Loan report: Sarmiento nets brace against QPR

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Burnley have already confirmed their promotion, but are looking to secure the Championship title.

Charlie Hanson

2025-04-28T13:00+01:00

Jeremy Sarmiento. 📷 by Burnley FC.

Jeremy Sarmiento netted a brace as Burnley moved top of the Championship table.

Scott Parker’s team went ahead of fellow promoted side Leeds - who play Bristol City on Monday night - with a comprehensive 5-0 win at QPR, although the Whites would retake their place at the top should they beat the Robins.

Jeremy reacts to his second goal from yesterday's win. 🗣️ pic.twitter.com/TQENJ4xqsu
— Burnley FC (P) (@BurnleyOfficial) April 27, 2025

It wasn't as positive a weekend for Sturm Graz. Kjell Scherpen started in their top of the table clash with Austria Vienna, which saw Graz lose 1-0 and concede top spot. Malick Yalcouye missed the game through suspension.

The chase for Champions League football in France is reaching a head. With three games to play, PSG have run away with the title, but six teams are fighting it out for the remaining three Champions League spots, including Strasbourg. Valentin Barco continued his run in the starting 11 and helped Liam Rosenior’s team to a 3-1 win over St Etienne, which sees them sit just two points outside the top four.

⌚ 26' | L'égalisation d'𝐀𝐛𝐝𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐡 𝐒𝐢𝐦𝐚 🔥😍

Après un corner de Mathias Pereira Lage, c'est Abadallah Sima qui catapulte le ballon dans le but marseillais après une jolie partie de billard ! Les Brestois reviennent au score ⚡⚡#OMSB29 1⃣-1⃣ pic.twitter.com/fz1O3jQJZG
— Stade Brestois 29 (@SB29) April 27, 2025

Out of the hunt for European football, Stade Brest suffered a 4-1 defeat to Roberto De Zerbi’s Marseille – Abdallah Sima scored Brest’s only goal of the game, capitalising on a scramble in the box.

There was more positive news on home soil, as Hannah Poulter kept a cleansheet for Portsmouth Women, as they moved six points clear of danger in the Women's Championship, ensuring they retain their second-tier status.

WE’VE DONE IT.#POMPEY ARE STAYING UP!!! 💙 pic.twitter.com/NsicLey6eX
— Portsmouth Women (@PompeyWomen) April 27, 2025

Odel Offiah played the full 90 minutes as Blackpool drew 1-1 with Wigan Athletic in League One, while Kamari Doyle scored again for Crawley Town as they made it back-to-back wins, thumping Northampton Town 3-0 at home.

Birmingham City broke the record points tally in League One as they beat Mansfield Town 4-0 – Caylan Vickers played the full game for the Stags, while in Scotland, Ben Jackson played 90 minutes as Queens Park drew 2-2 with Ayr United.

In the Premier League, Facundo Buonanotte played 45 minutes as Leicester City lost 3-0 to Wolves, while Ipswich Town were defeated by the same scoreline at Newcastle United – Julio Enciso played 70 minutes for the Tractor Boys.

Named in matchday squads for their teams, but not coming off the bench were James Beadle (Sheffield Wednesday), Ibrahim Osman (Feyenoord), Mark O’Mahony (Portsmouth), Andrew Moran (Stoke City), Luca Barrington (Grimsby Town) and Comfort Erhabor (Portsmouth Women).