Newcastle leapfrogged back into pole position, one point above Brighton, who beat Sheffield Wednesday 2-1 at the Amex Stadium on Friday night.

Huddersfield moved into third place thanks to a 2-0 home win against Ipswich.

Izzy Brown's stunning strike - his first goal for the club - gave David Wagner's side an interval lead before defender Chris Schindler made it 2-0 just before the hour-mark.

Derby moved to within two points of the top six after they beat play-off rivals Reading 3-2 at Pride Park.

Darren Bent equalised for Derby before the break after John Swift had given Reading an early lead and second-half goals from Tom Ince and Will Hughes put the Rams in control.

Reading pulled one back through Yakou Meite's late header but had Jordan Obita sent off in stoppage time for his second yellow card.

In the lunch-time kick-off, Chris Martin squandered an early penalty before firing Fulham's second-half equaliser as the west London derby at QPR ended 1-1.

Martin, whose seventh-minute penalty was saved by Alex Smithies after Jake Bidwell had bundled over Sone Aluko, equalised with 15 minutes left to cancel out Ryan Manning's first goal for QPR in the first half.

Norwich secured just their second win in six league matches with a 3-1 home victory against 10-man Wolves.

Wander Helder Costa's 57th-minute penalty, following Daniel Ivo Pinto's foul on Matt Doherty, cancelled out Steven Naismith's opener for Norwich, who regained the lead through Robbie Brady's spot-kick after Carl Ikeme had been sent off for hauling down Wes Hoolahan.

Jonny Howson's stoppage-time effort made sure for the Canaries, who now lie five points off the top six.

Preston hit back from 2-0 down to draw 2-2 at Aston Villa thanks to Jordan Hugill's second-half brace.

Albert Adomah struck twice, his second a penalty after he had been fouled by Aiden McGeady, to give Villa a 2-0 half-time lead, but Hugill struck in the 64th and 76th minutes.

Blackburn and Birmingham drew 1-1 at Ewood Park with both goals scored before the break.

Danny Graham equalised for Blackburn in first-half stoppage time after Lukas Jutkiewicz's early penalty, for Jason Steele's foul on David Cotterill, had given Birmingham the lead.

Sam Morsy and Harlee Dean's own goal helped Wigan to a 2-1 home win against Brentford.

Morsy opened the scoring midway through the first half and Dean put through his own net four minutes later, while Ramallo Jota grabbed Brentford's late consolation.

Rhys Healey's stoppage-time header clinched Cardiff a 1-0 home win against Burton and Nottingham Forest secured their first league win in eight courtesy of Ben Osborn's second-half goal in a 1-0 win against visitors Bristol City.