A win,which City should have had, would have seen the Sky Blues in seventh place.
Wolves continue to top the table with a 2-1 home win against Crystal Palace with Birmingham who won by the same score at Bristol City remain second.
Another 2-1 win this time for Preston against bottom three side Nottingham Forest sees the Lillywhites in third.
Reading are in fourth after stuffing Sheffield Wednesday 6-0 at the Madejski Stadium. Kevin Doyle hit a hat-trick.
QPR,who travel to the Ricoh Arena on Saturday are fifth with Cardiff sixth.
Locally, in the FA Cup, BGB Premier Division side Rugby Town beat Friar Lane & Epworth in a replay by 5-3 and Midland Combination Premier Division side Southam United are through after a 3-1 win against Gornal.