Middlesbrough's 90th minute winner at Bristol City saw them jump above Cardiff into 2nd place with Leeds going level with City after they beat MIllwall.
The good news came right at the top. Both Southampton (at Doncaster) and West Ham (at home to Burnley) both lost.
Cardiff have a chance today to get third place back if they get at least a draw and a win over Birmingham would mean just three points behind an automatic promotion place.
Saturday's results:
Blackpool 1 Reading 0 McManaman 55 Attend: 11656 Half-time: 0-0 Brighton 1 Nottm Forest 0 Buckley 90 Attend: 20358 Half-time: 0-0 Bristol City 0 Middlesbrough 1 M Martin 90 Attend: 14467 Half-time: 0-0 Doncaster 1 Southampton 0 Sharp 60 Attend: 9527 Half-time: 0-0 Hull 2 Leicester 1 Fryatt pen 30 Koren 88 Konchesky 41 Attend: 20148 Half-time: 1-1 Ipswich 1 Watford 2 Andrews 45 M Sordell pen 70 Deeney 74 Attend: 16262 Half-time: 1-0 Leeds 2 Millwall 0 Snodgrass 62 , 65 Attend: 27161 Half-time: 0-0 Peterborough 3 Barnsley 4 Boyd 64 Bennett 68 Frecklington 70 O'Brien 17 Butterfield 45 Vaz Te 55 C Davies 78 Attend: 8320 Half-time: 0-2 Portsmouth 2 Coventry 1 Halford pen 20 Ward 59 Jutkiewicz 54 Attend: 12236 Half-time: 1-0 West Ham 1 Burnley 2 Nolan 52 McCann 57 Vokes 75 Attend: 26274 Half-time: 0-0Top half of Championship table:
HomeAwayOverall #TeamPlWDLFAWDLFAWDLFAPtsGD 1 Southampton 20 10 0 0 26 6 3 3 4 16 15 13 3 4 42 21 42 +21 2 West Ham United 20 5 2 3 18 12 7 2 1 18 5 12 4 4 36 17 40 +19 3 Middlesbrough 20 3 6 1 12 9 6 2 2 12 8 9 8 3 24 17 35 +7 4 Cardiff City 19 6 2 1 18 10 3 5 2 15 12 9 7 3 33 22 34 +11 5 Leeds United 20 5 2 3 15 14 5 2 3 20 14 10 4 6 35 28 34 +7 6 Brighton & Hove Albion 20 5 3 2 15 11 4 2 4 8 10 9 5 6 23 21 32 +2 7 Blackpool 20 6 2 2 17 8 2 4 4 14 17 8 6 6 31 25 30 +6 8 Hull City 19 5 0 4 11 11 4 3 3 10 10 9 3 7 21 21 30 0 9 Leicester City 20 6 0 4 16 10 2 5 3 11 12 8 5 7 27 22 29 +5 10 Burnley 20 3 3 4 18 14 5 0 5 13 16 8 3 9 31 30 27 +1 11 Reading 20 3 4 3 13 13 4 2 4 10 9 7 6 7 23 22 27 +1 12 Crystal Palace 19 3 6 1 9 6 4 0 5 10 12 7 6 6 19 18 27 +1Source: FOOTYMAD