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EFL highlights and round-up: Preston into sixth, Middlesbrough hold Birmingham

Image: Tom Barkhuizen scored twice for Preston

Preston climbed into the Sky Bet Championship play-off places following a comfortable 3-0 win at struggling Barnsley.

All three goals came in the first half with Tom Barkhuizen scoring twice and Daniel Johnson also finding the net.

The victory - Preston's first on the road since November - moved Preston up to sixth. It was a disappointing performance from Gerhard Struber's side as they suffered a third defeat in four games.

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Highlights of the Sky Bet Championship match between Barnsley and Preston North End.

Ashley Fletcher's late equaliser enabled Middlesbrough to extend their unbeaten home run to eight Sky Bet Championship games as they claimed a 1-1 draw with Birmingham.

Lukas Jutkiewicz fired the visitors ahead in the first half as he marked his return to the Riverside with a neat headed finish. But Fletcher earned Middlesbrough a point as he converted Marvin Johnson's 81st-minute cross with a slick back-heel.

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Highlights of the Sky Bet Championship match between Middlesbrough and Birmingham.

In Tuesday night's only League One game, Peterborough ended a run of seven games without victory in emphatic fashion, running out 4-0 winners over 10-man Wycombe.

In what proved to be a very one-sided encounter, Ivan Toney converted from the spot in the 23rd minute following a controversial decision that saw Giles Phillips sent off for the visitors.

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Siriki Dembele added a second just before the break on his return to the side following a three-game ban, before Jack Taylor and Toney wrapped things up with fine finishes.

Wycombe would have gone back to the top of the table with a point, but failed to do so.

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Things got heated in the dugout at the Stadium of Light and red cards were shown between Middlesbrough and Birmingham.

In League Two, Leyton Orient and Northampton each finished with 10-men as a late penalty from Josh Wright sparked a mass brawl at the Breyer Group Stadium. Wright's spot-kick cancelled out a first-half goal by Ryan Watson before ugly scenes marred the end of the match.

Scott Wharton was sent-off in the 88th minute together with Orient's James Dayton by referee Alan Young for violent conduct after a brawl involving at least 14 players followed the penalty.

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A late penalty from Josh Wright sparked a mass brawl at the Breyer Group Stadium.

Callum Ainley's stoppage-time goal rescued a 1-1 draw for Crewe at struggling Macclesfield.

Paul Green's own goal late in the first half separated the two, with the struggling hosts forced into a valiant rearguard action in the second period, before Ainley struck in stoppage-time.

Promotion hopefuls Colchester and Bradford played out a hard-fought 0-0 draw at the JobServe Community Stadium.

The stalemate was enough to move Colchester up to seventh, while Bradford - a point better off - missed the chance to move into the top three.

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