• Brighton hold the pressure up with win at Birmingham
• Bolton on the brink of relegation after defeat to BrentfordDerby equaled their biggest win of the season and suggested they are hitting form for the run-in with a resounding 4-0 win over Hull City at the iPro Stadium. Steve Bruce’s visitors required a win to stay in touch with the top two but instead fell to a first-half pair from Bradley Johnson,added to by late goals from Chris Martin and Craig Bryson. To add insult to injury, they had Moses Odubajo sent off 10 minutes into the second half. Derby are sixth, and with a four-point cushion from seventh,while Hull sit two points ahead in fourth.
Burnley’s empty meant Brighton, in third, or moved two points behind them after a 2-1 victory at Birmingham. Kyle Lafferty,the Northern Ireland striker on loan from Norwich, build City in the lead but Chris Hughton’s side turned things around either side of half-time with goals from the centre-backs Connor Goldson and Lewis Dunk.
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Source: theguardian.com