Championship roundup: Davis helps Nottingham Forest to four straight wins

Nottingham Forest beat the Sky Bet Championship bottom club, Barnsley, 3-0 to move within a point of the play-offs after a fourth straight win in all competitions.

Forest took the lead in the 15th minute when the on-loan Aston Villa forward, Keinan Davis, slotted home his first goal for the club. Ryan Yates added a second shortly before half-time and Brennan Johnson wrapped things up with a third in the 75th minute.

QPR missed the chance to move up to third after they were held to a goalless draw at home by Swansea. The Scotland forward Lyndon Dykes sent a good chance straight at the visiting goalkeeper, Ben Hamer, in the second half before Swansea’s Michael Obafemi had a goal disallowed for offside. The Swansea midfielder Flynn Downes was sent off in stoppage time for a second caution, with QPR left a point behind Bournemouth.

Birmingham came from two goals down to draw 2-2 against relegation-battlers Peterborough at St Andrew’s. Jack Marriott broke the deadlock in the 16th minute and Jonson Clarke-Harris slotted in a second-half penalty to briefly move the visitors to level on points with 21st-placed Reading. The Birmingham substitute Gary Gardner reduced the deficit with six minutes left – and there was time for Scott Hogan to head in late equaliser.

Viktor Gyökeres scored for the first time since early October as he hit the winner in Coventry’s 1-0 victory at home to Stoke. The striker struck in the 68th minute to earn Coventry their first home win in the league in five attempts.

Luton beat Bristol City 2-1 at Kenilworth Road. Luton took the lead against the run of play when Tom Lockyer headed in from a corner just before the break. Andreas Weimann equalised in the 56th minute with his 14th goal of the season. Luton,