Sheffield United 4-0 Luton Town Simon Oxley reports. Four nil, a little harsh on injury hit Luton, but it was a lesson in finishing from a side who seem destined to be in the Premiership next season. Gradually Jagielka and Montgomery got the better of Holmes and Heikkinen in the makeshift Hatters midfield with Nicholls and Robinson both absent and with Sol Davis still missing.
A reshuffled defence saw Leon Barnett make only his second start and Paul Underwood make an early return from inury. The patched-up nature of the side told in the end, although Barnet impressed and restricted the prolific Steve Kabba to next to nothing - trouble was there were others to step in with Jagielka before the break, Morgan, Pericard and Jagielka again netting for the Blades.  | | Simon Oxley reports. |
Luton had plenty of possession but clear cut chances were at a premium, something for Mike Newell to ponder as the transfer window nears - Neil Warnock has no such worries. Sheff Utd: Kenny, Bromby, Morgan, Jagielka, Unsworth, Ifill, Alan Quinn, Montgomery, Geary (Wright 74), Shipperley (Pericard 61), Kabba (Webber 76).
Subs Not Used: Tonge, Gillespie. Booked: Montgomery. Goals: Jagielka 34, Morgan 50, Pericard 71, Jagielka 88. Luton: Beresford, Foley, Coyne, Underwood (Keane 73), Heikkinen, Edwards, Brkovic (Showunmi 66), Holmes, Barnett, Feeney (Vine 66), Howard.
Subs Not Used: Morgan, Brill. Booked: Foley. Att: 22,554. Ref: M Dean (Cheshire). Watford 3-1 QPR  | | Euan Duncan reports. |
Euan Duncan reports. Watford deserved their second home win in four days as they eased past a Queens Park Rangers side which had one good spell early in the second half. Matthew Spring put the Hornets ahead with a diving header six minutes before the interval and the lead was doubled twenty minutes from the end when Anthony McNamee drove in from close range after being set up by Spring. The points were sealed thirteen minutes from time when Ashley Young curled a free kick inside the far post for his tenth of the season. Danny Shittu's stoppage time header from a Rangers corner was merely a consolation. Had Ben Foster not denied Dean Sturridge in a in a one on one shortly before the hour it might have been a different story, but the Hornets rode their luck and made Rangers pay. Watford: Foster, Doyley, Carlisle, DeMerit, Chambers, Devlin, Mahon, Spring (Bangura 83), McNamee, King, Young.
Subs Not Used: Chamberlain, Stewart, Mackay, Henderson. Goals: Spring 39, McNamee 70, Young 76. QPR: Royce, Bignot, Evatt, Shittu, Doherty, Dyer, Santos (Nygaard 45), Ainsworth (Cook 45), Gallen, Moore (Langley 74), Sturridge.
Subs Not Used: Milanese, Cole. Goals: Shittu 90. Att: 16,476. Ref: M Atkinson (W Yorkshire). |
