A round-up of all of Saturday's action from the Sky Bet Championship
Middlesbrough conceded their first league goal since November 7 as Wes Burns' injury-time header earned lowly Bristol City their fifth league win of the season.
The 1-0 defeat, combined with Hull's 6-0 rout of sorry Charlton saw Boro's lead at the top of the Sky Bet Championship table reduced to two points.
Stewart Downing and David Nugent are dejected after losing to Bristol City
The win was just reward for Bristol City, with John Pemberton in caretaker charge following the sacking of Steve Cotterill, and they almost led through Burns in the first half as he drew a good save from Dimitrios Konstantopolous.
Jonathan Kodjia then forced a smart stop before Luke Ayling and Nathan Baker both had headers saved as City continued to play the more fluent football.*
Boro should have taken a late lead when Albert Adomah could only loft the ball onto the roof of the net, but it was City who would snatch the points - Bobby Reid's corner glanced home by Burns six minutes into added time.*
Highlights from the Sky Bet Championship game between Bristol City and Middlesbrough.
Hull's thrashing of Charlton featured a hat-trick for Abel Hernandez, who set the hosts on their way on nine minutes, capitalising on a mistake by Rhys Williams before finishing well from the edge of the area.
He had his second seven minutes later as again the defence allowed him to run towards the area and curl home before Robert Snodgrass' classy finish on 33 put Hull in total command.
Hernandez capped a brilliant move with a close-range finish on 39 to complete his hat-trick and Steve Bruce's side claimed two more after the break - Mohamed Diame's finish from just outside the area on 58 was exquisite before Isaac Hayden's (80) deflected shot completed the rout.
Highlights from the Sky Bet Championship game between Hull and Charlton.
Third-placed Derby suffered a horrible afternoon as they collapsed to a 3-0 home defeat to improving Birmingham.
A forgettable first half, during which not a shot was fired in anger, was forgotten on 59 minutes when Paul Robinson put the visitors ahead - scrambling the ball home from a corner after Lee Grant had tipped over Jon-Miquel Toral's pile-driver.*
Stephen Gleeson's excellent curled effort from 25 yards on 74 minutes consolidated Birmingham's advantage before Maikel Kieftenbeld bested his team-mate from a similar distance with a brilliant volley that arrowed in with 10 minutes remaining.
Highlights from the Sky Bet Championship game between Derby and Birmingham.
Brighton scored their first goal in seven games and claimed their first win in nine courtesy of Bobby Zamora's third-minute goal in a 1-0 win at Blackburn.
Zamora was left with a simple finish when the ball rebounded at his feet after Jamie Murphy's shot cannoned back off the post.
A tight first half saw both sides struggle to create thereafter, although the game opened up after the break and Ben Marshall was unlucky to see his free-kick come back off the underside of the bar for the hosts.
New signing Anthony Knockaert then saw his shot hit the post for Brighton, who held on for a much-needed victory.
Highlights from the Sky Bet Championship game between Blackburn Rovers and Brighton.
Jamie Ward inspired Nottingham Forest to a comfortable 3-0 win over bottom side Bolton.
Ward drew the penalty that got Forest on their way as Luke Amos brought him down after bursting through - Amos sent off and Nelson Oliviera (12) scoring the subsequent penalty.
Ward's cross from the left was then met by Oliver Burke four minutes later and his thumping header put the hosts well in command.*
Bolton battled gamely thereafter, but Ward would have the final say of the match, capping a fine display with a finish off the bar after latching onto a through ball with seven minutes remaining.
Highlights from the Sky Bet Championship game between Nottingham Forest and Bolton.
Cardiff eased the pressure on manager Russell Slade with a 3-1 win at Wolves.
The home side had won their last four games and were on top early on only for Cardiff to snatch the momentum when Craig Noone smashed home from 20 yards on 28 minutes.*
Noone had his second eight minutes later with a fine curled effort and although Wolves rallied through Michal Zyro five minutes before the break, Joe Ralls (48) drilled home from range after being given an age to size up his shot to lift Cardiff to within five points of the play-offs.
Highlights from the Sky Bet Championship game between Wolves and Cardiff.
QPR started life without Charlie Austin, who completed a £4m move to Southampton earlier in the day, with a 3-0 win at Rotherham.
Second-half goals from Junior Hoilett, Matt Phillips and Sebastian Polter eased Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink to his first win since taking charge.
Highlights from the Sky Bet Championship game between Rotherham and QPR.
Huddersfield and Fulham failed to find a winner as two first-half goals saw them play out a 1-1 draw at the John Smith's Stadium.
Ross McCormack gave the visitors the perfect start after just two minutes, capitalising on the Terriers overplaying out of defence and firing home from the edge of the area.
Mark Hudson's second goal of the week drew the hosts level on 19 as he stole in front of his marker to volley home Emyr Huws' free-kick, leaving both sides hovering in the bottom half of the table.
Highlights from the Sky Bet Championship game between Huddersfield and Fulham.
Ipswich recovered from Daniel Johnson's early goal to secure a 1-1 draw with Preston at Portman Road.*
Johnson (7) fired home at the second attempt after Ipswich's failure to clear a corner, before Daryl Murphy (38) levelled by cutting inside onto his left foot and driving a shot low into the corner.*
Ben Pearson scored in the second half only to see his effort ruled out for offside and as Ipswich pushed for a winner, Luke Chambers' effort at the far post was well saved before Freddie Sears saw his volley fly just wide.
Highlights from the Sky Bet Championship game between Ipswich and Preston.
MK Dons recovered from a 5-0 defeat in midweek to beat Reading 1-0 thanks to Joe Walsh's late strike.
Walsh (78) slammed home from close range after a scramble in the area to ensure the hosts did not slip into the Championship bottom three.
Highlights from the Sky Bet Championship game between MK Dons and Reading.
In the early lunchtime kick-off, Gary Hooper's quick-fire double secured Sheffield Wednesday a 2-0 win against Yorkshire rivals Leeds.
On-loan striker Hooper, scheduled to return to parent club Norwich, signed off in style - if this was his last match - with two goals in three minutes early in the second half before being replaced late on to a standing ovation.
Leeds could have few complaints after slipping to back-to-back defeats,*despite having a 78th-minute 'goal' from Liam Cooper controversially disallowed by referee Anthony Taylor.
Highlights of Sheffield Wednesday's 2-0 win over Leeds in the Sky Bet Championship.
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