Wednesday 11 April 2018 08:18, UK
Fulham climbed into the automatic promotion places at the expense of Cardiff thanks to a goal from Stefan Johansen.
The Norwegian midfielder's 25th-minute strike was enough to beat Reading 1-0 and stretch Fulham's unbeaten run to 20 matches. Leandro Bacuna was sent off in stoppage time for the Royals.
Cardiff, the long-time occupiers of second spot, lost 1-0 at Aston Villa thanks to a stunning 25-yard volley by Jack Grealish five minutes from time to slip out of the top two.
Millwall made it 16 games unbeaten to leap into the play-off zone with a 2-0 win over Bolton at the Macron Stadium. Ben Marshall set up the first for Tom Elliott to head home and then rifled in the second after a lightning counter-attack.
Middlesbrough were the team to slip out of the top six after they were beaten 2-1 at Sheffield United.
Lee Evans grabbed both Blades goals before Daniel Ayala pulled one back for Boro, who played for 65 minutes with 10 men after Grant Leadbitter was sent off.
Bristol City kept their top-six hopes alive with a 3-1 win over struggling Birmingham.
Marlon Pack, Bobby Reid and Matt Taylor were on target with Lukas Jutkiewicz replying for the Blues.
Henrik Dalsgaard's goal nine minutes from time gave Brentford a 1-0 win at Nottingham Forest while another side still harbouring play-off aspirations, Preston, beat Leeds 3-1.
Kemar Roofe fired Leeds ahead but Paul Gallagher's penalty and strikes from Sean Maguire and Alan Browne secured the three points for the hosts.
Two goals from Kamil Grosicki, one from Harry Wilson, a David Meyler penalty and Will Keane's tap-in secured a 5-0 win for Hull to all but banish their relegation fears and shove Burton closer to League One.
Jonas Knudsen's header denied Barnsley the chance to climb out of the relegation zone as Ipswich ran out 1-0 winners at Portman Road, while Ivo Pinto's late equaliser secured a 1-1 draw for Norwich at second-bottom Sunderland.
Aiden McGeady missed a penalty for Sunderland but the Black Cats led through George Honeyman.
QPR scored three in the opening 15 minutes through Paul Smyth, Jake Bidwell and Idrissa Sylla on their way to a 4-2 win over Sheffield Wednesday. Sylla added a fourth from the spot before Fernando Forestieri and Atdhe Nuhiu hit consolations for the Owls.
