Lawrence Shankland scored his 25th goal of the season as in-form Hearts moved 14 points clear in third place with a 2-0 victory over Motherwell.After a nondescript first half Shankland set the hosts on their way to an eighth successive win with a header in the 67th minute.Substitute Kenneth Vargas then wrapped up the points with a fine finish in stoppage time.Motherwell made a promising start with

A goal in each half from Danilo Orsi and Klaidi Lolos gave Crawley their first league win in five games as relegation-threatened Forest Green Rovers went down to a 2-0 defeat at the Broadfield Stadium.The Red Devils broke the deadlock six minutes before the break when striker Orsi scored his 16th goal of the season with a neat flick from close range after an assist by Nick Tsaroulla.Crawley threat

Luke Waterfall’s late finish completed Hartlepool’s comeback in their 3-1 victory over Boreham Wood.Boreham Wood took an early lead through Kabongo Tshimanga with just a minute on the clock.Hartlepool levelled thanks to Joe Grey netting his eighth goal of the season just before half time.Top scorer Emmanuel Dieseruvwe put the hosts in front with his 17th goal of the season with six min

A strong performance from goalkeeper Jamie Cumming helped Oxford consolidate their position in the League One play-off places as they earned a 0-0 draw at Wycombe.The U’s are now three points clear of seventh-placed Stevenage in the table, although they rode their luck at times against a Chairboys side who missed out on a third league win in four matches.Wycombe had the game’s first bi

Dundee made it back-to-back cinch Premiership wins with a comfortable victory over Ross County at Dens Park.Scott Tiffoney was the Dark Blues’ hero with what proved to be a decisive double as the win took Tony Docherty’s side within three points of St Mirren in fifth.County had chances but failed to take them, with Don Cowie’s strugglers now facing a huge match next week against

Ipswich kept up their push for an automatic promotion place in the Championship as Conor Chaplin claimed a landmark winner in a 2-1 victory at Swansea.Chaplin scored his 50th Ipswich goal to restore a first-half Ipswich lead that had been wiped out by Jerry Yates four minutes earlier.Nathan Broadhead had earlier put the Tractor Boys ahead as Ipswich maintained their pursuit of Leeds and Southampto

Louie Sibley’s last-minute winner gave Derby a 1-0 home victory over stubborn Stevenage to boost their automatic promotion hopes in League One.With top scorer James Collins out with a knee injury, Derby lacked a presence up front but Sibley finally found a way through in the last minute of normal time.The victory moved Derby three points clear of third-placed Bolton.It was Stevenage who came

Will Evans netted his 23rd goal of the season to earn Newport a 1-0 win over fellow play-off hopefuls Gillingham at Rodney Parade.The victory moves Graham Coughlan’s men to within two points of the top seven.Seb Palmer-Houlden should have given County an early breakthrough when he climbed high to meet an Adam Lewis cross in the 13th minute, but the Bristol City loanee planted his header wide

Ollie Watkins’ double helped Aston Villa to a 2-1 victory over a spirited Fulham at Craven Cottage.The striker took his Premier League tally to 12 for the season and was the difference maker for Unai Emery’s men in west London.Fulham’s Rodrigo Muniz scored his fourth in three games but Villa dug in during the second half to claim all three points.Villa fired an early warning shot

Kilmarnock once again proved a thorn in Celtic’s side as David Watson headed a stoppage-time equaliser at Parkhead to deal a major blow to the Hoops’ title hopes.A first-half header from Kyogo Furuhashi looked like being just enough to send Celtic three points ahead of Rangers in the cinch Premiership title race.But Watson headed into the corner of the net from fellow substitute Fraser