Jermaine Beckford flicked on a header to Howson, who spread ball to Freedman on the left flank before continuing his run into the Carlisle area.
McGinn was first to threaten in the second half with a fine run and cross, but Davis failed to get solid contact on his header.
Ben Watson scored on a header off Shaun Maloney's corner kick in the 90th minute at Wembley Stadium, six minutes after City defender Pablo Zabaleta was given a red card.
Mark McLaughlin got too much on his header when Marco Paixao swung in a right-footed corner and Gallacher would have been relieved to see the ball flash a yard wide of his post.
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Cattermole got his second yellow card and was sent off for a foul on Teemu Tainio five minutes from time and, as both sides pushed forward for a late winner, substitute Daryl Murphy failed to get enough on a header from six yards out.
Sebastian Rudy slotted the visitors in front early on and Zdravko Kuzmanovic powered in a header on 59 minutes.
Emmanuel Adebayor had the ball in the net - only for referee Alan Wiley to rule the goal out for a foul on McShane as the Togo striker climbed to reach a header on 15 minutes.
The Croatian striker then got on the end of Steven Whittaker's cross but could not direct his header on target.
Stoke were still keen on a winner and Delap launched another throw which saw Leon Cort land a header on the roof of the Villa net.
Diouf latched on to Sami Hyypia's weak back header early on, but Jamie Carragher managed to avert the danger just in the nick of time.
He had one opportunity, but could not direct a header on target from Milner's cross.
But Iwelumo's looping header on 88 minutes snatched an unlikely point for Tony Pulis' men.
Brighton's Craig Mackail-Smith almost replied late on but his header was kept out by goalkeeper Joe Murphy.
Dann latched on to a header from his central defensive partner Roger Johnson before slotting past Richard Kingson.
Hamilton substitute Richard Offiong met Graham's cross with a header on 50 minutes but the ball drifted wide.
Even after Phillips had doubled the lead Varney flashed a header on to the roof of the net.
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Arsenal survived an early scare, when Almunia turned Vermaelen's header on to the bar, to take control and go ahead after only seven minutes.
Coates scored the winner from a Martin Donnelly cross while, at the other end, Keenan saved Andy Smith's header on the line.
They were almost caught out, though, when Spurs broke and Luka Modric crossed for Roman Pavlyuchenko, who should have got his header on target.
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Raith could have gone behind after only four minutes had Andrew Considine managed to direct his header on target from a tantalising Hartley free-kick.
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And Liverpool threw everything at the visitors, forcing Steele into another smart stop from Benayoun before he tipped a Lucas header on to the bar.
Norwich continued to press after the interval and a deep cross from Drury found fellow full-back Martin but he could not direct his 12-yard header on target.
He pounced on a Ferguson header after 12 minutes, raced free of the Gretna defence and cooly rounded goalkeeper Greg Fleming to give Rangers an early lead.
Dudek did better to thwart Lauren, pushing the Cameroonian's header on to the bar, though the Arsenal defender fluffed his shot in trying to convert the rebound.
But Steele also did brilliantly to keep out a Crouch header on the stroke of half-time and Barnsley capitalised when they equalised out of nowhere after the interval.
Things almost got worse for Villa when Ambrose sent a looping header on to the top of Friedel's crossbar but they came back strongly in the closing stages.
With McFadden sustaining a cruciate ligament injury last week, Maloney has the chance to force his way into the squad for the double-header on 8 and 12 October.
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