Sunday 1 January 2017 11:59, UK
Pawel Wszolek struck with just three minutes left as QPR won 2-1 at Wolves to end their miserable run of form in the Sky Bet Championship.
Promotion-chasing Sheffield Wednesday scored in stoppage time to draw 1-1 with Preston at Deepdale, while Gianfranco Zola's Birmingham came from 2-0 down to draw 2-2 at 10-man Barnsley.
Huddersfield and Blackburn drew 1-1 in the early game and struggling Wigan claimed a valuable point thanks to a 0-0 draw at Derby.
The forward had missed a chance just before the break but made no mistake from the edge of the six-yard box after Wszolek had crossed low from the right.
The lead did not last long, Dave Edwards of Wolves scoring his sixth goal in nine games just after the hour when he neatly volleyed home after Helder Costa had crossed.
But Wszolek found the net in the closing stages, stretching to poke a low shot past Carl Ikeme after the ball had run kindly for him to send QPR up to 19th, five points clear of the drop zone.
Preston, who had two goals disallowed in a dominant second half, finally got the breakthrough when Greg Cunningham was slipped in behind the defence on the left edge of the area and his low cross deflected in off the unfortunate Hutchinson.
And the hosts came close to doubling that lead five minutes later as Aiden McGeady's strike from 20 yards cannoned back off the post.
However Wednesday pushed hard late on and Adam Reach struck in the fourth and final minute of second-half stoppage-time, smashing the ball home after a goalmouth scramble to keep the Owls in the top six.
The draw ended a run of three straight victories for the visitors, who missed the chance to jump up to third in the table.
The hosts raced into a two-goal lead after 28 minutes, with Tom Bradshaw shooting low into the net following fantastic work down the right from Marley Watkins, before Sam Winnall nodded in a second from a right-wing corner.
Jacques Maghoma pulled one back for Birmingham soon after, firing home left-footed after Barnsley conceded possession in a dangerous area.
And, following Marc Roberts' 52nd-minute straight red card for bringing down Che Adams in the area, Lukas Jutkiewicz equalised from the spot, smashing his penalty into the roof of the net.
Huddersfield salvaged a 1-1 draw from their lunchtime home clash with struggling Blackburn thanks to a brilliant free-kick from Nahki Wells in the fourth-minute of stoppage-time.
The hosts were looking for a fifth straight win and almost took the lead in the very first minute, only for Jason Steele to pull off a superb double save and deny Rajiv van La Parra and Kasey Palmer.
Huddersfield went on to have the better of the match, particularly in the first 45 minutes, but were unable to get the breakthrough.
And they found themselves a goal down against the run of play with just nine minutes left when Blackburn's Liam Feeney crossed from the right and Danny Graham headed home powerfully from six yards out.
However, Huddersfield fought on and, when Elliott Bennett fouled sub Jack Payne on the edge of the box, Wells stepped up and clipped a delightful free-kick over the wall and into the net.
Wigan defied the odds by denying Derby a sixth consecutive home victory, as they held the promotion hopefuls to a goalless draw at Pride Park.
Derby were strong favourites to beat the relegation strugglers but Wigan had the better chances and would have won with better finishing.
Will Gregg hit the post and was also denied by Scott Carson in the first half, while Derby's best moment came when a Tom Ince free-kick was superbly saved by Jussi Jaaskelainen in the second.
Brentford and Norwich ground out a goalless draw in the early evening clash which saw the visitors finish with 10 men.
Cameron Jerome came closest to breaking the deadlock for Norwich in the second half but blazed over the crossbar from close range.
Rob Brady was was harshly shown a straight red card with 10 minutes remaining for a challenge on Ryan Woods.
Alex Neil's Norwich have picked up just eight points from their last 12 games and will start 2017 seven points adrift of the play-off places.
