Blackburn revive promotion push

Dack scores second-half goal to secure much-needed 1-0 win over Cardiff in Championship

LONDON:

Blackburn revived their bid for promotion to the Premier League as Bradley Dack secured a much-needed 1-0 win against Cardiff on Sunday.

Dack netted with a deflected strike in the second-half at Ewood Park to give Blackburn their first victory in three games after a pair of damaging defeats.

Blackburn sit third in the Championship, eight points behind the two automatic promotion places in the race to reach the English top-flight.

Cardiff are just two points above the relegation zone after their dismal winless run stretched to seven games.

Tom Bradshaw's double helped Millwall climb into the play-off places with a 3-0 win against Rotherham at The Den.

Bradshaw struck either side of Cameron Humphreys' own goal to lift the Lions into fourth place.

Rotherham are languishing one place outside the relegation zone after taking only two points from the last 24 available.

Luton moved into the top six as the Hatters came from behind to win 2-1 at second-bottom Huddersfield.

Second-half goals from Amari'i Bell and Reece Burke overturned Duane Holmes' opener.

Sunderland slipped to sixth following a 1-1 draw at Blackpool.

Ross Stewart equalised for Sunderland with his ninth goal of the season after Shayne Lavery opened the scoring for Blackpool, who had Callum Connolly sent off for a second bookable offence in stoppage-time.

Jake Bidwell bagged his first Coventry goal in a 1-1 draw with Bristol City, who equalised through Antoine Semenyo.