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Gary Madine scored twice as Bolton moved off the foot of the Championship and out of the relegation zone with a 3-1 home win over Barnsley.
Striker Madine gave Wanderers the lead after 20 minutes with a simple finish from Mark Little's cross, but Barnsley equalised from the penalty spot through Tom Bradshaw shortly afterwards.
But Bolton scored a spot-kick of their own through Madine to give them a half-time lead and a superb solo effort from Little -- his first goal for the club -- gave Phil Parkinson's men some breathing space.
Burton slipped to the bottom following a 1-0 defeat at Derby.
The winning goal came nine minutes from time when Chris Martin's close-range effort was saved by Stephen Bywater and Johnny Russell followed up to score.
Chris Coleman suffered his first defeat as Sunderland manager as Reading claimed a 3-1 win at the Stadium of Light.
Callum McManaman went from hero to zero for the Black Cats on the stroke of half-time, bundling the ball over the line for what appeared to be the opening goal, only to be shown a second yellow card for having scored with his hand.
Dave Edwards' close-range finish put Reading in front early in the second half and Mo Barrow doubled their lead with a volley in the 68th minute.
It was 3-0 shortly afterwards as Barrow slotted his second of the game, with Lewis Grabban netting a consolation from the penalty spot.
Hull snatched a last-gasp equaliser to draw 2-2 at Sheffield Wednesday.
A neat finish from Fraizer Campbell gave the visitors a 21st-minute lead but the Owls levelled with 20 minutes remaining.
Gary Hooper's strike was initially ruled out for offside but, after a discussion with his linesman, referee Mike Jones awarded a goal, with the ball having come off a defender.
Hooper's second of the game looked to have snatched victory for Wednesday but Michael Dawson's strike in the fifth minute of stoppage time grabbed the Tigers a point.
Goals from Callum Connolly, Dominic Iorfa, Martyn Waghorn and Bersant Celina earned Ipswich a 4-2 win against Nottingham Forest, who had twice levelled through Kieran Dowell and Tyler Walker.
Sheffield United failed to make up ground on the top two following a 3-1 defeat at Millwall.
The Lions took the lead through Lee Gregory's smart turn and finish at the end of a swift counter-attack, but Sheffield United levelled through David Brooks' superb volley.
Mahlon Romeo's cool finish made it 2-1 to Millwall and Jake Cooper sealed the points with three minutes remaining.
Brentford eased to a 3-1 win against 10-man local rivals Fulham with goals from Sergi Canos, Romaine Sawyers and Ollie Watkins, while QPR held on for 66 minutes with 10 men only to concede two minutes from time and lose 1-0 at Preston.
Jamie Mackie was shown a straight red card for a challenge on Tom Clarke, with Jordan Hugill poking in a winner having been sent through one-on-one.
Hoops defender Alex Baptiste was sent off after the final whistle to compound their misery.