Leaders Cardiff were frustrated at Huddersfield, while rock-bottom Peterborough shocked second-placed Leicester.
Posh shock Leicester; Cardiff held to draw
Leaders Cardiff were frustrated at Huddersfield, while rock-bottom Peterborough shocked second-placed Leicester in the Championship on Saturday.
Elsewhere, Barnsley enjoyed a dramatic win at Middlesbrough, while Leeds were pegged back by Wolves as the strugglers bagged a welcome point.
Rock-bottom
Peterborough shocked second-placed
Leicester by halting their five-game winning streak with a surprise 2-1 triumph at London Road. Grant McCann's 88th-minute winner sealed the upset for Posh to deny the Foxes the chance to close the gap on Cardiff at the top.
Leaders
Cardiff were frustrated to a goalless draw at managerless
Huddersfield to prevent them from building on their advantage at the summit of the table.
Jason Scotland's 76th-minute winner saw
Barnsley triumph 3-2 in a dramatic encounter at
Middlesbrough, condemning the hosts to a fifth straight defeat.
A poor day for the leading sides continued in the late kick-off as high-flying
Hull City went down 1-0 at
Brighton thanks to Vicente's late goal, which keeps the Seagulls very much in contention for a play-off spot.
Sheffield Wednesday came from two goals behind to peg
Derby to a 2-2 draw at Hillsborough and stretch their unbeaten run to five games, with goals from Leroy Lita and Miguel Angel Llera sealing a share of the spoils.
Managerless
Blackpool pulled off a comeback at home to
Millwall as goals from Tom Ince and Nathan Delfouneso handed the Seasiders a 2-1 win.
Lowly
Wolves narrowly sidestepped defeat late on against
Leeds as Danny Batth's stoppage-time equaliser sealed a 2-2 home draw at Molineux.
Manager Dougie Freedman's changes proved inspired for
Bolton as two of his second-half substitutes - Craig Davies and David N'Gog - scored to complete a 2-1 comeback win over
Burnley, who had gone ahead through David Edgar's opener.
Steve Davies and Marvin Elliott scored in the second half for
Bristol City to inspire their 2-0 win over
Nottingham Forest, who will not come under the care of new manager Billy Davies until Monday.
Goalkeeper Stephen Henderson's second-half own-goal was enough to give
Blackburn a 1-0 win at home to
Ipswich, who remain close to the relegation places.
Charlton appeared to have snatched a late triumph at home to
Birmingham when Yann Kermorgant scored two minutes from time but the Blues came back for a 1-1 draw thanks to Wade Elliott's stoppage-time strike.
