Fulham continue to move closer towards promotion following the latest round of Sky Bet Championship action.
Aleksandr Mitrovic’s 41st minute header saw Fulham scrape a narrow away win at Cardiff in a competitive encounter, despite the hosts missing several regular players due to illness.
Late goals from Dominic Solanke and Jamal Lowe saw Bournemouth come from behind to defeat ten-man Stoke City 2-1 and retain their nine-point deficit to Fulham, having initially fallen behind to Tommy Smith’s strike before the Potters’ Morgan Fox was red carded.
First-half goals from Levi Colwill and Lewis O’Brien fired Huddersfield up to third following a 2-0 away victory at Birmingham City.
QPR slipped to fifth after suffering defeat away to Blackburn who replaced them in fourth, after Reda Khadra curled in a 77th minute winner from a free-kick.
Danny Hylton’s 67th minute strike from Cameron Jerome’s knockdown header saw Luton climb to sixth with a 1-0 win over second-bottom Derby.
Sheffield United consequently dropped out of the top six following defeat at Millwall, after Jake Cooper headed in a 61st minute winner from Jed Wallace’s free-kick.
Down in the relegation zone, Grant McCann’s return to the dugout as Peterborough manager ended in disappointment as Keane Lewis-Potter’s brace fired Hull to a 3-0 away victory over their former manager.
Barnsley consequently climbed off the foot of the table as Amine Bassi’s brace fired them to a 3-2 win over Middlesbrough at Oakwell, which lifted the Tykes to 22nd position.
Derby then missed a chance to demote Barnsley a position as Wayne Rooney’s Rams lost 1-0 at Cardiff in a rearranged midweek clash, as Uche Ikpeazu struck a 83rd minute winner for the Bluebirds.
Reading remain just outside of the relegation zone but saw their gap reduced to five points after suffering a 4-1 loss at Blackpool, as Marvin Ekpiteta, Gary Madine, Shayne Lavery, and Josh Bowler struck for the hosts in a comeback win after Lucas Joao had put the Royals in front.
Elsewhere, Nottingham Forest moved to within three points of a play-off spot as Brennan Johnson and Joe Garner both netted in a 2-0 home win over Bristol City.
Late goals from Joel Piroe and Cyrus Christie saw Swansea snatch a 2-0 win at West Brom in Monday Night Football at The Hawthorns.
Finally, Fabio Tavares came on as a substitute to cancel out Daniel Johnson’s penalty opener as Coventry snatched a last-gasp point against Preston in a 1-1 draw, with both teams having seen Fankaty Dabo and Liam Lindsay red carded in the closing stages.
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