A sliver of hope for Peterborough United as Reading lose, but Derby County boosted in the basement battle against Barnsley by an unlikely goalscorer

Reading’s 1-0 home defeat at the hands of Millwall helped Posh who have a game in hand on the Royals. The bad news is that game in hand is third-placed Bournemouth on Tuesday (March 8).

Bournemouth will be desperate to make amends for their 2-1 defeat at Preston North End today, a game which with red cards for Cherries manager Scott Parker and defender Adam Smith for protesting at a late winning goal for the home side. A point against Posh would take Bournemouth, who left Siriki Dembele on the bench today, back into the automatic promotion places.

In the basement battle Derby County beat Barnsley 2-0 with the first two goals from Ravel Morrison in an English league match for eight years! Derby are three points head of Posh who have a game in hand. Barnsley drop to next-to-bottom and are two points ahead of Posh from the same number of games.

The Tykes start a run of three home games in a row against Stoke City on Tuesday.

Posh have the worst goal difference in the Championship (-45) by 19 goals!