Blues silenced the home crowd in the first half with an assured display and Kevin Phillips should have fired them ahead before the break, after Liam Ridgewell had earlier deflected the ball onto his own post at the other end.

Cameron Jerome (48) shot City into the lead three minutes after coming off the bench but Ebanks-Blake side-footed an equaliser on 74 after good work by Stephen Ward.

The result maintains Wolves' six-point lead over Birmingham at the top of the table.

Burnley climbed to fourth after a first-half blitz saw them defeat Derby 3-0 at Turf Moor.

Kevin McDonald (6) volleyed Owen Coyle's Clarets into the lead and Martin Paterson (15, 23) struck twice to seal victory before the interval.

Fellow promotion hopefuls Sheffield United needed James Beattie's 89th-minute penalty, following Alan Quinn's handball, to claim a 1-1 draw at Ipswich.

The hosts had taken the lead from the spot themselves in the 41st minute when Tommy Miller converted after Matt Kilgallon also handled.

A first-half strike from Stephen Elliott and Ross Wallace's second goal of the season gave Preston a 2-0 victory over Bristol City at a foggy Deepdale.

The visitors started brightly with the influential Michael McIndoe controlling the game but it was Preston who went in ahead after Elliott drilled the ball home from close range.

The hosts sealed the victory early in the second half when Wallace's deflected effort flew in to see them move up to sixth in the league.

Plymouth missed the chance to climb into the play-off places after Liam Dickinson's two late goals (78, 81) condemned them to a 2-1 defeat by Blackpool at Home Park.

Paul Gallagher (67) had earlier fired Argyle ahead from the edge of the area.

QPR are just a place behind the south-west club in eighth after their London derby with Crystal Palace ended goalless at Selhurst Park.

Doncaster returned to the foot of the Championship despite claiming a creditable 1-1 draw at fellow strugglers Watford.

Tommy Smith (31) gave the Hornets the lead before Steve Brooker (70) levelled.

Rovers slip to 24th spot due to Nottingham Forest's 1-0 defeat of Barnsley at the City Ground, which came courtesy of Joe Garner's 36th-minute header.

The bottom three is completed by Charlton, who could only register a 0-0 draw with fellow strugglers Southampton at The Valley.

Norwich are a place above the relegation zone after they came out on the wrong side of a five-goal thriller against Sheffield Wednesday.

Sammy Clingan's penalty (43) after Marcus Tudgay's foul put the Canaries ahead at Hillsborough, but Tony McMahon (51) and Leon Clarke (55) turned the match in favour of the Owls.

Leroy Lita (62) equalised only for Tudgay (72) to make up for his earlier misdemeanour with a close-range headed winner, and the visitors had John Kennedy dismissed for a professional foul late on.