Coventry City are down to seventeenth in the League One table after their 3-1 home defeat to league leaders Bristol City.
City are now only three points off bottom of the table Crewe who won 1-0 at Walsall and two points ahead of Mark Robins' Scunthorpe United who drew 1-1 with Colchester United and a point ahead of Robert Page's Port Vale who lost 2-0 at fourth placed Preston and Walsall.
Peterborough United who travel to the Ricoh Arena on Saturday are second in the table after a 2-1 win at home to Barnsle with Swindon Town who drew 1-1 at Yeovil in third.
MK Dons drew 0-0 at Leyton Orient to drop to fifth whilst Notts County are into the play-off places after a 5-3 home win over Crawley Town.
Sheffield United won the Yorkshire derby with a 2-0 win at Bradford City and they are seventh ahead of Chesterfield who drew 1-1 with tenth placed Oldham, whom the Sky Blues visit on Tuesday night. Fleetwood are ninth after a 3-1 win over Doncaster Rovers and Rochdale drew 1-1 with Gillingham.