Summary

  • Blackburn beat Championship promotion rivals Sheff Utd in lunchtime game

  • Third-placed Middlesbrough thrash Reading 5-0 to close gap on Blades to four points

  • Stoke hit five at Sunderland on Potters boss Alex Neil's return to Stadium of Light

  • Championship leaders Burnley held 0-0 by Lancashire rivals Blackpool

  • Rotherham and Cardiff win to drag QPR and Birmingham into relegation danger

  • League One top three Sheff Wed, Plymouth and Ipswich all win

  • League Two's bottom side Rochdale stun second-placed Stevenage for first win in 10

  • Get involved at #bbcefl

  1. goal

    GOAL Cardiff City 1-0 Bristol Citypublished at 13:44 Greenwich Mean Time 4 March 2023

    Sory Kaba (52 mins)

    Sory Kaba celebratesImage source, Getty Images

    The hosts take the lead as Sory Kaba heads in from the centre of the box. The cross was from Ryan Wintle.

  2. Postpublished at 13:44 Greenwich Mean Time 4 March 2023

    Blackburn 1-0 Sheff Utd

    Oof.

    Sheffield United keeper Wes Foderingham is forced to punch away the Blackburn corner that follows and the hosts win another at the opposite end.

    Sorba Thomas whips it in and Oli McBurnie attempts a clearance but Rovers keep it alive.

    John Buckley then buries a shot from long range which flies high over the crossbar.

  3. Postpublished at 13:41 Greenwich Mean Time 4 March 2023

    Blackburn 1-0 Sheff Utd

    Blackburn looked in fine form after their sensational opener early on in this game.

    But they look nervy on the ball now and have been kept back to pinging long balls into the Sheffield United box.

    Tyrhys Dolan tries to break the mould as he weaves into the box and eventually plays it out and Sorba Thomas picks up possession but he's blocked away.

    Lewis Travis tries a low shot which is blocked and then eventually the hosts win a corner, as a roar goes up around Ewood Park.

  4. Postpublished at 13:38 Greenwich Mean Time 4 March 2023

    Blackburn 1-0 Sheff Utd

    Sheffield United are attacking the goal with around 3,500 of their supporters behind it, in this second half.

    A long throw-in goes into the Blackburn box and the hosts just about clear their lines.

    Edgy stuff since we got back under way here.

  5. KICK-OFFpublished at 13:36 Greenwich Mean Time 4 March 2023

    Cardiff 0-0 Bristol City

    Back under way at the Cardiff City Stadium.

    Will there be goals in this Severnside Derby?

  6. YELLOW CARDpublished at 13:35 Greenwich Mean Time 4 March 2023

    Blackburn 1-0 Sheff Utd

    Chris Basham is the first player to be booked in this game.

    The Sheffield United man sees yellow for a reckless sliding challenge on Tyrhys Dolan.

  7. Postpublished at 13:34 Greenwich Mean Time 4 March 2023

    Blackburn 1-0 Sheff Utd

    Joe Rankin-Costello floats a ball from the right flank towards the Sheffield United box.

    But he spikes it high and wide and it swings wayward for a Blades goal kick.

  8. KICK-OFFpublished at 13:32 Greenwich Mean Time 4 March 2023

    Blackburn 1-0 Sheff Utd

    We're back under way at Ewood Park.

    Can Sheffield United get back on level terms against Blackburn? They certainly ended the first half better than they started.

  9. Postpublished at 13:27 Greenwich Mean Time 4 March 2023

    HT: Blackburn 1-0 Sheff Utd

    Andy Bayes
    BBC Radio Lancashire

    An outstanding opener, my favourite goal of the season so far. Team work and counter-attacking at its finest.

    Dolan’s rattled the bar. Sheffield United a threat, Basham with a tremendous run but a tame shot in the end.

  10. All square at half-timepublished at 13:25 Greenwich Mean Time 4 March 2023

    Cardiff 0-0 Bristol City

    Cardiff finish the first half on the up with a late free-kick that hits the wall from Perry Ng. All to play for in the second half.

  11. Postpublished at 13:22 Greenwich Mean Time 4 March 2023

    HT: Blackburn 1-0 Sheff Utd

    Mark Atkins
    Former Blackburn midfielder on BBC Radio Lancashire

    It's been a good game, two good sides are playing out there. You can understand why both sides are in the top four or five in the league.

    Blackburn were excellent in the first 20 minutes and scored a great counter-attack goal.

    Sheffield United have put them under pressure but in normal play Rovers have handled them really well.

  12. Postpublished at 13:20 Greenwich Mean Time 4 March 2023

    HT: Morecambe 0-0 Bolton

    Goalless in League One at half-time, where victory would take Bolton third in the table before this afternoon's 15:00 GMT kick-offs.

    The Trotters did go close to an opener just before the break, but Dion Charles' deflected 20-yard shot was saved by home keeper Connor Ripley.

  13. HALF-TIMEpublished at 13:17 Greenwich Mean Time 4 March 2023

    Blackburn 1-0 Sheff Utd

    Harry Pickering celebrates scoring for BlackburnImage source, PA Media

    All over in the first half at Ewood Park.

    A first half which boils down to one stunning moment after Harry Pickering scored at the end of a stunning team move from Blackburn to work the ball upfield on the counter and stun Sheffield United.

    The Blades aren't out of this one yet, mind. A big second half awaits.

  14. Postpublished at 13:17 Greenwich Mean Time 4 March 2023

    Blackburn 1-0 Sheff Utd

    Sheffield United win a corner but the hosts swiftly deal with it and go on the attack at the other end once more.

    Tyrhys Dolan gets on the end of a loose ball and, despite being completely unmarked, he buries his shot well wide of the mark.

  15. Cardiff, the land that goals forgotpublished at 13:16 Greenwich Mean Time 4 March 2023

    Cardiff 0-0 Bristol City

    Michael Pearlman
    BBC Sport Wales at the Cardiff City Stadium

    I watch a lot of Cardiff, so at least this sniping is informed.

    Cardiff would move six points clear of the relegation zone if they draw 0-0 today.

    Cardiff have scored 25 goals in 35 Championship games this season.

    How bad must the bottom three in the Championship be?

    Cardiff's fans are so quiet. They have just been dragged down by the performances this season and it is entirely understandable.

    If Cardiff don't get dragged into a proper relegation dogfight, considering how bad they are in front of goal, it will be absolutely miraculous for them.

  16. Postpublished at 13:15 Greenwich Mean Time 4 March 2023

    Cardiff 0-0 Bristol City

    The Robins have been forced into an early change as Joe Williams goes off and Andi Weimann comes on to replace him.

  17. Postpublished at 13:13 Greenwich Mean Time 4 March 2023

    Blackburn 1-0 Sheff Utd

    Harry Pickering whips in a low ball from the left into the Sheffield United box and John Fleck is forced to clear it away.

    However he sheepishly punts the ball high into the stand behind the Blades' goal and Blackburn win a corner.

    Tyrhys Dolan picks it up and goes to run into the box but goes down far too easily.

  18. Postpublished at 13:10 Greenwich Mean Time 4 March 2023

    Blackburn 1-0 Sheff Utd

    Oli McBurnie heads just wide of the left-hand Blackburn post as he gets on the end of a floated ball into the box.

    Sheffield United aren't sitting back in pursuit of an equaliser before the break.

  19. Postpublished at 13:09 Greenwich Mean Time 4 March 2023

    Blackburn 1-0 Sheff Utd

    Joe Rankin-Costello goes down in the Sheffield United box.

    Jack Robinson is livid and picks him up off the ground as Rankin-Costello's claims for a penalty go ignored.

    Replays show the Blackburn man went down fairly easily.

  20. Postpublished at 13:05 Greenwich Mean Time 4 March 2023

    Morecambe 0-0 Bolton

    Fourth-placed Bolton are not having it their own way up on the Fylde coast so far this afternoon.

    From a Jacob Beadeau free-kick, Cole Stockton fires just wide for the home side.

    Still goalless though in League One.