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That's it for tonight then, on a happy night for fans of Brighton, Reading and Preston in particular, but one to forget for struggling Bristol City and Wigan.

Sheffield Wednesday and Derby also gave their play-off hopes a boost. You sense there's plenty of top-class drama to come before this EFL season reaches a conclusion.

Do join us again tomorrow night from 19:00 BST.

Until then, you can find all of tonight's Championship reports right here.  Good night!

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Brighton may be top tonight but their stay at the summit could well be rather short-lived, with Newcastle back in action again tomorrow.

The Magpies are at home to lowly Burton - but don't be fooled into thinking that'll be a certain three points. The two sides may be miles apart in terms of resources and points, but the Brewers have already upset a few of the high-flying teams this season, including Huddersfield on Saturday.

Speaking of the Terriers, they're at home to Norwich on Wednesday and will be hoping to keep the runaway top two as honest as possible heading in to the run-in.

We'll have live text commentary of both those Championship fixtures here on the BBC Sport website from 19:00 BST.

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The big result of the night in the third tier undoubtedly came at Roots Hall, where Mark Beevers goal in stoppage time gave Bolton a precious victory over Southend.

Wanderers remain in second, three points off first-placed Sheffield United and, most crucially, 10 points clear of third-placed Fleetwood.

Elsewhere, Karl Robinson's former side MK Dons won 2-0 at his current club Charlton, Rochdale eased to a 3-0 victory over relegation-threatened Port Vale and promotion hopefuls Millwall beat lowly Shrewsbury.

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Meanwhile, defeats for all of bottom five clubs make it a pretty good night for Burton Albion, who don't play until tomorrow.

Here's what those results have done to the top of the Championship table tonight...

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Sheffield Wednesday are back into the top six at the first time of asking thanks to their win at Rotherham, combined with Fulham's loss at Derby.

Here's how the games in the Championship finished up, including that late kick-off at the Madejski...

• Aston Villa 1-0 QPR
• Barnsley 0-0 Cardiff
• Brentford 2-0 Leeds
• Brighton 3-1 Birmingham
• Derby 4-2 Fulham
• Ipswich 3-0 Wigan
• Preston 5-0 Bristol City
• Rotherham 0-2 Sheff Wed
• Wolves 1-0 Nott'm Forest
• Reading 3-1 Blackburn

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That's it. Reading are up to third! They're surely heading for at least a play-off spot.

Blackburn stay 22nd.

They are into stoppage time at the Madejski Stadium in tonight's late game.

Reading are heading third in the table.

Leeds have lost a second away game in four days. Not a great night for them, but Brentford were excellent in the first half. Credit to the mid-table Bees.

Leeds stay fifth, now five points above seventh spot.

Barnsley dominated possession at home to Cardiff but neither side could break the deadlock.

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The Seagulls are 10 points clear of third-placed Reading in the table as it stands. That's a big cushion, with six games to go.

Premier League football in 2017-18 is looking more and more likely for Chris Hughton's men.

Brighton go top of the Championship! They were very comfortable tonight.

Five wins in a row for Wolves. They'll be playing Championship football next season.

Forest pushed for a late leveller but had Danny Fox sent off for a second bookable offence in stoppage time.

Bolton have just struck a big old goal at the top of the League One table, as Mark Beevers fires home to surely give second-placed Wanderers victory at Southend.

We're into injury time at Roots Hall.

Gary Rowett's Derby march on. Fulham drop out of the top six.

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A terrible night for Lee Johnson's Bristol City.

But delirium for Preston - they're only five points off a play-off spot! Could they make a late dash for the top six?

Fulham will slip out of the play-off places tonight. Floyd Ayite has a chance for his hat-trick to make it 4-3 late on, but he slices wide.

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Freddie Sears makes Ipswich's win safe, tucking in on the rebound to make it 3-0.

Their eight-match winless run is ending tonight. Relief for Mick McCarthy's men. This will move them nine points clear of the relegation zone.