Ireland U21 international Festy Ebosele scored his first senior goal as Derby drew 1-1 away to Millwall in the Sky Bet Championship.
Wayne Rooney's bottom placed Rams briefly threatened to end their six-game winless run, following Ebosele's goal but Scott Malone's equaliser gave the hosts a point.
Scott Hogan, left out of Stephen Kenny's recent squad, scored again for Birmingham City but they were denied a fourth straight win as teenage substitute Jahmari Clarke rustled up two goals as Reading ended their winless run.
Neil Warnock left Middlesbrough by mutual consent moments after his side earned a 1-1 draw with West Brom at The Hawthorns.
Warnock earlier this week clocked up a record-breaking 1,602 games as a manager but has now departed the Championship club.
Josh Coburn had given the visitors, on the back of two defeats, the lead in a drab first half where both sides struggled to fashion openings.
But Grady Diangana bagged a second-half equaliser to earn West Brom a share of the spoils.
Dominic Solanke and Jaidon Anthony scored two goals apiece as Bournemouth returned to winning ways with a comprehensive 4-0 victory against Swansea.
The Cherries, with Mark Travers and Gavin Kilkenny both in the side, took the visitors apart in the second half after Swansea had started brightly at The Vitality Stadium.
It keeps Scott Parker's side top of the Championship and well-placed for a return to the Premier League with more than a third of the season played.
The Championship's top-scorer Aleksandar Mitrovic fired Fulham to a sixth consecutive win as they overcame a resilient Peterborough 1-0.
Kieffer Moore's late double saw Cardiff fight back to earn a desperately-needed 2-1 win at home to Huddersfield.
The Wales international headed home 16 minutes from time to cancel out Danel Sinani’s first-half opener for the visitors and then crashed in a stoppage-time winner to end the Bluebirds’ 10-game winless streak.
Matty Godden's brace earned 10-man Coventry a last-gasp 3-2 win at home to Bristol City.
The forward scored an added-time winner as the Sky Blues twice came from behind, having seen Ian Maatsen sent off in the first half.
Godden’s double was accompanied by Callum O’Hare’s first goal of the season, the former Aston Villa midfielder levelling things up at 2-2 after Chris Martin and Andreas Weiman had scored for the visitors.
Lewis Grabban scored twice as Nottingham Forest cruised to a comfortable 3-0 win over Preston at the City Ground.
The striker opened the scoring from the penalty spot before Jack Colback's driven volley made it 2-0 just before half-time.
Grabban’s well taken second then effectively sealed all three points with 20 minutes to play.
George Honeyman and Keane Lewis-Potter scored to secure a valuable 2-0 win for Hull over relegation rivals Barnsley at Oakwell.
Jacob Brown scored the only goal of the game as Stoke continued their stranglehold over Luton with a 1-0 victory at Kenilworth Road.
Blackburn bounced back impressively from the midweek hammering against Fulham by coming from behind to convincingly defeat Sheffield United 3-1.
