Leicester players took some of the heat off manager Marti Cifuentes by delivering a much-needed 2-1 victory over Derby County.
Middlesbrough's festive stutter continued as they were held to a goalless Championship draw by Blackburn at the Riverside.
QPR captain Jimmy Dunne rescued a point to keep his side in the hunt for the play-offs with a 1-1 draw at Portsmouth.
First-half goals from Anis Mehmeti and Ross McCrorie helped Bristol City climb into the Sky Bet Championship play-off zone with a 2-1 victory over West Brom at The Hawthorns.
Imran Louza played a starring role with two assists as Watford came from behind to win 2-1 at Leicester and claim back-to-back victories for the first time this season in the Sky Bet Championship.
Leaders Coventry stretched their lead at the top of the Sky Bet Championship to eight points following a hard-fought 1-0 win over Swansea.
A goal in each half from Emil Riis and substitute Rob Atkinson saw Bristol City end Kim Hellberg's winning run as Middlesbrough boss with a thrilling 2-0 Sky Bet Championship victory at Ashton Gate.
Stanley Mills scored a brilliant individual winning goal a minute from time to give managerless Oxford a 2-1 victory over Southampton at the Kassam Stadium.
Hull missed the chance to go third in the Sky Bet Championship after twice coming from behind to salvage a 2-2 draw away to rock-bottom Sheffield Wednesday.
Former Sheffield United owner Prince Abdullah of Saudi Arabia was poised to issue a winding-up order on the club over a £10m debt owed to him by new owners COH Sports.
Top-six Championship hopefuls Millwall and Ipswich played out a goalless draw in the lunchtime Boxing Day clash at The Den.
The administrators of Sheffield Wednesday have announced they intend to grant preferred bidder status to a consortium ahead of a takeover of the club.
Substitute Will Keane grabbed an equaliser six minutes into added time to earn Preston a 1-1 draw with Norwich at Deepdale.
Preston extended their unbeaten run in the Sky Bet Championship to seven matches following a 0-0 draw away at Stoke.
QPR thrashed Leicester 4-1 in a nightmare return to west London for Marti Cifuentes.
The Sky Sports Essential EFL podcast looks ahead to how the Championship promotion race could unfold over the festive season.
Watford finally found a way through the meanest defence in the Championship to beat Stoke 1-0 with Luca Kjerrumgaard's second-half goal.
Jovon Makama scored a second-half double as Norwich boosted their bid to pull out of the Championship relegation zone with a battling 2-1 victory over Southampton.
Blackburn registered just their second home victory of the season as they saw off Millwall 2-0 to ease their relegation concerns.
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