Championship: Portsmouth stun Ipswich; Southampton ease past Blackburn to go fourth

Summary

Conor Shaughnessy's powerful header and Colby Bishop's close-range finish deliver a value three points for Portsmouth against second-placed Ipswich
Pompey open up a four-point gap on the relegation zone while the Tractor Boys fail to pull away in automatic promotion race
Cyle Larin, Ryan Manning and Cameron Archer secure a comfortable 3-0 win for Southampton against Blackburn
Saints' sixth straight league win puts them up to fourth and within three points of Ipswich while Rovers remain in relegation trouble

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Get Involvedpublished at 21:59 BST 14 April
FT: Southampton 3-0 Blackburn

The run Saints have put together to fully contest promotion has got to be one of the greatest in the history of the Championship.
Spencer (Ipswich fan), Chelmsford
Unbeaten since 17 January - they are in some form, Spencer...
'Southampton made it look simple'published at 21:58 BST 14 April
FT: Southampton 3-0 Blackburn
Kevin Gallacher
Former Blackburn striker on BBC Radio Lancashire

It felt like we were defending as individuals.
Southampton progressed through the lines so well, they made it look simple at times.
It is now a big game on Friday against Coventry.

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Get Involvedpublished at 21:57 BST 14 April
FT: Portsmouth 2-0 Ipswich

What on earth was all the fist-pumping celebrations about on Saturday for Ipswich by the players, if they weren't bothered about turning up tonight... pathetic.
Terry, Suffolk
'The performance has been superb'published at 21:56 BST 14 April
FT: Portsmouth 2-0 Ipswich
Guy Whittingham
Former Portsmouth manager on BBC Radio Solent

Portsmouth have taken the game to Ipswich tonight.
The performance of the whole team has been superb and it means the end of this season can be very interesting.

FULL-TIMEpublished at 21:54 BST 14 April
Southampton 3-0 Blackburn

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All over at St Mary's as first half goals from Cyle Larin and Ryan Manning and Cameron Archer late on seal a sixth win on the bounce for Southampton.
Tonda Eckert's side, who extend their unbeaten run to a remarkable 18 games in all competitions, move up to fourth in the league.
Blackburn drop down a place to 20th and remain four points adrift the drop zone.
FULL-TIMEpublished at 21:53 BST 14 April
Portsmouth 2-0 Ipswich

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A massive night for Portsmouth and their Championship survival hopes as they back-up victory at Middlesbrough at the weekend with a fully deserved win over second-placed Ipswich.
A brace in 120 first-half seconds take the three points with Conor Shaughnessy and Colby Bishop doing the damage.
Ipswich looked a pale shadow of the side which won at East Anglian rivals Norwich on Saturday and the race for automatic promotion is far from over.
Pompey now face a huge game at home to Leicester this weekend while Ipswich have a similarly important meeting with Middlesbrough on Sunday.

SUBSTITUTIONpublished at 21:52 BST 14 April
Portsmouth 2-0 Ipswich

Ibane Bowat replaces Millenic Allic for Portsmouth.
Alli has been excellent tonight.
'Too little too late from Ipswich'published at 21:52 BST 14 April
Portsmouth 2-0 Ipswich
Brenner Woolley
BBC Radio Suffolk commentator

They feeling after the final whistle tonight will be worlds away from how it felt on Saturday.
Ipswich have finally found a goal threat but it is all to little too late.

Off the linepublished at 21:51 BST 14 April
Portsmouth 2-0 Ipswich

Almost some late drama.
Dara O'Shea heads down and the ball is cleared off the line by Regan Poole before Nicolas Schmid beats away a Jaden Philogene shot.
YELLOW CARDpublished at 21:50 BST 14 April
Portsmouth 2-0 Ipswich

Into four minutes of stoppage time we go.
There is a yellow card for Ipswich's Jaden Philogene for smashing the ball at Terry Devlin when it had gone out of play.

SUBSTITUTIONpublished at 21:48 BST 14 April
Southampton 3-0 Blackburn

That was Cameron Archer's last action of the game as he makes way for Jay Robinson.
Archer's been excellent this evening.
'Shocking defending'published at 21:47 BST 14 April
Southampton 3-0 Blackburn
Kevin Gallacher
Former Blackburn striker on BBC Radio Lancashire

It is shocking defending from Rovers.
We have four players back marking two of them and they still manage to score.

'Archer caps off best performance'published at 21:47 BST 14 April
Southampton 3-0 Blackburn
Adam Blackmore
BBC Radio Solent sports editor

Cameron Archer caps off his best performance of the season with a goal.
Southampton are going up to fourth in the table.
Postpublished at 21:46 BST 14 April
Portsmouth 2-0 Ipswich

Ipswich were hoping for a first league double over Portsmouth in 14 years tonight.
As it stands this will be Pompey's first win over the Suffolk side in six attempts.
There is not a lot happening to tell us it will be anything other than three points for the home team.

GOAL: Southampton 3-0 Blackburnpublished at 21:45 BST 14 April
Cameron Archer (86 mins)

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Game over!
Leo Scienza makes his way into the box and squares it for Cameron Archer who scores his first goal at St Mary's this season.
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Get Involvedpublished at 21:45 BST 14 April
Portsmouth 2-0 Ipswich

A crying shame that Ipswich put so, so much effort into Saturday, and forgot that every team in the Championship offer a different challenge. I still think that they will get promoted though.
John, Ipswich

SUBSTITUTIONpublished at 21:43 BST 14 April
Portsmouth 2-0 Ipswich

Adrian Segecic takes a breather for Portsmouth.
Jacob Brown is his replacement for the remaining five minutes.
HITS THE WOODWORKpublished at 21:42 BST 14 April
Southampton 2-0 Blackburn

Blackburn come close to getting back into it.
Yuki Ohashi's initial effort is parried out by Balazs Toth which falls to Ryoya Morishita who crashes one off the bar and Tom Atcheson follow-up is gathered by Toth.
He's unlucky not to score there.

YELLOW CARDpublished at 21:40 BST 14 April
Portsmouth 2-0 Ipswich

A second yellow card for Portsmouth.
Terry Devlin is the guilty party this time and gets a card to celebrate his 100th Pompey appearance although maybe not the sort he wanted.
YELLOW CARDpublished at 21:39 BST 14 April
Portsmouth 2-0 Ipswich

Keshi Anderson wins the ball off Marcelino Nunez who hauls him down.
A yellow card for the Ipswich man.

Championship

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Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Difference	Points	Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first
1 Coventry City	42	25	10	7	84	42	42	85	Result Win Result Loss Result Win Result Win Result Draw Result Draw
2 Ipswich Town	41	21	12	8	71	42	29	75	Result Draw Result Win Result Draw Result Win Result Win Result Loss
3 Millwall	42	21	10	11	56	47	9	73	Result Win Result Loss Result Draw Result Win Result Loss Result Draw
4 Southampton	42	20	12	10	73	50	23	72	Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Win
5 Middlesbrough	42	20	12	10	62	42	20	72	Result Loss Result Draw Result Draw Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss
6 Hull City	42	20	8	14	64	60	4	68	Result Win Result Loss Result Win Result Draw Result Draw Result Loss
7 Wrexham	42	17	13	12	63	60	3	64	Result Win Result Loss Result Win Result Draw Result Loss Result Loss
8 Derby County	42	18	9	15	61	53	8	63	Result Loss Result Win Result Win Result Loss Result Win Result Loss
9 Norwich City	42	17	7	18	55	50	5	58	Result Win Result Loss Result Win Result Draw Result Win Result Loss
10 Bristol City	42	16	10	16	52	51	1	58	Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss Result Win Result Win Result Draw
11 Queens Park Rangers	42	16	10	16	58	63	-5	58	Result Loss Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Draw Result Draw
12 Watford	42	14	15	13	52	51	1	57	Result Loss Result Win Result Draw Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss
13 Preston North End	42	14	15	13	50	53	-3	57	Result Loss Result Loss Result Win Result Draw Result Draw Result Win
14 Swansea City	42	16	9	17	50	54	-4	57	Result Win Result Loss Result Loss Result Draw Result Draw Result Win
15 Birmingham City	42	15	11	16	51	52	-1	56	Result Win Result Draw Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss Result Win
16 Stoke City	42	15	10	17	49	46	3	55	Result Draw Result Win Result Loss Result Win Result Loss Result Draw
17 Sheffield United	42	16	6	20	59	59	0	54	Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss Result Win
18 Charlton Athletic	42	12	13	17	39	51	-12	49	Result Win Result Draw Result Loss Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss
19 Portsmouth	42	12	12	18	43	57	-14	48	Result Loss Result Loss Result Draw Result Draw Result Win Result Win
20 Blackburn Rovers	43	12	12	19	38	53	-15	48	Result Win Result Draw Result Win Result Draw Result Draw Result Loss
21 West Bromwich Albion	42	11	13	18	42	56	-14	46	Result Draw Result Win Result Win Result Draw Result Draw Result Draw
22 Oxford United	42	10	14	18	41	54	-13	44	Result Win Result Draw Result Loss Result Draw Result Draw Result Win
23 Leicester City	42	11	14	17	54	64	-10	41	Result Win Result Loss Result Draw Result Draw Result Draw Result Loss
24 Sheffield Wednesday	42	1	11	30	25	82	-57	-4	Result Draw Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss Result Draw Result Draw