Swansea failed away at Leicester, the Jacks going down to a 2 - 1 defeat. And Norwich were only able to get a point at Middlesbrough.
The chasing pack below City are in full flow. Watford won again, that's five in a row and are now just one point behind the Buebirds. Forest and Reading are also within 3 points.
City have a game in hand on Q.P.R., Norwich and Leeds, and two games in hand on Swansea. A victory over Leeds would see Cardiff jump back into 2nd place and reduce the gap on Rangers to 5 points.
Full Monday results followed by current League table:
| Barnsley | 2 | Coventry | 1 | FT | ||
| Doyle 4 Lovre 57 | Eastwood 35 | |||||
Attend: 11,118 | Half-time: 1-1 | |||||
| Crystal Palace | 1 | Preston | 0 | FT | ||
| Iversen 58 | ||||||
Attend: 14,061 | Half-time: 0-0 | |||||
| Derby | 0 | Millwall | 0 | FT | ||
Attend: 24,239 | Half-time: 0-0 | |||||
| Ipswich | 0 | Nottm Forest | 1 | FT | ||
| Delaney og 45 | ||||||
Attend: 19,455 | Half-time: 0-1 | |||||
| Leicester | 2 | Swansea | 1 | FT | ||
| Berner 6 Vassell 43 | Sinclair 12 | |||||
Attend: 21,656 | Half-time: 2-1 | |||||
| Middlesbrough | 1 | Norwich | 1 | FT | ||
| Martin og 21 | Holt 12 | |||||
Attend: 16,853 | Half-time: 1-1 | |||||
| Portsmouth | 2 | Hull | 3 | FT | ||
| Lawrence pen 57 Halford 76 | Bullard pen 21 Fryatt 69 Barmby 72 | |||||
Attend: 15,604 | Half-time: 0-1 | |||||
| QPR | 2 | Bristol City | 2 | FT | ||
| Faurlin 53 Taarabt pen 85 | Pitman 50 Caulker 90 | |||||
Attend: 15,618 | Half-time: 0-0 | |||||
| Reading | 2 | Burnley | 1 | FT | ||
| Long 31 , 68 | Wallace 28 | |||||
Attend: 16,151 | Half-time: 1-1 | |||||
| Scunthorpe | 1 | Watford | 2 | FT | ||
| Woolford 60 | Graham 64 Whichelow 85 | |||||
Attend: 4,498 | Half-time: 0-0 | |||||
| Sheff Utd | 2 | Doncaster | 2 | FT | ||
| Bogdanovic 86 Kozluk 90 | Sharp 66 , pen 74 | |||||
Attend: 21,102 | Half-time: 0-0 | |||||