Burnley surged back to the top of the Championship after Andre Gray scored twice to clinch a 2-1 win at struggling Bolton on Saturday.

Gray's heroics helped Burnley overcome Liam Feeney's opener for Bolton as the Clarets moved one point clear of Hull in the second-tier table.

Second-bottom Bolton, who are languishing seven points adrift of safety and are without a league win in four games, took the lead after 69 minutes through Feeney.

But Sean Dyche's side equalised when Gray fired home in the 74th minute and the former Brentford striker completed the comeback with five minutes remaining to bolster Burnley's bid for promotion to the Premier League.

With Hull held to a 0-0 draw by Sheffield Wednesday on Friday, third placed Middlesbrough were also able to improve their prospects of reaching the top flight with a 2-0 win at Fulham.

Albert Adomah opened the scoring in the third minute and Grant Leadbitter, from the penalty spot, gave Aitor Karanka's side a two-goal advantage in the 20th minute.

Richard Stearman received a late red card for struggling Fulham as Middlesbrough moved level on points with Hull.

Fifth-placed Derby's hopes of gate-crashing the automatic promotion race were dealt a blow in a 2-1 defeat at Wolves.

George Saville put Wolves ahead and then netted a late winner after Derby had equalised through Chris Martin.

At the other end of the table, third-bottom Rotherham boosted their chances of avoiding relegation with a 2-1 victory over Brentford.

Charlton, seven points from safety, slipped closer to relegation as their former striker Yann Kermorgant came back to haunt them in Reading's 4-3 win at the Valley.

Kermorgant, who left Charlton in 2014 to join Bournemouth, struck twice in the first half.

Ola John also netted for Reading, who were 3-1 ahead at half-time before on-loan Arsenal forward Yaya Sanogo completed a hat-trick to draw Charlton level in the closing stages.

But there was a sting in the tale when Deniss Rakels came off the bench to score Reading's winner two minutes into stoppage time.

Milton Keynes Dons remain in danger of falling into the bottom three after Jordi Gomez's last-gasp winner secured a 3-2 win for Blackburn.

Aden Flint scored the winner for Bristol City in a 2-1 victory at Nottingham Forest.

Elsewhere, Anthony Pilkington scored two penalties for Cardiff, who beat Preston 2-1 despite Callum Robinson's consolation for North End.

Ben Pringle scored the only goal in Ipswich's 1-0 victory against Huddersfield, while Tjaronn Chery and Junior Hoilett gave QPR a 2-0 success against Birmingham.