Hull stay third as Watford win

Hull City blew the chance to go back into second in the Championship after drawing 1-1 at Peterborough, while Watford beat Huddersfield 4-0.

Last Updated: 19/01/13 at 18:09 Post Comment

Matej Vydra: Scored twice for Watford

Matej Vydra: Scored twice for Watford

Leicester moved into the automatic promotion spots with victory over Middlesbrough on Friday night and, although Hull took the lead in the 33rd minute via an own goal from Joe Newell, Posh grabbed a point courtesy of Grant McCann's penalty 11 minutes from time.

Gianfranco Zola's Watford cemented their place in the top six with a thumping 4-0 win over Huddersfield, who are without a league win since November.

Troy Deeney opened the scoring from the penalty spot with the final kick of the first half and Matej Vydra added a brace (57, 74) before Cristian Battocchio polished off the scoring four minutes from time.

Burnley continued their good run under manager Sean Dyche and are four points behind Watford after a 2-0 victory at Millwall - Sam Vokes (19) and Danny Ings (59) netting the goals.

Former Eagles boss Dougie Freedman returned to Crystal Palace for the first time with Bolton and came away with a point in a goalless draw.

Michael Appleton was officially unveiled as Blackburn's third manager of the season on Thursday but his first week did not have a happy ending as Rovers went down 2-1 to Charlton.

A long-range strike from Dale Stephens opened the scoring for the Addicks in the 26th minute and, although Jordan Rhodes levelled three minutes after half-time, Yann Kermorgant struck the winner in the 64th minute.

The lunchtime game saw East Midlands rivals Derby and Nottingham Forest meet at Pride Park and they fought out a 1-1 draw.

Chris Cohen opened the scoring for Forest just after the half-hour mark but that was cancelled out by Jamie Ward seven minutes after the break.

Nikola Zigic salvaged a much-needed point for Birmingham with an injury-time equaliser against play-off chasing Brighton in a 2-2 draw.

Steven Caldwell put Blues ahead in the 18th minute but Ashley Barnes (24) and David Lopez Moreno (43) looked to have won it before Zigic capitalised on an error by Tomasz Kuszczak.

Sean O'Driscoll's appointment as Bristol City boss failed to change their fortunes as Ross McCormack earned a 1-0 victory for Leeds at Elland Road.

An 89th-minute equaliser from Danny Rose secured a 1-1 draw for Barnsley against Ipswich, for whom Luke Chambers had opened the scoring 11 minutes after half-time, while Dean Saunders is still searching for his first win as Wolves boss following a 0-0 draw with Sheffield Wednesday.

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