Summary

  • Cardiff thrash Derby 4-0 and go sixth in the Championship

  • Reading, in fifth, beat Blackburn and close gap to second-placed Brentford to six points

  • Middlesbrough grab late win at Coventry; Relegation-threatened Huddersfield and Birmingham draw

  • Luton win at Forest for first time since 1983; Millwall beat Preston 2-1 with late goal

  • New Ipswich boss Paul Cook in stands to watch side beat former club Accrington

  • League One leaders Peterborough draw; Cheltenham win to go top of League Two

  • Get involved at #bbcefl

  1. Postpublished at 21:28 Greenwich Mean Time 2 March 2021

    Reading 1-0 Blackburn

    The visitors win a free-kick 25 yards out on the left and veteran Stewart Downing pulls rank and decides he's having a go.

    Let's just say he's probably not going to get to take the next one.

  2. SUBSTITUTIONpublished at 21:27 Greenwich Mean Time 2 March 2021

    Nottingham Forest 0-1 Luton

    Time for Luton to make a switch.

    Elijah Adebayo is replaced by James Collins. Some shift from Adebayo tonight.

  3. Postpublished at 21:25 Greenwich Mean Time 2 March 2021

    Reading 1-0 Blackburn

    Reading counter after Blackburn lose possession 30 yards out but George Puscas can't get the last pass quite right and it breaks down.

    Rovers enjoying more of it at the moment but the hosts look dangerous on the counter.

  4. Postpublished at 21:25 Greenwich Mean Time 2 March 2021

    Nottingham Forest 0-1 Luton

    Into the last 10 minutes at the City Ground then.

    Forest have had 10 shots, Luton just three.

    It's been that sort of game.

    Forest v LutonImage source, Getty Images
  5. SUBSTITUTIONpublished at 21:24 Greenwich Mean Time 2 March 2021

    Nottingham Forest 0-1 Luton

    And a change for Forest.

    Alex Mighten on, Anthony Knockaert off.

  6. SUBSTITUTIONpublished at 21:23 Greenwich Mean Time 2 March 2021

    Reading 1-0 Blackburn

    The visitors make a double change as Corey Evans and Joe Rothwell make way for Bradley Dack and Stewart Downing.

  7. YELLOW CARDpublished at 21:20 Greenwich Mean Time 2 March 2021

    Reading 1-0 Blackburn

    Corey Evans joins Amari'i Bell in being booked for pulling Ovie Ejaria back.

    Backburn deal with the free-kick easily enough.

  8. CLOSE!published at 21:20 Greenwich Mean Time 2 March 2021

    Nottingham Forest 0-1 Luton

    Luton are inches away from doubling their lead!

    Great play by Elijah Adebayo on the right. The forward reaches the byline before cutting the ball back to Jordan Clark.

    But the former Accrington man drags his shot narrowly wide.

    So close.

  9. Postpublished at 21:18 Greenwich Mean Time 2 March 2021

    Reading 1-0 Blackburn

    Good chance for the visitors!

    The ball breaks for Rovers' top scorer Adam Armstrong 20 yards out but his low shot takes a little deflection and goes wide.

    The corner comes to nothing.

  10. Postpublished at 21:15 Greenwich Mean Time 2 March 2021

    Nottingham Forest 0-1 Luton

    Double change then for Chris Hughton's Forest. Filip Krovinovic and Joe Lolley are replaced by Sammy Ameobi and Lyle Taylor.

    We've had 70 minutes. Can the hosts get back into this one?

  11. YELLOW CARDpublished at 21:14 Greenwich Mean Time 2 March 2021

    Reading 1-0 Blackburn

    That's called taking one for the team.

    Amari'i Bell pulls back Ovie Ejaria as the Reading man looks to break forward over the halfway line.

  12. Postpublished at 21:13 Greenwich Mean Time 2 March 2021

    Nottingham Forest 0-1 Luton

    Luton have lost three out of their past four away games, not scoring in any of those defeats.

    That's just the third goal Forest have conceded in their past six games.

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    GOAL: Nottingham Forest 0-1 Lutonpublished at 21:09 Greenwich Mean Time 2 March 2021

    Ryan Tunnicliffe (64 mins)

    Ryan Tunnicliffe scoresImage source, Rex Features

    Well this wasn't in the script!

    Pelly-Ruddock Mpanzu sends in a brilliant cross and Ryan Tunnicliffe slides forward to poke the ball into the net.

    It's only Luton's second shot on target, but nobody on the visitor's bench seems to care.

  14. CLOSE!published at 21:09 Greenwich Mean Time 2 March 2021

    Nottingham Forest 0-0 Luton

    Now Luton have their first decent chance as Elijah Adebayo wriggles free in the area before shooting straight at Forest keeper Brice Samba.

    The big man just couldn't get his connection right.

  15. League Two full-time headlinespublished at 21:07 Greenwich Mean Time 2 March 2021

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    • Cheltenham leapfrog Cambridge to go top of League Two after a 1-0 win against Southend.
    • Cambridge sit a point behind the league leaders after a 1-0 loss at home to Scunthorpe.
    • Colchester registered their first win in almost two months with a 2-1 victory over Carlisle United.
    • Forest Green Rovers stay third after a 3-0 loss to mid-table Stevenage.
    • And Tranmere won their third successive league game with a narrow 1-0 win over play-off rivals Newport County.
  16. KICK-OFFpublished at 21:07 Greenwich Mean Time 2 March 2021

    Reading 1-0 Blackburn

    Reading get us back under way in the late game.

    Let's have a big final 45 minutes please guys!

  17. League One full-time headlinespublished at 21:05 Greenwich Mean Time 2 March 2021

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    • Hull City go second thanks to a 2-0 win at home to 10-man Rochdale, Mallik Wilks and a Gabriel Osho own-goal sealing the three points.
    • Lincoln’s automatic promotion hopes took a hit after a 2-1 defeat at home by Fleetwood and leaders Peterborough had to settle for a point with a 0-0 draw at Oxford.
    • In front of new boss Paul Cook, Ipswich went behind in the fourth minute, but turned it around against 10-man Accrington to win 2-1 in their bid for a play-off place.
    • Portsmouth managed a 94th-minute goal through John Marquis, but it was too little too late as they were beaten 2-1 by Doncaster.
    • Struggling Wimbledon managed a late leveller against Shrewsbury in a bid to avoid relegation and Burton moved out of the relegation zone with a 1-0 win over Bristol Rovers.
  18. GREAT SAVE!published at 21:04 Greenwich Mean Time 2 March 2021

    Nottingham Forest 0-0 Luton

    Some night Luton keeper Simon Sluga is having.

    This time the Croatian is at his best to deny James Garner from close range diving to his left.

  19. FULL-TIMEpublished at 21:00 Greenwich Mean Time 2 March 2021

    Cardiff 4-0 Derby

    Cardiff cruise to a big win.

    Mick McCarthy's record as Bluebirds boss now reads played nine, won seven, drawn two. Decent.

    They're up to sixth thanks to a double from Leandro Bacuna, one from Kieffer Moore and a smashing late goal from Will Vaulks which had him doing cartwheels.

    Will Vaulks celebrates his goalImage source, Getty Images
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    GOAL: Cardiff 4-0 Derbypublished at 20:59 Greenwich Mean Time 2 March 2021

    Will Vaulks (90+3 mins)

    The icing on the cake!

    Will Vaulks smashes home from roughly miles out* after Derby are caught out overplaying just outside their own area.

    *30 yards.