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Nottingham Forest and Crewe both missed the chance to climb above City. Forest were thumped 4 - 1 at Walsall while Crewe lost 2 - 0 at Sheffield Utd. Both teams are on 24 points, the same as Cardiff, but both have played a game more.
Sunderland got back to scoring ways after 3 games without a goal. They beat Gillingham 3 - 1 at the Priestfield to move into 4th place. Just 2 points off leaders Wigan.
Tuesdays results
| Gillingham | 1 | Sunderland | 3 | |
| Shaw 37 | Downing 45 Oster 58 Stewart 72 | |||
| Attend: 9,066 | Half-time: 1-1 | |||
| Preston | 2 | Watford | 1 | |
| Abbott 51 Healy 90 | Webber 64 | |||
| Attend: 11,152 | Half-time: 0-0 | |||
| Sheff Utd | 2 | Crewe | 0 | |
| Armstrong 21 Lester 74 | ||||
| Attend: 17,396 | Half-time: 1-0 | |||
| Walsall | 4 | Nottm Forest | 1 | |
| Wrack 30 , 64 Osborn 36 Birch 86 | Reid 42 | |||
| Attend: 7,321 | Half-time: 2-1 | |||