Coventry City are four points from safety after Saturday's Championship fixtures.
City's 1-1 draw over Birmingham City kept them third from bottom, followed by second from bottom Doncaster who drew 1-1 at West Ham and bottom side Portsmouth who lost 2-0 at fifth placed Brighton.
Bristol City are fourth from bottom and four points above City after they were beaten 2-1 at home by sixth placed Cardiff City.
Nottingham Forest moved five points of the bottom three with a 3-1 home win over 19th placed Millwall.
Peterborough beat Blackpool 3-1 to move onto 41 points, whilst Barnsley stay on 43 points after a 2-0 defeat at leaders Southampton.
Third placed Reading are now on the same points as West Ham after a 3-1 win over Leicester City.
Hull drew 2-2 with Ipswich, Watford won 2-1 at Derby and Burnley drew 1-1 with Palace.