Bournemouth remain top of the Sky Bet Championship despite seeing their lead reduced in a dramatic round of midweek action.
Alistair McCann’s 78th minute pullback strike saw Preston clinch a 2-1 win to condemn league leaders, Bournemouth to a first league loss of the season after Ben Whiteman’s opener was cancelled out by Philip Billing.
Braces from Neeskens Kebano, Harry Wilson and Rodrigo Muniz plus a goal from Aleksandr Mitrovic saw Fulham thrash ten-man Blackburn 7-0 away at Ewood Park to stay second, yet have now moved to within two points of Bournemouth.
West Brom stay third as Karlan Grant’s 69th minute strike saw the Baggies edge past second-bottom Hull at The Hawthorns.
Coventry remain fourth despite Kyle McFadzean’s 28th header after falling to a 2-1 home loss to Swansea as Jamie Paterson and Joel Piroe netted in the opening 12 minutes for the Swans.
Andre Gray fired in a 37th minute winner to lift QPR up to fifth in the standings as Mark Warburton’s Hoops defeated Cardiff away at the Cardiff City Stadium.
Steven Fletcher’s scrappy 79th minute final touch winner from Harry Souttar’s volleyed shot saw Stoke snatch victory at Blackpool to go sixth.
Down in the relegation zone, comeback goals from Victor Adeboyejo and Aaron Leya Iseka saw Barnsley record a 2-1 home victory over rock-bottom Derby to move up to 22nd in the table, which marked the Tykes’ first win since mid-August in their first match after Markus Schopp’s sacking on Monday.
Elsewhere, Neil Warnock endured a miserable celebration of becoming the EFL’s longest serving football manager as his Middlesbrough team suffered a shock 3-1 loss at Luton after Josh Coburn had initially put Boro ahead in Warnock’s 1,602nd match as a football manager.
Huddersfield slipped to seventh after Danny Ward’s opener at London Road was cancelled out by Jonson Clarke-Harris as Peterborough snatched a 1-1 draw at home to the Terriers.
Troy Deeney provided two assists as Birmingham City thrashed Bristol City 3-0 at St Andrew’s to record their third consecutive victory.
Benik Afobe’s 71st minute winner saw Millwall record a third win in their last four matches with a narrow victory at home over Reading.
Finally, Lewis Grabban’s 83rd minute strike saw Nottingham Forest snatch a 1-1 home draw against Sheffield United at the City Ground after Morgan Gibbs-White had fired the Blades ahead just minutes earlier from Billy Sharp’s low cross.
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