Saturday 21 November 2015 20:34, UK
Derby County closed on the Sky Bet Championship automatic promotion places with a 2-0 win over Cardiff City at the iPro Stadium.
Paul Clement's side bounced back from their defeat against rivals Nottingham Forest two weeks ago with second-half goals from George Thorne and Andreas Weimann after visiting 'keeper David Marshall threatened to thwart them just about on his own.
They needed 55 minutes to break the deadlock when Chris Martin played in Thorne to slot the ball past Marshall, and Weimann fired home from a narrow angle to seal the points with 14 minutes remaining.
Substitute Shaun Maloney struck a second-half equaliser as leaders Hull City were made to fight all the way for a 1-1 draw at Bristol City.
Kieran Agard fired the Robins in front after 39 minutes when Andrew Robertson brought down Elliott Bennett on the right side of the penalty area.
Hull had to wait until the 73rd minute to equalise when Harry Maguire broke clear onto a Mohamed Diame flick and produced an emphatic right-footed finish with only Frank Fielding to beat.
Victory gave Hull a one-point lead at the top of the table, but long-time leaders Brighton could regain top spot on Sunday when they travel to Burnley, for whom a win would see them join Hull on 35 points.
Birmingham City missed the chance to keep pace with the top five in the table when they stumbled to a disappointing 1-0 defeat at home to Charlton, who climbed out of the bottom three thanks to their victory at St Andrews.
The Addicks ended a lengthy losing run against Sheffield Wednesday before the international break and they can now celebrate a first away win of the season.
Their only goal came just after the hour mark and it was a landmark goal for Johnnie Jackson, who nodded the ball past Tomas Kuszczak to score his 50th goal for the club.
Huddersfield's struggles continued at Hillsborough, where David Wagner's first game in the dugout ended in a 3-1 defeat against Sheffield Wednesday.
Sean Scannell gave Huddersfield a 53rd minute lead and they were still in front with 12 minutes to go, only to fall apart in spectacular fashion.
Lucas Joao came on for the Owls at half-time and pulled them level with a 78th minute strike before Kieran Lee gave them the lead with seven minutes remaining.
And with Huddersfield pressing for an equaliser Joao grabbed his second of the game deep into added time to give Wednesday the points and lift them into eighth.
Just above them sit Reading, who ignored the speculation about manager Steve Clarke's future and beat Bolton 2-1 to send the Wanderers to the bottom of the table.
Clarke was linked with the managerial vacancy at Fulham during the week, but he remained in charge at the Madejski and saw his side claim a 2-0 half-time lead thanks to goals from Lucas Piazon (28) and Danny Williams (34).
Bolton rallied after the interval but had only a Liam Feeney penalty to show for their efforts, unable to force an equaliser after his goal 10 minutes from time.
Their defeat means Rotherham are off the bottom of the table thanks to a 1-0 win over Leeds United as Millers manager Neil Redfearn claimed revenge on the club that fired him over the summer and replaced him with Uwe Rosler.
Joe Newell scored the only goal of the game nine minutes into the second half, left completely unmarked in the centre of the box to head a Richard Smallwood cross past Marco Silvestri.
The game's other notable incident came 17 minutes from time when Leon Best of Rotherham was sent off for a nasty challenge on Gaetano Berardi, who was also dismissed for his reaction.
MK Dons dropped into the bottom three on goal difference after a 1-1 draw with Fulham at stadium:mk.
Dean Bowditch gave the home side a 1-0 lead on the half-hour, but they were pegged back just before the break when Moussa Dembele scored his eighth goal of the season.
There was a dramatic conclusion at Griffin Park where Brentford snatched a 2-1 win over Nottingham Forest after having Harlee Dean sent off.
Sergi Canos headed Brentford into the lead on 63 minutes, but eight minutes later Dean was dismissed for violent conduct and three minutes after that Forest were level through Henri Lansbury's effort from outside the box.
But Brentford continued to probe and stunned Forest in the sixth minute of added time when substitute Philipp Hofmann lashed home a left-footed shot to seal all three points for Brentford
Benik Afobe struck for Wolves as they twice battled back from a deficit to claim a 2-2 draw with Ipswich Town at Portman Road.
Jonathan Douglas gave Town the lead on 16 minutes but they were pegged back by a 38th minute equaliser from James Henry.
It was a similar story in the second half when Daryl Murphy restored Ipswich's lead but they were again pegged back when Afobe headed in his eighth of the season 16 minutes from time after good work from substitute Adam Le Fondre.
Blackburn extended their unbeaten run to four games with a 2-1 win over Preston in a tense Lancashire derby at Deepdale.
Home 'keeper Jordan Pickford put through his own net to give Rovers a 31st minute lead and Paul Huntington's foul gave Jordan Rhodes the chance to make it 2-0 on 52.
Joe Garner pulled a goal back 23 minutes from time but Preston were unable to force an equaliser and had Bailey Wright sent off in added time for a second bookable offence.
