Wolverhampton Wanderers got their Premier League promotion push firmly back on track with a convincing 3-0 home win against Reading in the Championship on Tuesday.
Matt Doherty struck in each half, on either side of a 58th-minute goal from on-loan Bournemouth striker Benik Afobe, as the league leaders earned a victory after taking just five points from their previous five games.
Wolves, hammered 4-1 by Aston Villa in their last outing, dominated proceedings against struggling Reading, who have failed to win any of their last eight games and have picked up only one victory in 17 league matches to slip perilously close to the relegation zone.
That victory ensured Wolves stayed ahead of Cardiff City in the race for the title after they won 3-1 at Brentford to strengthen their grip on second.
Sol Bamba, Callum Paterson and Kenneth Zahore scored after Neal Maupay had opened the scoring for Brentford.
It left a seven-point gap to third place after Aston Villa's automatic promotion hopes suffered with a surprise 3-1 defeat at home to Queens Park Rangers.
Ryan Manning's header and Jake Bidwell's deflected effort put the visitors 2-0 up at half-time and Luke Freeman added a late third at Villa Park to move QPR up to 15th despite James Chester's third goal in as many games.
Sheffield United closed the gap to the top six to two points after a 2-0 win over Burton Albion.
Enda Stevens opened the scoring in the first half before David Brooks' goal after the break helped lift them to seventh.
At the bottom, Barnsley inched three points clear of the relegation zone after a 1-1 draw with mid-table Norwich City.
Swansea City loanee Oli McBurnie celebrated his first Scotland call-up by scoring just before half-time, only for Josh Murphy to equalise.
Hull City also grabbed another crucial win and are now nine points above the bottom three after defeating Ipswich Town 3-0 at Portman Road thanks to goals from Markus Henriksen, Harry Wilson and Jarrod Bowen.