Burnley hauled themselves out of the bottom three in the Premier League with a vital 1-0 win over Southampton at the Turf Moor.
Burnley goalkeeper Tom Heaton saved Dusan Tadic's penalty on the hour and 12 minutes later Ashley Barnes converted Danny Ings' pass to move the Clarets up to 17th in the table.
Craig Gardner came back to haunt his old club Aston Villa as West Brom came out on top in the West Midlands derby at The Hawthorns.
Gardner, who spent five seasons at Villa, scored a 72nd minute-winner to ease the pressure on Baggies boss Alan Irvine.
At the Stadium of Light West Ham's Stewart Downing scored his third goal of the season to deny Sunderland a crucial victory.
The Black Cats had gone ahead through a Jordi Gomez penalty, but Downing equalised in the 29th minute to leave the scores level at 1-1.
In the other fixture of the day Peter Crouch cancelled out James McArthur's opener as Stoke drew 1-1 with Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park.
