Newly-promoted Brighton maintained their 100% record in the Championship this season by winning 3-1 at Cardiff, a result that sends them second in the table behind early leaders Southampton.
A defensive lapse from Cardiff allowed Brighton to take the lead against the run of play on 39 minutes, with the Bluebirds' defence affording Ashley Barnes all the time in the world to pick his spot before unleashing a 25-yarder into the back of the net.
More clumsy defending on the hour allowed the visitors to build a 2-0 lead, as Mark Hudson fouled Craig Mackail-Smith in the box, allowing Barnes to step up and score. Will Hoskins' goal three minutes from time made the points safe for Gus Poyet's outfit - although Peter Whittingham grabbed a consolation for Cardiff from the penalty spot.
They were joined on nine points by Derby County, who secured a 1-0 win at Blackpool in the later kick-off. The result means the Rams have made their best start to a season in 63 years.
Promotion favourites Leicester suffered another setback as they lost 2-1 at home to Bristol City, who picked up their first points of the Championship season. Sven-Goran Eriksson's men have now lost successive matches at the King Power Stadium, having been beaten 2-0 by Reading at the weekend.
Nicky Maynard - a Leicester target - handed City the lead after five minutes, collecting Neil Kilkenny's pass before swivelling and sending a shot beyond the grasping Kasper Schmeichel. A penalty for the Robins on the stroke of half-time threatened to heap more misery on Eriksson, but Maynard smashed the ball against the crossbar with Schmeichel well beaten.
David Nugent made Maynard pay for his profligacy shortly after the break, the former England international chancing a drive from 25-yards that Dean Gerken, preferred to David James, let slip through his grasp and into the back of the net.
Parity lasted just ten minutes before Maynard, a constant thorn in the side of Leicester's defence, deservedly put Keith Millen's side back into the lead - and on the road to three vital points - after profiting from a Sean St Ledger error.
Milwall threw away a two-goal advantage at The Den as Peterborough fought back to steal a 2-2 draw. The hosts took a deserved lead on 32 minutes, with Darius Henderson's fine work finished off by Liam Trotter, who passed the ball low into the left of the net. Eight minutes into the second half, Hameur Bouazza collected a pass, drove into the penalty area before striking across the body of Paul Jones and into the corner.
The game turned on its head with two goals in three minutes - the first came when Lee Frecklington rifled in a half-volley from the edge of the box, before Peterborough took advantage of their rattled hosts to draw level, with Paul Taylor firing in a low effort from 30 yards.
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