Newcastle took over at the top of the Championship, winning 2-0 at Barnsley as Norwich lost a two-goal lead to draw 2-2 at Fulham.
The Canaries looked set to stay at the summit following two first-half penalties from Graham Dorrans, with Scott Malone the Fulham culprit on both occasions.
But they were denied a first win at Craven Cottage in 30 years when their former striker Chris Martin's shot went in off Stefan Johansen before Martin grabbed the equaliser.
That allowed Newcastle to leapfrog Alex Neil's men as Dwight Gayle took his tally for the season to 11 goals, including seven in his last four games, with a second-half double at Oakwell.
Gayle broke the deadlock four minutes after the break when he tapped in from close range, and he latched on to Matt Ritchie's through ball 19 minutes later to seal a fourth straight win.
Brighton are up to third after Sam Baldock's 14th-minute header was enough to beat Wolves 1-0, while Birmingham climbed to fifth with a 4-2 win at home to Rotherham.
The Millers produced another defensive horror show and were behind to Michael Morrison's header after 15 minutes, only for Danny Ward to equalise after a well-worked move.
Two goals in nine minutes from Lukas Jutkiewicz and Jacques Maghoma put Blues in charge, and although Jon Taylor gave the visitors hope David Cotterill's 84th-minute penalty completed another miserable night for Rotherham.
Steve Bruce secured his first win as Aston Villa manager as Jordan Ayew's late penalty clinched a 2-1 victory at Reading.
Jonathan Kodjia fired Villa ahead late in the first half but Reading equalised nine minutes after the break when Pierluigi Gollini saved a Danny Williams penalty and Yann Kermorgant headed in the rebound.
Ayew was fouled by Liam Moore in the 90th minute and slotted in the spot-kick to end Villa's run of 10 Championship matches without a win.
Ipswich finally ended a goal drought which had lasted 502 minutes when Luke Chambers headed them in front at home to Burton.
Freddie Sears added another late on, ending his 38-match barren run to seal a 2-0 win and ease the pressure on manager Mick McCarthy.
QPR boss Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink also enjoyed a much-needed victory when Idrissa Sylla grabbed the only goal of a 1-0 triumph against Bristol City after 75 minutes.
Leeds were denied a fourth successive victory at Elland Road when Shaun MacDonald snatched an injury-time equaliser for Wigan, firing in off the crossbar to cancel out Chris Wood's first-half volley and seal a 1-1 draw.
The points were also shared at the iPro Stadium as Steve McClaren's Derby were held to a 0-0 draw by Brentford.
Sam Gallagher's first-half double lifted Blackburn out of the relegation zone as they held on for a 2-1 win at home to Nottingham Forest, who pulled one back through Damien Perquis in stoppage-time but then had Hildeberto Pereira sent off.