Coventry City are down to 19th in the League One table after their 2-2 draw at Leyton Orient.
City with their seventeen points are two points clear off fourth from bottom Scunthorpe United who won 2-1 at Peterborough United.
City are three points ahead of Gillingham who lost 1-0 at Fleetwood, Yeovil who drew 0-0 at Chesterfield and Crewe who drew 1-1 at Crawley.
Bristol City are five points clear at the top of the table after a 1-0 win at Oldham. Preston failed to make any ground on them losing 3-0 at fourth placed Rochdale.
MK Dons are up to third after beating fifth placed Swindon 2-1 and Notts County stay sixth despite losing 2-1 at home to Walsall.
There were two Yorkshire derbies today - Bradford City lost 2-1 at home to Doncaster Rovers and Barnsley won 1-0 at Sheffield United.
Elsewhere, Port Vale won at Colchester United.