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Roundup of a dramatic Good Friday as the lead of the Championship changed hands.
Conor Chaplin struck a ninth minute winner as Ipswich scraped past Blackburn at Ewood Park to go top.
Comeback goals from Crysencio Summerville and Mateo Joseph saw Leeds drop to second with a 2-2 draw at Watford, after the Hornets twice led through goals from Vakoun Bayo and Emmanuel Dennis.
Leicester slipped to third with a narrow defeat at Bristol City as Anis Mehmeti struck a 73rd minute winner for the Robins.
Fourth-placed Southampton saw their automatic promotion hopes dented in a 1-1 draw at home to Middlesbrough, as Adam Armstrong’s early strike was cancelled out by Emmanuel Latte Lath’s header.
John Swift’s 67th minute penalty earned fifth-placed West Brom a 1-1 draw at Millwall, after Duncan Watmore had put the Lions into a half-time lead.
Norwich rounded out the top six with a comeback 2-1 win at home to Plymouth, courtesy of Ashley Phillips’ own-goal winner after Josh Sargent cancelled out Morgan Whittaker’s header.
Down in the relegation zone, Rotherham remain rock bottom following a 3-0 defeat at Preston in which Duane Holmes opened the scoring, before Emil Riis Jakobsen struck twice to wrap up the Lilywhites’ home win before half-time.
Sheffield Wednesday remain second bottom following a 1-1 draw at home to Swansea, after Bailey Cadamarteri’s first-half goal was cancelled out by Jamal Lowe’s equaliser.
Huddersfield stayed third-bottom with a 3-1 loss to seventh-placed Coventry in which Rhys Healey scored a late consolatory goal for the Terriers, despite Ellis Simms’ brace and Haji Wright’s injury-time strike for the Sky Blues.
Elsewhere, Hull’s play-off hopes took a huge dent with a shock 2-0 loss to Stoke as Josh Laurent and Ki-Jana Hoever scored for the relegation-battling Potters.
Jimmy Dunne struck a 92nd minute winner as QPR came from behind to beat Birmingham City 2-1 at home, after Steve Cook cancelled out Juninho Bacuna’s opening goal.
Finally, Adil Aouchiche and Jobe Bellingham both found the net in the first half as Sunderland won 2-0 at Cardiff.
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