Blackburn Rovers edged towards Premier League safety by beating Bolton Wanderers 1-0 as none of their main relegation rivals could find a win on Saturday. Martin Olsson's goal after 20 minutes ended Blackburn's 11-game winless run and took them up one place to 15th in the 20-team standings on 38 points with three games remaining.
-- Wigan, Blackpool held at home
-- QPR back in Premier League after 15 years
Wigan Athletic, who drew 1-1 at home to Everton, remain in the last relegation place while Blackpool, goalless at home to Stoke City, also have 35 points and are one place higher. The bottom two sides, Wolverhampton Wanderers (33) and West Ham United (32), are playing on Sunday while Birmingham City, with 38 points and Newcastle United, Aston Villa and Sunderland, all on 41, are still not certain of safety.
Sunderland lost 3-0 at home to Fulham while Villa went down 2-1 at West Bromwich Albion who are now up to 11th on 43 points. Queens Park Rangers secured promotion from the Championship (second division) by beating Watford 2-0 away on Saturday, though they still have an anxious wait for an FA hearing that could result in them being docked points. When Blackburn's new Indian owners Venky's decided to sack manager Sam Allardyce in November the club were 13th in the standings with a respectable 21 points from 17 games.
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