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Man-of-the-match Kayden Jackson scored one and assisted two as the Blues beat Burton Albion 3-0 at Portman Road. Jackson put Town in front in only the 42nd second with his first league goal of the season and then laid on the Blues’ second for Wes Burns in the 62nd minute and the third for Bersant Celina on 78 as Town boss Kieran McKenna continued his 100 per cent home record.
Nathan Tella’s goal in the fourth minute of injury time saw Burnley to a 2-1 victory over the Blues at Turf Moor, ending Town’s FA Cup run at the fourth-round stage. Earlier, Tella had netted his first of the evening in the opening minute for the Clarets but George Hirst had equalised two minutes later with this first goal for the Blues, who matched the Championship leaders for long spells of the two ties.
Marcus Harness’s goal was enough to see Town to a 1-0 victory over his old club Burton Albion at the Pirelli Stadium, moving the Blues a point clear at the top of League One. Town didn’t have it all their own way against the Brewers, however, with the home side having come closest to scoring on a number of occasions before Harness’s low shot from the edge of the area on the hour mark secured the three points.
Michael Smith’s 78th-minute goal saw Rotherham to a 1-0 victory over the Blues at the New York Stadium, mathematically ending any remaining hopes Town might have had of making the play-offs. The Blues had the best chance of the first half, James Norwood scuffing wide at the far post, but the Millers, who had won only one of their last seven in League One, were well on top after the break with Smith striking the game’s only goal.
Following Town's 1-0 defeat to Cambridge United on Saturday, wing-back Wes Burns admitted that the Blues’ hopes of making the play-offs are all but over.