EFL round-up: Ipswich and Derby both drop points

Nets were bulging across the Championship and League One tonight, but arguably the two biggest EFL games of the night finished goal-less. 

Here's Playmaker's whirlwind round-up of Wednesday night's EFL action. 

Championship

Let's plunge straight into the big Championship clash of the night, which saw Ipswich take on Watford with a potential two point lead at the top of the table at stake. 

Kieran McKenna's Tractor Boys have been a free-scoring force in the second tier all season, but they were unable to break the Hornets' backline tonight and, although they moved up to second in the table, level on points with Leicester, they missed their opportunity to go top. 

Ipswich had their chances, particularly in the first-half, but were grateful to keeper Vaclav Hladky for a smart late stop from Edo Kayembe's 55-yard punt. 

The other five Championship fixtures all saw goals - the highest-scoring fixture being Bristol City's impressive 5-0 win over Blackburn at home. 

Elsewhere, Swansea racked up a 3-0 win over struggling Stoke, which kept the Potters firmly in the relegation mix, while Cardiff made it a good night for the Welsh sides in the division with a 1-0 away win at Birmingham.

The other two games of the night saw Hull draw 2-2 with Middlesbrough and West Brom beat relegated Rotherham two-nil at The Hawthorns. 

Championship results 

Birmingham 0-1 Cardiff    
Bristol City 5-0 Blackburn    
Ipswich 0-0 Watford    
Hull 2-2 Middlesbrough    
Swansea    3-0 Stoke    
West Brom 2-0 Rotherham    

League One

The second automatic promotion spot in League One is wide open after Derby County's 0-0 draw at Wycombe Wanderers tonight. 

Paul Warne's Rams no longer have their fate in their own hands after their stalemate with the Chairboys, as third-placed Bolton are two points behind Derby with a game in hand. 

Conor Hourihane and James Collins both went close for the Rams in the latter stages, but to no avail. 

Still in with a shot at automatic promotion are fourth-placed Peterborough, who sit six points behind Derby with two games in hand after a comfortable 3-0 win over Port Vale this evening. 

A thunderbolt from Joel Randall, a penalty from Harrison Burrows and an own goal from Alex Iacovitti did the damage for Posh - who have an interesting run-in in store prior to their final game of the season...at home to Bolton. 

League One results

Peterborough 3-0 Port Vale    
Wycombe 0-0 Derby