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Derby's promotion hopes take another hit in draw; Burnley also held

Derby County's miserable Championship form continued as they were held to a goalless home draw by Preston.

The Rams have not won in the league since Boxing Day and it is now six Championship games without victory for Paul Clement's side.

In that time Derby have slipped from top to fourth, and they are now six points behind leaders Hull having played a game more.

Jeff Hendrick and Jacob Butterfield had chances to score but again the Rams came up short in front of goal.

Derby have now scored only twice in their last five games and their automatic promotion hopes appear to be fading.

Preston have not won in three games now but they will be delighted with their point, and they almost took all three when Scott Carson reacted well to save Paul Gallagher's long-range effort.

Third-placed Burnley were also held 1-1 at Sheffield Wednesday after Andre Gray's 18th goal of season had put the Clarets ahead within three minutes.

It was a quick blow for Wednesday who had tumbled out of the FA Cup to League One Shrewsbury last weekend.

But Kieran Lee equalised within three minutes of the re-start, latching on to Atdhe Nuhiu's cushioned header to score from close range.

That would have been enough for the Owls to climb into the play-off positions but for Ipswich's late winner in their 2-1 defeat of Reading.

Brett Pittman popped up with a last-minute goal to give Ipswich only their second win in five games.

Ryan Fraser had fired Ipswich ahead after 57 minutes with his sixth goal of the season.

But Reading, who had beaten Ipswich 5-1 earlier in the season, levelled 12 minutes later when Cole Skuse conceded a penalty and Garath McCleary converted.

Wolves were on course for their first win in three games after taking a two-goal lead against Bolton, but the Championship's bottom-placed club showed fighting spirit to score twice in the final 10 minutes to draw 2-2.

Joe Mason, newly arrived from Cardiff, scored on his debut inside three minutes and substitute James Henry doubled the lead seconds after coming on as a 76th-minute substitute.

But the on-loan Wellington (81) and Stephen Dobbie (88) struck late on to stun Wolves and hand Bolton an unlikely point.