Dominic Solanke’s nineteenth objective of the season helped Bournemouth to cement their place on the high of the Sky Wager Championship desk heading into 2022.
Solanke struck 22 minutes from time in a 3-0 win over 10-man Cardiff on Thursday night which left the membership 4 factors away from second-placed Fulham, though having performed two video games extra.
Ryan Christie had fired the leaders right into a Twenty fifth-minute lead with the assistance of a deflection off defender Mark McGuinness, and the Bluebirds’ hopes of preventing their manner again into the sport had been dealt a blow in first-half stoppage time when Leandro Bacuna was dismissed for a poor problem on Philip Billing.
Solanke, who had arrange Christie for the opening objective, prolonged the Cherries’ lead after Billing had cheekily back-heeled him in on objective with 68 minutes gone, and it was 3-0 seven minutes from time when Jefferson Lerma’s close-range effort went in off keeper Alex Smithies.
There was late drama at Ashton Gate as defender Yoann Barbet headed promotion-chasing QPR to a 2-1 comeback victory over 10-man Bristol Metropolis.
Alex Scott acquired Metropolis off to the proper begin when he fired them forward with simply three minutes gone, however the guests had been stage in added time earlier than the break when Charlie Austin struck from the penalty spot after Luke Amos has been introduced down by Cameron Pring.
The house aspect’s woes deepened 11 minutes after the restart when Andy King was despatched off for a second bookable offence after hauling again Rangers’ skipper Stefan Johansen, whose late cross was headed house by Barbet to grab the factors.
Rangers, nonetheless, stay a degree behind sixth-placed Huddersfield after Duane Holmes’ lone strike inflicted a second successive defeat on Nottingham Forest.
The guests went forward on the half-hour when Holmes managed Harry Toffolo’s pushed cross and fired house.
Forest returned in decided temper after the break with Brennan Johnson twice going shut and Lewis Grabban and Philip Zinckernagel additionally threatening, however City held out to safe a 3rd win on the trot.
That feat was matched by bottom-of-the-table Derby, however solely after extra late heroics from substitute Colin Kazim-Richards.
Luke Plange had handed the Rams an early lead when he ran on to Kamil Jozwiak’s through-ball and beat keeper Adam Davies, however Tom Ince got here off the bench to tug the Potters again into it with 12 minutes remaining.
Nevertheless, the guests had been to not be denied and 35-year-old Kazim-Richards, who had fired them to victory over West Brom on Monday, as soon as once more claimed all three factors with an Eighty fifth-minute winner to tug Derby, who’ve been docked 21 factors this season, to inside 4 of second-bottom Barnsley.
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