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That finishes our coverage of Saturday's EFL action.

There was crucial Championship victories for Swansea, Watford, Barnsley and Wycombe, among others, and a penalty shootout in the Papa John's Trophy to round things off.

We'll be back on Sunday for this season's final of the competition, as Sunderland take on Tranmere at Wembley.

Wycombe Wanderers gave their bid to avoid an immediate return to League One a massive lift, with victory over Preston North End.

Rotherham's postponement means they cannot reduce arrears on the teams above them, though they do have several games in hand.

Birmingham are embroiled in the mess at the bottom end, as their poor run continues - just two wins in 12 for Aitor Karanka's side.

Sheffield Wednesday need a win against the leaders tomorrow lunchtime... Norwich look a monumental task.

Watford and Swansea keep up the pressure on Norwich, who play Sheffield Wednesday tomorrow afternoon.

Barnsley are the top-six's big winners though, as their victory over Bournemouth establishes a four-point gap between them and the chasing pack.

• Andy Williams scores an injury time winner to give Cheltenham a last-gasp 1-0 victory at Exeter to keep them top
• Cambridge come from 2-0 down inside 11 minutes to beat Oldham 4-2 and stay second
• Forest Green see off Harrogate 2-1 to stay third
• Newport up to fourth with a 3-1 win at 10-man Morecambe
• Bolton extend their unbeaten run to 11 matches with a 1-0 win at Port Vale

• Two Keane Lewis-Potter goals see Hull beat Oxford to go six points clear at the top
• Rochdale move off the bottom of the table with a surprise 2-1 win at third-placed Lincoln
• Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink's Burton make it six wins in a row with a 3-0 triumph at Crewe, thanks to Kane Hemmings' hat-trick
• Ipswich win 1-0 against an out-of-form Plymouth for Paul Cook's first victory in charge
• Matt O'Riley's 92nd-minute goal gives MK Dons a 3-2 win over Accrington

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• Promotion-chasing Watford strike late through Adam Masina's free-kick to snatch victory against Cardiff - Nathaniel Chalobah had earlier cancelled out a Francisco Sierralta own-goal for the Hornets
• Swansea had earlier climbed into the top two with victory over Luton, but Messina's goal knocked them out again
• Barnsley edge another 'six-pointer', against Bournemouth, at the top end of the Championship, Carlton Morris heading the winner in a five-goal thriller
• Bottom side Wycombe gave their survival hopes a lift with a win against Preston - Ryan Tafazolli giving boss Gareth Ainsworth a precious win against his old club
• Huddersfield, Millwall and Bristol City all won away from home, against QPR, Derby and Birmingham respectively, Middlesbrough thrashed Stoke, while Forest and Reading drew 1-1.

After that cup final penalty drama, let's take a step back and summarise the best of the league action across the EFL this afternoon...

Let me remind you that Salford will only be the holders for 24 hours as this was the delayed 2019-20 final of the competition.

On Sunday Sunderland will play Tranmere back at Wembley in the 2020-21 final.

Does that all make sense?!

That's Salford's first trophy as an EFL club, with co-owners Gary Neville and Ryan Giggs watching on at Wembley.

They deserve it on the whole - they dominated much of the final and despite tiring in extra time they held their nerve in the shootout.

Portsmouth boss Kenny Jackett was already under pressure and losing to a side a league below won't have helped his cause.

Jason Lowe steps forward knowing if he's successful from 12 yards here he's the matchwinner...

If Portsmouth miss their next penalty Salford City have won...

Ronan Curtis' penalty is saved by Vaclav Hladky.

It's a brilliant stop to his right and Salford are in control now.

Oh my, Ryan Williams blazes over!

The Australian jogs back to the centre-circle emotionless...

Portsmouth are taking their first spot-kick, Ryan Williams is the man to step forward...