Championship round-up: Birmingham twice lose lead to draw with Derby as Tony Pulis sees his Middlesbrough side grind out a win over former club Stoke Birmingham City took the lead twice but could only draw 2-2 with Derby Middlesbrough returned to the play-off places after beating Stoke City 1-0 Bristol City had to come from behind to draw 1-1 with relegation battlers ReadingBy Sportsmail Reporter Published: 20:54 BST, 19 April 2019 | Updated: 20:54 BST, 19 April 2019 Viewcomments Birmingham took the lead twice against play-off hopefuls Derby but were pegged back for a 2-2 draw in a thrilling game at St Andrew's. Lukas Jutkiewicz and Michael Morrison netted for Blues, but Derby hit back with a chip from Martyn Waghorn and Richard Keogh's header — all in the first half-hour. Derby boss Frank Lampard said: 'It was a point won as Birmingham is a tough place to visit. It was a hard-fought game.' Frank Lampard applauds Derby County supporters after Friday's 2-2 draw with Birmingham FRIDAY RESULTS Bristol City 1-1 Reading Sheff United 2-0 Nottingham Forest Millwall 1-1 Brentford Birmingham City 2-2 Derby County Bolton Wanderers 0-2 Aston Villa Leeds United 1-2 Wigan Athletic Middlesbrough 1-0 Stoke City Preston North End 4-0 Ipswich Town QPR 1-2 Blackburn Rovers Swansea City 4-3 Rotherham United West Bromwich Albion 3-2 Hull City Tony Pulis paid tribute to Middlesbrough's players for holding their nerve after a 1-0 victory over Stoke put them into the play-off spots again. Britt Assombalonga's 14th goal of the season in the second minute was all that was required for Boro to take the points. 'To have five players missing from the backline... it takes a lot of courage and determination to play like that,' said Pulis. Bristol City had to come from behind to draw 1-1 with relegation battlers Reading, Josh Brownhill cancelling out Yakou Meite's strike. Rotherham suffered a blow in their bid to avoid the drop as Swansea twice came from behind before claiming a dramatic 4-3 win at the Liberty Stadium. Goals from Danny Graham and Bradley Dack gave Blackburn a 2-1 victory over managerless QPR at Loftus Road. Danny Graham (right) scored from a penalty as Blackburn won 2-1 at Queens Park Rangers Share or comment on this article: All rights reserved for this news site dailymail and under his responsibility