Republic of Ireland in international Ciaran Clark was among the goals as Sheffield United beat Coventry 3-1 to record their seventh win in eight Championship games and maintain their automatic-promotion charge.
Goals from James McAtee, Clark and Tommy Doyle kept the Blades second in the table, eight points ahead of Blackburn.
Viktor Gyokeres, who earlier missed a penalty, scored for the visitors midway through the second half
Clarke's goal came early in the second-half when he headed home a Oliver Norwood cross from close range.
Bristol City fans chanted for the dismissal of manager Nigel Pearson after a goal in each half from Matt Phillips and Brandon Thomas-Asante gave West Brom a 2-0 win at Ashton Gate.
The visitors took a ninth-minute lead when Phillips got behind Zak Vyner to run onto a Conor Townsend through ball and confidently clipped a shot past advancing goalkeeper Max O'Leary.
Substitute Thomas-Asante doubled the advantage after 75 minutes, coolly chipping the out-of-position O’Leary from outside the box after finding another yawning gap in City’s fragile defence.
Stoke came from behind twice to earn a 2-2 draw at Rotherham.
The Millers had only won one of their last 10 games and would have leapfrogged Alex Neil's men with victory. Rotherham led twice against the run of play but a late Lee Peltier own goal ensured a share of the spoils.
Middlesbrough extended Kolo Toure's miserable start to life as Wigan boss as Chuba Akpom hit a second half hat-trick in a 4-1 win at the Riverside.
Akpom moved top of the Championship goal standings and took his tally to 12 for the season with his second-half strikes.
He secured three points for Boro after Marcus Forss had opened the scoring in the first half, as Michael Carrick’s side closed the gap on the top six. Wigan remain in the relegation zone.
Millwall kept the pressure on in the battle for the play-off places with a comfortable 2-0 win at Watford.
Goals from Andreas Voglsammer and Zian Flemming saw the Lions move just two points behind their fourth-placed opponents.
Ellis Simms slotted home a stoppage-time winner as Sunderland claimed a dramatic 2-1 win over Blackburn at the Stadium of Light.
Simms left the bench in the closing stages of the game to make a decisive intervention as he found the net following a square ball from Dan Ballard. His composed finish settled things after Ross Stewart had scored a goal at either end.
Ten-man Blackpool remain in the relegation zone and without a win in seven games following the 1-1 draw at fellow strugglers Hull.
Sonny Carey put the visitors in a strong position when he capitalised upon poor defending after 28 minutes.
But the game pivoted around the dismissal of half-time substitute Jordan Thorniley, who was sent off just eight minutes after having replaced Luke Garbutt with a clear professional foul on Oscar Estupinan, who then headed home Lewie Coyle's deep cross from the right after 77 minutes.
Kaine Kesler-Hayden scored a late winner as bottom-of-the-table Huddersfield fought from behind to triumph 2-1 at promotion-chasing Preston.
Greg Cunningham had given the hosts a first-half lead, having been belatedly awarded the goal after Ched Evans initially claimed the header at the near post.
Jordan Rhodes registered his 96th goal for the Terriers before striking the post as the visitors battled back after the break, with Kesler-Hayden completing the turnaround by tapping home in the 85th minute.
