GOAL: Watford 1-0 Coventrypublished at 15:23 Greenwich Mean Time 9 March 2024
Ryan Porteous (20 mins)
Said there would be goals and we've got one!
Ryan Porteous rises highest to flick on Ryan Andrews' throw-in and the ball nestles in the net.
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Vardy scores twice as Championship leaders Leicester draw at Hull
Southampton beat Sunderland 4-2 to keep up automatic promotion hopes
Norwich thump rock bottom Rotherham 5-0
Stoke win at Preston to move out of drop zone
Millwall score 90th-minute winner against Birmingham
Plymouth draw at Blackburn, Boro win 2-0 at QPR
Wright scores twice as Coventry beat struggling Watford
Cardiff score in 95th and 100th minutes to stun Ipswich in early game
Adam Lanigan, Jay Freeman, Thomas Dodd and Katie Holloway
Ryan Porteous (20 mins)
Said there would be goals and we've got one!
Ryan Porteous rises highest to flick on Ryan Andrews' throw-in and the ball nestles in the net.
Southampton 1-0 Sunderland
What do Sunderland have in response to going a goal down to Southampton?
Well so far not much. Chris Rigg's left footed drive from long range was well blocked by the hosts shortly after Stuart Armstrong's opener.
But other than that it's been all Southampton as the hosts have protected their lead well.
Jacob Sorenson (21 mins)
Yeah, floodgates opened.
It's another one for Norwich and it's another header, Jacob Sorenson finding the net this time.
Watford 0-0 Coventry
Open game at Vicarage Road.
Jake Bidwell has gone close for Mark Robins' side, while Ismael Koné couldn't quite hit the target at the other end.
Bodes well for some goals this one.
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Mark: The top of Championship is getting quite exciting now, with Leeds beating Wednesday and Ipswich losing to Cardiff, just need Hull to beat Leicester.
QPR 0-0 Middlesbrough
Ilias Chair tries his luck from distance, but the ball flies past the post.
No reason for the home fans to leave their....seats, for that one.
Fabio Carvalho (16 mins)
A fantastic response to his missed spot-kick.
Fabio Carvalho grabs his fourth Hull goal on loan from Liverpool, taking advantage of sloppy play at the back from the visitors' centre-back Wout Faes.
This time, he slides it beyond Foxes goalkeeper Mads Hermansen.
Preston 0-0 Stoke
There's a delay in play here as Preston's Ben Whiteman receives treatment but prior to that it's been rather even.
Liam Millar saw his attempt to get North End off the mark blocked while shortly after, Luke McNally's close range header from Lewis Baker's corner failed to get Stoke off the mark.
Hull 0-0 Leicester
Hull will be keen not to dwell on Fabio Carvalho's penalty miss.
Here is something they can cling on to - Leicester lost three games in the first half of the season to Leeds, Middlesbrough and Hull.
The Whites and Boro have both completed a double over the Foxes, can the Tigers do the same?
Gabriel Sara (12 mins)
Floodgates. Opened?
Norwich well on the way to avenging their defeat in the reverse fixture.
Jack Stacey does all the work down the right, and chips a beautiful ball into the box, leaving Gabriel Sara with the simple job of nodding home.
That's goal number 73 conceded this season by the Millers.
Millwall 0-0 Birmingham
More of the ball for Birmingham so far at The Den, but no efforts from either side yet.
Games between these two are usually tight, so we probably shouldn't be expecting a classic this afternoon.
And certainly not given the two teams' positions in the table.
QPR 0-0 Middlesbrough
A captain's intervention from Boro's Jonny Howson at Loftus Road.
He gets his body in the right place at the right time to deflect a Jimmy Dunne header over for the hosts.
Stuart Armstrong (9 mins)
Southampton take the lead against Sunderland and it's not taken long.
Jobe Bellingham heads away as the visitors are pinned back in their own box but Southampton keep the ball alive and Stuart Armstrong taps in with his left foot soon after.
Not the start Sunderland, who have lost five on the bounce, will have hoped for.
Hull 0-0 Leicester
Matty Fryatt
Former Leicester & Hull striker on Radio Leicester
Big save, big moment. Maybe justice was done in some ways - it seemed a really soft one from where we are positioned. I wouldn't even say it was a coming together.
Hull 0-0 Leicester
Mads Hermansen is the Leicester hero!
The Danish goalkeeper makes a big save to keep out Fabio Carvalho's spot-kick.
A huge moment.
Hull 0-0 Leicester
Penalty for the hosts!
Regan Slater bursts into the area and is brought down by Stephy Mavididi. Penalty given.
Sammie Szmodics (7 mins)
Who else?
The Championship's top scorer finds his 21st goal of the season.
Sammie Szmodics gets Blackburn off the mark having worked onto Yasin Ayari's through ball before he fires in fron the edge of the area.
A blow for Plymouth to concede so early but plenty of time remaining at Ewood Park for them to respond.
Watford 0-0 Coventry
Edo Kayembe fires a low effort towards goal for Watford at Vicarage Road, but Bradley Collins produces a fine save to keep this one 0-0 early on.
Blackburn 0-0 Plymouth
Every game between sides in the relegation mix is a big game at the minute, that certainly goes without saying.
But both Blackburn and Plymouth could do with a win today to pad a gap out on the bottom three.
John Buckley tries his luck for the hosts early doors but his effort is high and wide.
Hull 0-0 Leicester
Events in south Wales have had a big bearing on this game.
Ipswich were going level on points with Leicester when they were one up. Instead, Cardiff's injury-time comeback means they are only four points behind Hull in the race for the play-offs.
With the Foxes on FA Cup duty next week, this would be a big three points if they can get them.
The Tigers also have a blank Saturday coming up as opponents Coventry also remain in the cup, so they will want the points for the same reason.