Conor Chaplin netted twice and Nathan Broadhead and Freddie Ladapo once each as Town comfortably beat Burton Albion 4-0 at Portman Road, their third league win on the bounce. After a sluggish start, the Blues sealed the win with three goals in 11 minutes from the 31st minute onwards, Chaplin netted the first, Broadhead the second and Ladapo the third, before Town’s top scorer took his tally for the season to 19 in the 69th minute.
Town are down to fourth following a frustrating 0-0 draw away at Bristol Rovers. The Blues dominated the first half but without creating enough opportunities, then after the break were scruffier with both sides having chances but with the home side going closest to breaking the deadlock when Scott Sinclair hit the post.
Freddie Ladapo and Conor Chaplin both netted a first-half brace as the Blues beat Morecambe 4-0 at Portman Road to make up ground in the League One promotion race. Ladapo gave the Blues the lead in only the 52nd second, then made it 2-0 on 16 before Chaplin added goals three and four in the 38th minute and in first-half injury time.
Bali Mumba’s deflected injury-time goal grabbed a point for leaders Plymouth Argyle as the Blues and Pilgrims drew 1-1 at Portman Road, the on-loan Norwich man s strike levelling Wes Burns’s brilliant opener for Town. Both teams had hit the woodwork, the Blues through Marcus Harness and Argyle via Ryan Hardie, before Burns lashed a strike into the roof of the net from the right of the area from a Luke Woolfenden lay-off and Town looked on their way to three points until Mumba found the top corner to claim a share of the points in front of 29,069 fans, the highest crowd since the Gamechanger takeover.
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Barnsley are nine points clear in the Championship play-off places after a nervy 1-0 home win over Rotherham United.
Former Rotherham striker Carlton Morris scored a controversial goal in the second minute then the visitors had the better chances during a disappointing display by the Reds, who were indebted to inspired goalkeeper Brad Collins.
But the result means Barnsley are up to fifth and will definitely be in the play-offs if Reading do not win all three of their remaining matches starting at home to Swansea City tomorrow lunchtime.
Valerien Ismael made two changes from the side that won in Huddersfield on Wednesday.