The home team were made to pay for the moment of hesitation between Meite and Jaaskelainen as they attempted to clear a header into the box.
The Wellington Phoenix player embarrassingly miscued a clearance, gifting Vittek a difficult chance, and was fortunate to see one of his defenders clear when he failed to collect a header across the box.
Paul Scharner's spectacular first-half header from just inside the box looked to have put Wigan on course for a win.
The big defender rose to guide a header across the six yard box, and McArthur bundled the ball in with the use of an arm.
Maguire almost grabbed his second of the day with a header from inside the penalty box in the 53rd minute, but the ball drifted wide of the mark.
Chasing a first win since mid-November, Falkirk started brightly and Lee Bullen forced Graeme Smith into an early diving save when he guided a header through a crowded penalty box.
Moments later McGregor had to react quickly to save a darting header from the edge of the box after Adrian Mrowiec had pushed up from defence and, unusually, David Weir had been beaten in the air.
Shearer rose above Gianluca Festa in the penalty box to carefully place a header into the left-hand corner of the Middlesbrough net, giving Schwarzer little chance.
The home side did work their way back into the game against the visitors from Edinburgh who were largely anonymous as an attacking force and a Blackman header squirmed across the six-yard box.
Fulham had less of the ball than Everton boss David Moyes's team and it took well over half an hour before Zoltan Gera produced their first shot, when Dickson Etuhu marauded into the box only to place his header straight at Howard.
First Anelka curled a shot wide from just outside the box, then Lampard planted a header over the bar from Bosingwa's cross.
Falkirk took the lead when Higdon spun brilliantly at the edge of the box following Steve Lovell's header and his low shot rifled past Ryan Esson in the Inverness goal.
But Bednar charged into the box to hammer home a powerful header from Brunt's cross and almost wrap up the win, and promotion at the first time of asking for West Brom.
Rovers were unlucky not to get something from a frenzied spell of pressure in the Birmingham box as Roberts nodded a looping header towards Ben Foster's goal but the ball went over.
The Argentina playmaker took his chance moments later when Pedro crossed the ball into the box and Guilherme's poor header came to the feet of Messi who turned the ball home from close range.
And Randolph held Andrew Considine's header after Derek Young sent the ball back into the box following a corner.
MacDonald was then left unattended in the penalty box but could not connect with a free header from Grainger's inswinging free-kick.
Danny Swanson, who had replaced Douglas, swept a diagonal delivery into the box and Russell leapt highest to loop a header over Kello and into the net.
Mark Noble dallied on the ball in his penalty box allowing Heskey to win possession and when the ball was cleverly worked into the box via Luke Young, Bent glanced his header past Green.
Roy Hodgson's side were on top in the first half and their pressure told when Steven Gerrard sent an inch-perfect cross into the box for Carroll to plant a trademark bullet header past Andreas Isaksson.
Deportivo was losing 2-1 at the time and, with the clock ticking away, everyone expected a long, looping Hail Mary type whack into the Madrid box, hoping for a deflection or a header or even a deflected header to equalize: in those situations, you can't really be picky.
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Danny Grainger's free-kick deep into the Hibs box found the head of Parkin but the striker's header looped over the crossbar.
Federico Higuain converted the penalty kick and for the next 16 minutes it seemed like the game winner, especially after Columbus goaltender Andy Gruenebaum stopped a hard shot by Juninho from the top of the box in the 83rd minute and defender Kevan George cleared a header by Olave off the goal line minutes later.
Ferguson blazed a volley over from the edge of the box and sent another drive straight at Gianluigi Buffon, while an Alan Hutton header flew a foot wide.
Collin Samuel came on but his side almost lost their lead immediately when Lynch lobbed the ball into the six-yard box following a half-cleared corner, however Enckelman stopped Lee Mair's header right on his line.
They finally buckled under the pressure in the 72nd minute when Abed Benchergui superbly controlled Moulay Haddou's pass with his head inside the box before volleying the ball across the face of goal where Mamadou Diallo glanced his header off the far upright and into the net.
Firstly Rosa was allowed to rise unmarked in the box to meet Vagner's curling cross from the left-flank and his flicked header left Stack helpless.
The Ivory Coast international controlled a header with his first touch before striking a precise strike from a central position on the edge of the box that nestled into the bottom corner.
Collins missed his header to clear Mikael Lustig's cross and Tobias Hysen's half-volley on the edge of the box was saved well by Hennessey.
Shane Long came close to extending the lead with a header just before the break, before Dyer restored parity in the 52nd minute when his shot from just outside the box evaded the outstretched arm of Federici and found the bottom corner.
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