Luton moved off the bottom of the Championship by beating Huddersfield, while Fulham kept up the pressure on the top two with a win over Cardiff.
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Hatters move off the bottom
Second-half goals from Sonny Bradley and Elliot Lee lifted Luton off the foot of the Championship as they won 2-0 at Huddersfield to keep the Terriers firmly in the relegation battle.
Bradley headed home James Bree's 49th-minute corner before Lee lashed home a shot on the rebound with 19 minutes left to earn three vital points that move Luton above Barnsley before the Tykes face Wigan on Saturday.
The win means Luton are now just two points adrift of safety, with 21st place currently occupied by Stoke, where Hatters manager Nathan Jones began the season before being sacked in November having won only two of the first 14 games of the season.
Defeat was a bitter blow for Huddersfield, who are just one point further clear, and remain in danger of following Swindon, Wolves, and Sunderland in becoming the fourth team to suffer back-to-back relegations from the top flight to the third tier in the Premier League era.
Three consecutive clean sheets coming into this game had given Danny Cowley cause for optimism, but a lack of cutting edge is now the growing concern as this became a third straight game without a goal.
Fulham maintain top two chase
Aleksandar Mitrovic's penalty cemented Fulham's Championship play-off place in a 2-0 win over promotion rivals Cardiff City.
Serbia hitman Mitrovic marked his return from a three-match ban with a bullet spot-kick at Craven Cottage as Fulham sealed a fourth straight league win.
Josh Onomah later fired his third goal of the season to rubber-stamp a crucial victory for Scott Parker's men.
The Whites leapfrogged Brentford into third place, temporarily at least, with the Bees travelling Derby on Saturday.
Fulham's latest win will keep the pressure on the league's top two Leeds and West Brom, but boss Parker will surely be delighted to have secured a play-off place.
Mitrovic edged back to the top of the league's scoring charts with his 24th goal of the campaign, inching ahead of Brentford's Ollie Watkins again.
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