Republic of Ireland attacker Will Keane struck twice as Preston bounced back from two league defeats with a 2-0 win over Bristol City.
The game was scoreless heading into the final half hour, but Keane struck in the 65th and 80th minutes to lift Preston into 11th in the Sky Bet Championship table.
Callum O'Hare struck twice as Coventry came from behind to claim a stunning late 3-1 win over leaders Leicester on Saturday.
The Foxes were on course for victory after a controversial Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall penalty late in the first half but the sending off of Abdul Fatawu left them to play the second period with 10 men.
O’Hare equalised 11 minutes from time and Milan Van Ewijk dramatically put the hosts in front at the Coventry Building Society Arena on 87 minutes. O’Hare’s second in stoppage time completed a remarkable fightback.
Southampton then moved within 10 points of Leicester with an emphatic 4-0 win over Sheffield Wednesday at St Mary’s.
Goals from Che Adams, Adam Armstrong, Ryan Fraser and Sekou Mara ensured the Saints, who are now unbeaten in 19 games, remained well placed among the promotion challengers.
Rivals Leeds also kept up the pressure among the chasing pack with a 3-0 win at Cardiff.
Patrick Bamford and Dan James scored in the first half for the Yorkshire side and Georginio Rutter wrapped up the win late on after Crysencio Summerville had hit the post from the penalty spot.
West Brom maintained their challenge by thrashing Blackburn 4-1 at The Hawthorns.
Tom Fellows put them into an early lead before Brandon Thomas-Asante doubled their advantage and a Dominic Hyam own goal made it 3-0 by the interval.
Jake Garrett pulled one back but Thomas-Asante’s second put the Baggies firmly back in control.
At the other end of the table, bottom side Rotherham saw their three-game unbeaten run come to an end as they were beaten 1-0 at home to Stoke. Lewis Baker scored the only goal of the game on the stroke of half-time.
Jordan James scored a last-gasp equaliser as Birmingham claimed a 2-2 draw against Swansea at St Andrews in Tony Mowbray’s first game in charge.
Jamal Lowe had given the Swans the lead just before the hour after Harry Darling and Siriki Dembele had traded goals in quick succession in the first half.
Kick-off was delayed at The Den after visitors Middlesbrough were caught up in traffic problems but they recovered to claim a 3-1 victory over Millwall.
Joe Bryan gave the hosts a 10th-minute lead but Boro hit back through Lukas Engel and Isaiah Jones before Marcus Forss claimed their third in stoppage time.
Josh Koroma’s equaliser saw Huddersfield claim a 1-1 draw against Plymouth at the John Smith’s Stadium. Morgan Whittaker had given the visitors an early lead.
Second-placed Ipswich took advantage of Leicester’s slip-up to cut the gap to seven points but needed to come from behind to beat Sunderland 2-1 in the day’s evening game.
Conor Chaplin powerfully headed the winner 15 minutes from time after Kayden Jackson had cancelled out Jack Clarke’s 26th-minute opener.
