Alex Neil enjoyed a dream start to his reign as Norwich boss as the 10-man Canaries came from behind to win 2-1 at Championship leaders Bournemouth.
Matt Ritchie put the hosts ahead, but City hit back with goals from Gary Hooper and Cameron Jerome, despite having Jonny Howson sent off in between.
Derby leapfrogged Ipswich into second place with a 1-0 victory at Portman Road, where Chris Martin continued his prolific run of form by netting for the 18th time this season to leave the Rams only below the Cherries on goal difference.
Middlesbrough stayed fourth following a goalless draw at Reading, while Brentford moved up to fifth thanks to a 1-0 home win over Rotherham, with Stuart Dallas getting the deciding goal.
Watford slipped down to sixth after suffering a 3-1 loss at Huddersfield, where Nahki Wells, James Vaughan and Joel Lynch netted for the hosts and the Hornets could only respond through Odion Ighalo.
Down at the bottom, there was a welcome victory for basement dwellers Blackpool, with Peter Clarke bagging the only goal of the game against fellow strugglers Millwall.
Clayton Donaldson hit a hat trick for Birmingham as they beat Wigan 3-1, with the Latics only able to reply through James McClean at St Andrew's.
Bolton's clash with Leeds ended all square at 1-1, with Rodolph Austin putting the visitors ahead with an early penalty but Eidur Gudjohnsen levelled from the spot for Wanderers soon after the break.
Cardiff City celebrated their switch back to traditional blue shirts with a 1-0 defeat of Fulham, with Sean Morrison doing the damage after 14 minutes.
Rohan Ince netted as Brighton won by the same scoreline at Charlton and Sheffield Wednesday prevailed 2-0 at Nottingham Forest thanks to goals from Kieran Lee and Chris Maguire.