Coventry City remain in fourth place in the League One table after their 1-1 draw at fifth from bottom Chesterfield.
The Sky Blues have 44 points from 24 games and are now three points behind third placed Gillingham who beat bottom side Colchester United 1-0, four points behind Burton Albion who beat Swindon Town 1-0 and four behind leaders Walsall who beat sixth placed Peterborough United 2-0.
Southend stay seventh despite a 4-0 home defeat to Millwall who are up to ninth whilst eighth placed Sheffield United beat Bradford City 3-1 in a Yorkshire derby.
Crewe are second bottom after losing 2-1 at home to Shrewsbury and Oldham are third bottom after losing 2-1 at home to Doncaster Rovers with Steven Pressley's Fleetwood now fourth from bottom after losing 3-1 at home to Wigan Athletic.
Barnsley came out of the bottom four with a 4-2 win over Blackpool and in the other game, Port Vale beat Bury 1-0.