Hosts Leicester threatened throughout but were denied by the woodwork and David Marshall's fine goalkeeping.

From a swift Cardiff counter attack Bellamy lost his marker and rifled home the only goal of the game on 25 minutes.

Andy King went close to equalising for Leicester but Cardiff held on for the three points.

Crystal Palace were held to a 1-1 draw at home against Huddersfield Town in the late kick-off.

Despite having defender Damien Delaney sent off after 10 minutes, Palace took the lead thanks to Wilfried Zaha's screamer on 39 minutes.

Huddersfield battled away and claimed a scrappy equaliser with 15 minutes to play though, as Keith Southern's effort trickled past Palace goalkeeper Julian Speroni and over the line.

Town had defender Anthony Gerrard sent off with 10 minutes to play but it did not affect the result as both sides were forced to share the spoils.

Luciano Becchio scored in either half as Leeds came from a goal down to defeat promotion hopefuls Middlesbrough 2-1.

The win moved Neil Warnock's side within two points of the play-off places.

Peterborough survived a late Bolton rally and eight stoppage minutes to win a nine-goal thriller 5-4.

Martin Petrov and Benik Afobe scored for Bolton in the final 10 minute to set up a grandstand finish but last-placed Peterborough were good enough to hold on.

Wilfried Zaha was on the scoresheet but Crystal Palace had to settle for a 1-1 draw at home to Huddersfield Town.

Keith Southern cancelled out Zaha's 39th-minute strike, while both sides finished with 10 men after Damien Delaney and Anthony Gerrard saw red.

Watford kept in touch with the promotion contenders after defeating Nottingham Forest 2-0.

Birmingham drew 2-2 with Burnley, Barnsley edged Millwall 2-1, Ipswich shared the spoils in a 1-1 draw with Bristol City and Sheffield Wednesday moved out of the relegation zone with a 2-0 win over Charlton.

Blackburn's clash with Brighton was called off due to a waterlogged pitch.