Championship round-up

Baggies maintain promotion push, Palace slip into bottom three

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Championship round-up

Dorrans: On the mark

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Blackpool 2 Crystal Palace 2
Doncaster 1 Sheff Utd 1
Ipswich 1 Barnsley 0
Middlesbrough 1 Reading 1
Nottm Forest 1 Peterborough 0
QPR 1 Swansea 1
Scunthorpe 2 Plymouth 1
Sheff Wed 0 Derby 0
West Brom 3 Preston 2
Bristol City 2 Newcastle 2

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West Brom got the better of Preston in a thriller, while Newcastle fought back for a point at Bristol City.

Nottingham Forest piled more pressure on Peterborough, Swansea were held by Queens Park Rangers and Scunthorpe saw off Plymouth in their relegation six-pointer.

West Brom maintained their push for automatic promotion thanks to a 3-2 win over Preston at the Hawthorns with Ben Watson, Chris Brunt and Graham Dorrans on the mark for the home side.

The Baggies are now just two points adrift of Newcastle after the Magpies had to recover from two goals down to snatch a point away at Bristol City.

Lewin Nyatanga and Nicky Maynard looked to have given Keith Millen a dream start as caretaker coach at Ashton Gate, but Jonas Gutierrez and Andy Carroll hauled the visitors level after the break.

Nottingham Forest kept up the pressure on the Baggies with a 1-0 success over basement boys Peterborough courtesy of Rob Earnshaw's first-half goal.

James Harper's late goal earned Sheffield United a 1-1 draw with Doncaster in their South Yorkshire derby at the Keepmoat Stadium after James Hayter gave the home side an early lead.

Ipswich eased their relegation fears with a 1-0 win over Barnsley as Daryl Murphy's early effort gave Roy Keane's men all three points.

Swansea had their promotion hopes checked after being held to a 1-1 draw by QPR at Loftus Road.

Nathan Dyer gave Paulo Sousa's men the lead against the Swansea manager's old side, but Antonio German's 76th-minute strike earned QPR a point.

Blackpool came from two goals down to secure a 2-2 draw with Crystal Palace as the Eagles slipped into the bottom three.

Palace looked to be heading for all three points after Nick Carle (3) and Darren Ambrose (34) put them in control, but Blackpool fought back with goals from Charlie Adam (47) and Ben Burgess (89)

Scunthorpe climbed out of the bottom three with a 2-1 win over fellow strugglers Plymouth.

Jamie Mackie gave Plymouth the lead, but goals from Garry Thompson and Martyn Woolford gave the Iron all three points.

Middlesbrough's promotion hopes suffered a blow after they were held a 1-1 draw at home to Reading.

David Wheater's own goal cancelled out Chris Killen's opener to gift Reading a point.

Sheffield Wednesday and Derby shared the spoils after a goalless draw at Hillsborough.