no, he’s nowhere near that injury, so that was really good news. ” Arteta says Jurrien Timber and Martin Ødegaard are in contention to be in the squad but Piero Hincapié and Eberechi Ezi are out. More from Mikel Arteta. He’s in impudent mood it seems. … asked if the goalkeeper at Southampton tomorrow will be Spanish and have a name that ends in A (that’s Kepa Arrizabalaga who didn’t exactly cover himself in glory in the Carabao Cup final loss): double quotation mark I think tomorrow the goalkeeper is going to be European, he’s under 32, right-footed and speaks at least two languages. David Raya is 30 and Kepa Arrizabalaga 31. He’s thought this through. … on if there are any players who are not available after international duty: double quotation mark You will see, I will continue the speculation so you can do it and you can judge it afterwards, if what I say was right or you have to maybe change and delete and write something else. Here’s Millwall’s run-in. Each opponent’s current league position is listed. Norwich (h) – 10th

West Brom (a) – 20th

QPR (h) – 12th

Stoke (a) – 15th

Leicester (a) – 22nd

Oxford (h) – 23rd It’s a weird league but what a chance for Millwall to get the required points. Middlesbrough still have to go to third-placed Ipswich and seventh-placed Wrexham (final day). Middlesbrough had 32 shots apparently. They’ve now taken just three points from their last five home games (three draws and two defeats). Next up, a trip to Swansea. Millwall are into the automatic promotion places! They leapfrog Middlesbrough with a dramatic 2-1 victory at the Riverside and go second. Two goals for Josh Coburn against his former club put Alex Neil’s side in dreamland. Middlesbrough were top in mid-February but now they’ve slipped to third. Take a look at this table Millwall fans! Five minutes of added time at Middlesbrough. We’re into the first of those. As it stands Millwall are going second. Lots of disgruntled home fans heading for the exit. They’ve seen this movie before. Crikey. It’s another for Coburn. Millwall have been much better in this second half and Coburn fires a superb finish into the bottom corner to put the visitors ahead. Still Middlesbrough 1-1 Millwall. Just eight minutes to go. The hosts are winning the x G count 2. 33 to 0. 72 but, as it stands, this is all working out very well for Coventry. And Ipswich. Here’s the live table which takes into account the Middlesbrough game. Simon has gone off to forage for food so you’ve got me, Dave Tindall, for a little while. Let’s start with a look at the rest of today’s Championship fixture. All these are 3pms apart from leaders Coventry. Birmingham v Blackburn Charlton v Bristol City Leicester v Preston Norwich v Portsmouth Oxford v Hull QPR v Watford Sheffield United v Swansea Stoke v Sheffield Wednesday West Brom v Wrexham Coventry v Derby (8pm) Mikel Arteta has held his press conference, ahead of tomorrow’s FA Cup quarter-final against Southampton. “We’re going to make the strongest lineups we possibly can to win every competition, ” he says. “We’re two or three games away in the FA Cup and we know how important that competition is to us. ” Josh Coburn equalises for Millwall, turning the ball in from close range after a corner is headed into the six-yard box! Lunchtime brain workout latest: Here’s the sports quiz of the week! Here’s Reuters’ report on Gattuso’s departure, which adds a statement from the man himself: Italy parted ways with Gennaro Gattuso on Friday, the country’s football federation (FIGC) said, after the national team’s failure to qualify for the World Cup. Italy lost Tuesday’s playoff final in Bosnia on penalties and the four-time champions have now missed out on three consecutive World Cups. Gattuso’s departure as head coach came a day after the FIGC’s president, Gabriele Gravina, resigned, with the national team delegation head, Gianluigi Buffon, also stepping down from his role. “With a heavy heart, having failed to achieve the goal we had set ourselves, I consider my time in charge of the national team to be over, ” Gattuso said in a statement. “The Azzurri shirt is the most precious asset in football, which is why it is right to facilitate future technical assessments with immediate effect. It has been an honour to lead the national team, and to do so with a group of lads who have shown commitment and loyalty to the shirt. ” Gattuso was appointed in June on a one-year contract, replacing Luciano Spalletti, who was sacked following Italy’s 3-0 defeat by Norway in their opening group game, although he remained in place for the 2-0 win over Moldova the next day. Italy won their next five group games under Gattuso but, given Norway’s far superior goal difference, they were consigned to another World Cup playoff before the final group game, which Norway won 4-1 at San Siro. Italy had lost at the playoff stage of the last two World Cups but looked on course to make it this time after a 2-0 win over Northern Ireland in their semi-final, before it all fell apart in Bosnia. Gattuso’s 10-man team let slip a 1-0 lead after having a player sent off and crumbled in the penalty shootout. The FIGC, Italy’s football association, have confirmed that Gennaro Gattuso has left his post as coach of the men’s national team by mutual consent, after their failure to qualify for the World Cup. Italy lost Tuesday’s playoff final in Bosnia on penalties and the four-times champions have now missed out on three consecutive World Cups. Middlesbrough take the lead against Millwall! And it’s their captain, Dael Fry, who missed an absolute sitter just five minutes into the game, who makes the breakthrough, heading in at the far post after a corner was cleared and re-centred. Gennaro Gattuso has stepped down as coach of Italy following their failure to qualify for this year’s World Cup, with Reuters reporting a mutual agreement with the Italian FA. More to follow on this. Here’s Nick Ames on the chaos engulfing the Italian football association: Like Enzo Fernández, Rodri also spoke during the international break about the possibility of moving to Real Madrid: “For me, you can’t turn down the best clubs in the world, ” he said. But unlike Fernández, he hasn’t got in trouble for it. Pep Guardiola has just held his pre-match press conference, ahead of tomorrow’s FA Cup tie against Liverpool, and made it clear there would be no repercussions. This is what Pep said about Liverpool: double quotation mark So many times, Liverpool have been the biggest rival. They made an incredible investment to be there for many, many years. We have to perform to the level we did against Arsenal to reach the next step. And this is what he thought about Mo Salah: double quotation mark One of the greatest. The numbers, the consistency. What a player. An incredible human being. An absolute legend, of course for Liverpool but for the Premier League, for all he has done. I think it’s a good moment to say goodbye to him tomorrow. He deserves incredible recognition for what he has given to world football, and especially in this country.