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Blackburn’s automatic promotion hopes suffered a setback as Stoke staved off a desperate fightback to beat them in the Championship. The visitors launched a late revival but failed to prevent their 11-match unbeaten run in all competitions from drawing to an end.
Will Smallbone has yet to be capped at senior level by the Republic of Ireland, but the midfielder aided his cause for international recognition with a commanding performance in Stoke's 5-1 annihilation of Sunderland in the Sky Bet Championship.
Championship side Blackburn caused an upset by beating Leicester 2-1 in an entertaining match at the King Power Stadium to reach the FA Cup quarter-finals. It will be the first time Blackburn have played in the last eight of this competition for the first time since 2015. Ad The draw for the FA Cup quarter-finals will be made on Wednesday evening.
Brighton advanced into the quarter-finals of the FA Cup as teenage forward Evan Ferguson’s first-half effort secured a 1-0 victory at Stoke.
Brighton made it into the FA Cup sixth round, their class in the end just about easing them past a doughty Stoke side. The hosts threatened from corners and controlled the ball, moving their visitors around, but lacked the class Brighton showed in the sequence that presaged the Evan Ferguson strike that proved the winner and puts them in the draw for the last eight.
Swansea City were once again emphatically punished for making poor errors in their own half as they were beaten 3-1 by Stoke City.
Railway services between Manchester Piccadilly and Stoke-on-Trent are continuing to face major disruption this evening after 30m of 25,000-volt overhead lines were damaged.
Swansea City entertain Stoke City in SA1 tonight.