Ipswich slips up as Millwall and Hull close in
While Ipswich Town faltered with a late draw against Stoke City, Millwall and Hull City won to improve their standings in the Championship.
Milan Smit's last-gasp penalty denied Ipswich Town all three points as Stoke City salvaged a 3-3 draw at bet365 Stadium.
Ipswich had fought from two goals down to take an 82nd-minute lead, but it could not hold out for the victory as it slipped up in the race for automatic promotion.
Smit opened the scoring 35 minutes in what was his first goal in English football before Bae Jun-Ho doubled its lead on the stroke of half-time.
However, an Eric-Junior Bocat own goal gave Ipswich a way back into the match, with Jack Taylor and George Hirst also scoring to turn the tide.
Cedric Kipre then fouled Lamine Cisse in the box, and Smit made no mistake from the spot in a dramatic finale, which opened the door for Hull City to close the gap to Ipswich.
The Tigers are now just two points behind Ipswich after they held out for a 2-1 win over fellow promotion hopeful Wrexham.
Joe Gelhardt continued his fine scoring run by breaking the deadlock in the 40th minute before seeing a penalty saved by Arthur Okonkwo just four minutes later.
Lewis Koumas doubled the lead shortly after the hour, though, and that was enough for them to clinch all three points after Nathan Broadhead had halved the deficit with 14 minutes left.
Millwall also got another vital three points as it continued to put pressure on second-place Middlesbrough with a 1-0 win over Derby County, thanks to Josh Coburn's first-half goal.
At the other end of the table, Leicester City moved out of the relegation zone with a 2-0 victory over Bristol City, whose own play-off hopes were dented.
Ben Nelson and Abdul Fatawu put the Foxes two goals to the good in the opening 28 minutes, with Emil Riis' second-half penalty saved by Jakub Stolarczyk.
