Luton Town took a precious victory in their battle for survival as a scrappy own goal saw them win 1-0 away at Hull City.

Alfie Jones’ unfortunate own goal 12 seconds into the second half was the only goal of the game at the MKM Stadium, handing Luton a second away win under Matt Bloomfield after recently winning another six pointer away at Cardiff.

Victory in East Yorkshire means that the Hatters now find themselves just two points from safety, although they remain 23rd in the table. The Hatters were able to close the gap thanks to their win, on a weekend that saw the Hatters move to within three points of the Tigers, while Derby didn’t play, Cardiff drew, Stoke won and Oxford lost.

The first game after the international break was a crucial one for Luton’s survival hopes, with a result seeing variables from Luton closing the gap on Hull to three points and the Tigers knowing they would extend their margin on Luton to nine points with a win.

Luton began the weekend as the lowest scorers in the division so far this season, with the Hatters having been guilty of missing multiple opportunities in a 0-0 draw with Middlesbrough last time out.

Seemingly aiming to make amends for that, Luton missed the best early opportunity when Elijah Adebayo struck the post after being played in by Jordan Clark.

Liam Walsh’s free-kick then released Carlton Morris, who couldn’t keep his shot on target after breaking the offside trap.

Luton struggled to create chances as good as those in the rest of the first half but were able to keep Hull at arms’ length, with the best opportunity for the Tigers seeing a strike by Kasey Palmer get blocked by Mark McGuinness.

That lead to the game being goalless at half-time, but it wouldn’t stay goalless for long after the break as Luton were gifted an unusual opener.

A long goal-kick from Luton’s Thomas Kaminski had been played forward by Morris and Adebayo to try and play through Thelo Aasgaard.

Home captain Lewie Coyle had read the danger and attempted to clear, but his ball hit team-mate Jones in the face and ricocheted into the bottom corner of the net, giving Luton the lead with the quickest goal scored in the second half in the top 4 divisions of English football this season.

Hull created few opportunities in the remainder of the half, with Abu Kamara missing late on before their single best opportunity saw a strike by Charlie Hughes was well saved by Thomas Kaminski in stoppage time.

Luton’s victory sees them maintain their hopes of survival ahead of a big game next weekend when they welcome Championship automatic promotion contenders Leeds United to Kenilworth Road.

Northampton Town picked up an extra point towards safety as they drew 1-1 with Cambridge United.

Sam Hoskins had put the Cobblers in front during the first half, only for James Brophy’s corner to fly directly in and equalise for a host side that remain second bottom of the League 2 table.

With no winner forthcoming after that, Northampton’s point inches them closer to a third straight season in League One. Kevin Nolan’s Cobblers are seven points above the relegation zone with seven games of the season to go.

The trip to the Abbey Stadium represented a major milestone in the history of Northampton Town, who were playing in their 5,000th league game.

On a windy day in East Anglia, it was the visitors that began as the likelier side to open the scoring, albeit on a contest where both attacks were restricted in what little they could do going forward.

Eventually, Northampton opened the scoring in the 26th minute. Mitch Pinnock’s long throw wasn’t cleared by Cambridge and the ball eventually fell the way of Sam Hoskins, who dispatched a shot home.

Tyler Roberts could’ve made it 2-0 to the visitors, with the loan striker seeing one header at a long throw go over and another hit the side-netting after good set-up work by Cameron McGeehan.

Cambridge equalised within seven minutes of the restart, as Brophy’s corner ended up dipping in a way that deceived Lee Burge and snuck in at the near post, giving Brophy goals in back-to-back games.

Max Dyche and McGeehan missed Northampton’s best chances to re-take the lead in a largely slow contest, as the points wound up being shared.

The Cobblers face a quick turnaround as they chase a return to winning ways, with Rotherham United making the trip to Sixfields on Tuesday night.

MK Dons slipped back to losing ways after a 4-2 home loss against Fleetwood Town.

The Dons had taken the lead through Danilo Orsi’s first half opener but saw the lead disappear when Matty Virtue equalised.

Things then totally got away from the hosts, as goals by James Bolton, Louis Marsh and Owen Devonport saw Fleetwood take control of the contest.

Scott Hogan’s fine late goal turned out to just be a consolation for the Dons, who have won only four games in 2025. With seven games to go, they sit 16 points off the play-offs and 13 clear of the relegation zone.

After picking up four points from trips to Cheltenham and Carlisle, the Dons’ first home outing in three weeks saw Ben Gladwin’s side welcome another side in midtable in League Two in the form of Fleetwood, who the Dons had lost to in the reverse fixture in late January.

Things nearly went in MK Dons’ favour early on. In the second minute, Alex Gilbey’s cross fell for Dan Crowley, who saw a firm drive hit the crossbar and a rebound cleared off the line.

Shaun Rooney had an angled drive kept out by Connal Trueman in the visitor’s first attempt on goal, before a looping Gilbey header was kept out by Jay Lynch.

Fleetwood had a few half-chances before the game’s momentum was checked when Laurence Maguire had to be checked after taking a hard-hit cross to the face.

A few moments after that, MK Dons ended up taking advantage of an opportunity presented their way by scoring the opening goal. Liam Kelly and Gilbey lead a counter-attack for the hosts that fed Crowley, whose cross caused confusion in the Fleetwood box. The visitors missed multiple chances to clear their lines, but the ball deflected the way of Orsi, who lashed home the game’s opening goal.

Fleetwood’s Virtue had a deflected shot denied by Trueman, before MK Dons saw Orsi get the ball in the back of the net only for play to be called back for an offside against Joe Tomlinson in the build-up.

MK Dons had seemed to have kept the visitors at arms length, but in the final minutes of the first half, Fleetwood got on level terms. It had looked as though Trueman was set to intercept Shaun Rooney’s cross, but Virtue was able to zip in ahead of the Dons’ keeper and poke the ball beyond him to equalise.

Less than five minutes after the break, Fleetwood then completed their comeback and took the lead. From a short corner, an attempted clearance by Gilbey ended up skewing into the path of Bolton, who was in position to beat Trueman in a one-on-one.

Gilbey would see a long-range strike saved by Lynch seconds after the restart, before Marsh fired over from inside the six yard box after being found by Rooney’s cross on a counter.

But Marsh would soon be celebrating a goal when he put the visitors 3-1 up just before the hour. A quick free-kick by Phoenix Patterson released Marsh, who had plenty of space to head forward before beating Trueman.

Fleetwood continued to look dangerous, with Rooney having a shot blocked after rounding Trueman and another effort kept out by the Dons’ goalkeeper.

A fourth would come with just under 20 minutes to play, as Rooney again had space to attack down Fleetwood’s right hand side and his cross picked out Devonport to head past Trueman.

MK Dons would grab a stylish consolation goal in the final ten minutes, as a long ball forward by Maguire picked out Hogan to hit a superb first-time volley that Lynch could only watch sail beyond him into the back of the net.

But the Dons wouldn’t create many opportunities in search of a third despite seven minutes of the 90 and a further seven added minutes, as they slunk to yet another defeat in a season that continues to get away from them.

MK Dons: Trueman – Offord, Sanders, Maguire – Nemane (O’Reilly 60), Lemonheigh-Evans, Kelly (Hogan 60), Tomlinson – Crowley (Thompson-Sommers 70), Orsi (Leko 70), Gilbey

Subs not used: MacGillivray, Tripp, Waller

Goal: Orsi (27), Hogan (83)

Fleetwood: Lynch – Bennett, Bolton, Wiredu – Rooney (Hunt 79), Virtue, Neal (Potter 79), Helm, Patterson (Cover 86) – Devonport (Moore 86), Marsh (Broom 76)

Subs not used: Hewitson, Mayor

Goal: Virtue (45), Bolton (49), Marsh (59), Devonport (72)

Booked: Neal

Red Bull have announced Yuki Tsunoda and Liam Lawson are to swap seats in its F1 program, with Tsunoda taking a seat at Red Bull Racing with immediate effect.

The 24-year-old Japanese driver will take the seat alongside Max Verstappen for F1’s next round at the Japanese Grand Prix, with Lawson returning to Red Bull’s junior team for the round at Suzuka on the weekend around April 6th.

The move makes Tsunoda the third different driver to race for Red Bull alongside Max Verstappen in four races, with the team having moved Lawson to the senior team after choosing to remove Sergio Perez at the end of the 2024 season.

Tsunoda had joined Red Bull’s junior program in 2017 and after finishing third in Formula 2 in 2020, he was promoted to Formula One with Red Bull’s sister team, then called Alpha Tauri, in 2021.

He has a best championship result of 12th, achieved last season, with a best individual race result of 4th at the 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

The move sees Lawson return after only two races, with the New Zealand driver having struggled in the first two races of the 2025 F1 season. Lawson failed to score points in any race, having been knocked out in the first part of qualifying in the Australian Grand Prix and qualifying last of all in both sprint and Grand Prix qualifying at the last race in China.

Speculation of a move had been heavily played in the media, with several sources reporting that a decision was reached at a crisis meeting of senior Red Bull staff in Dubai to make the switch between Tsunoda and Lawson.

Lawson had previously been selected over Tsunoda in December when Red Bull chose to cut short Perez’s stay with the team as partner to Verstappen.

In a statement, Red Bull’s Team Principal Christian Horner said the move was being justified to take Lawson out of the firing line after a difficult start and to hope Tsunoda’s experience could help develop the car and fight for the championships.

Horner said, “It has been difficult to see Liam struggle with the RB21 at the first two races and as a result we have collectively taken the decision to make an early switch. We came into the 2025 season, with two ambitions, to retain the World Drivers’ Championship and to reclaim the World Constructors’ title and this is a purely sporting decision.

“We acknowledge there is a lot of work to be done with the RB21 and Yuki’s experience will prove highly beneficial in helping to develop the current car. We welcome him to the Team and are looking forward to seeing him behind the wheel of the RB21.

“We have a duty of care to protect and develop Liam and together, we see that after such a difficult start, it makes sense to act quickly so Liam can gain experience, as he continues his F1 career with Visa Cash App Racing Bulls, an environment and a Team he knows very well.”