Roundup of the latest Sky Bet Championship action as the promotion race delivered more twists.
Comeback goals from Jamie Vardy saw Leicester come from behind twice to draw 2-2 at Hull, after Fabio Carvalho and Anass Zaroury twice put the Tigers in front.
Patrick Bamford and Wilfried Gnonto found the net as Leeds won 2-0 away to second-bottom Sheffield Wednesday at Hillsborough, which put Daniel Farke’s Whites up to second.
Ipswich consequently slipped to third after Kieffer Moore’s opening goal couldn’t prevent a shock 2-1 defeat at Cardiff, in which Ryan Wintle and Callum O’Dowda scored in injury-time for the hosts to turn the result around.
Joe Rothwell’s brace saw Southampton snatch a 4-2 home win over Sunderland after Stuart Armstrong and Adam Armstrong saw goals cancelled out by Romaine Mundle and Jobe Bellingham.
Mikey Johnston’s brace plus goals from Kyle Bartley and Okay Yokuslu saw fifth-placed West Brom come from behind to win at third-bottom Huddersfield Town, after Delano Burgzorg had put the Terriers into a 30th minute lead.
Norwich round out the top six following a 5-0 victory at home to rock-bottom Rotherham after Gabriel Sara scored twice, whilst Jacob Sorensen, Borja Sainz and Josh Sargent were also on the scoresheet.
Elsewhere, Haji Wright’s brace saw play-off chasing Coventry come from behind to win 2-1 at Watford, which prompted the Hornets to sack Valerien Ismael post-match.
QPR’s four-match unbeaten run came to an end with a 2-0 home loss to Middlesbrough, as Emmanuel Latte Lath and Marcus Forss netted for the visitors at Loftus Road.
Luke McNally flicked in a 87th minute winner as struggling Stoke won 2-1 at Preston, having led through Andrew Hughes’ own-goal which was cancelled out by Milutin Osmajic’s equaliser.
Morgan Whittaker cancelled out Sammie Szmodics’ first-half goal as Plymouth fought back to draw 1-1 at Blackburn, in which the hosts finished with 10 men after Kyle McFadzean’s red card for a foul on Ryan Hardie.
Rob Dickie nodded in a 73rd minute winner as Bristol City beat Swansea at Ashton Gate to end their four-match losing run.
Finally, Birmingham City suffered a pair of 1-0 defeats against Millwall and Middlesbrough, in which Japhet Tanganga snatched a late winner for Neil Harris’ Lions at The Den before Riley McGree fired Boro to victory at St Andrew’s with a 17th minute winner.
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