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You had to go down to Derby County, in 13th place on Saturday morning, to find the first loser so there was little change in the table at either end.
Burnley's draw with leaders QPR reduced their lead at the top of the table to three points, but there is an almighty scramble developing just below them. Swansea currently occupy the second automatic promotion place but they are just two points ahead of Cardiff, Norwich and Leeds with the first two of those three having a game in hand.
Watford are the remaining team in the play off positions, just a further two points behind and with one or two games in hand on all those above them.
What looked, just a few weeks ago, a runaway promotion for QPR and Cardiff is now looking anything but with three other clubs within one win of reaching the top six.
There is no real sign of change down at the bottom with the same three clubs - Crystal Palace, Scunthorpe and Preston - in the relegation places. Only Preston, courtesy of a late equaliser, won a point but they remain seven points away from Sheffield United and safety.
We're now six points behind those play off positions and unless we can find some consistency in the coming weeks, made even more difficult with the next three league games away from home, we could be destined for a mid-table finish to the season.
The weekend results, stats, leading goalscorers, each club's disciplinary record and the next fixtures are all shown below.
The Weekend Results | |
Saturday 15th January | |
Bristol City 0 Middlesbrough 4 | Millwall 2 Ipswich 1 |
Burnley 0 QPR 0 | Norwich 1 Cardiff 1 |
Coventry 0 Sheffield United 0 | Nottingham Forest 2 Portsmouth 1 |
Doncaster 0 Reading 3 | Preston 1 Leicester 1 |
Hull 2 Barnsley 0 | Swansea 3 Crystal Palace 0 |
Leeds 4 Scunthorpe 0 | Watford 3 Derby 0 |
The Weekend Stats | |
Biggest win | Leeds 4-0 v Scunthorpe (home) |
Total goals scored | 29 (18 home - 11 away) |
Player scoring most goals | Leroy Lita (Middlesbrough) |
Highest Attendance | 25,446 - Leeds v Scunthorpe |
Lowest Attendance | 9,496 - Doncaster v Reading |
Total Yellow Cards | 33 |
Total Red Cards | 3 |
Most cards in a game | Burnley v QPR (7Y) - Mike Jones |
The leading scorers (league only) | |
15 | Danny Graham (Watford) - includes 1 penalty |
13 | Jay Bothroyd (Cardiff) Kris Commons (Derby) - includes 2 penalties |
12 | Luciano Becchio (Leeds) Adel Taarabt (QPR) - includes 5 penalties |
11 | Shane Long (Reading) - includes 4 penalties |
10 | Grant Holt (Norwich) Chris Iwelumo (Burnley) Lewis McGugan (Nottingham Forest) - includes 2 penalties Steve Morison (Millwall) - includes 1 penalty Billy Sharp (Doncaster) - includes 4 penalties Scott Sinclair (Swansea) - includes 2 penalties |
9 | Max Gradel (Leeds) - includes 1 penalty Andy King (Leicester) Jamie Mackie (QPR) Marvin Sordell (Watford) |
8 | Adam Hammill (Barnsley) James Hayter (Doncaster) Wes Hoolahan (Norwich) - includes 4 penalties Jon Parkin (Cardiff) - includes 7 goals for Preston Brett Pitman (Bristol City) - includes 3 penalties |
Hat Tricks (league only) | |
11th Sep | 3 - Chris Iwelumo - BURNLEY v Preston |
14th Sep | 3 - James Coppinger - DONCASTER v Norwich |
14th Sep | 3 - James Vaughan - CRYSTAL PALACE v Portsmouth |
28th Sep | 3 - Jon Parkin - Leeds v PRESTON |
30th Oct | 3 - Jonny Howson - Scunthorpe v LEEDS |
13th Nov | 3 - Luciano Becchio - LEEDS v Bristol City |
27th Nov | 3 - Grant Holt - NORWICH v Leeds |
28th Dec | 3 - Wes Hoolahan - NORWICH v Sheffield United |
1st Jan | 3 - Jason Puncheon - MILLWALL v Crystal Palace |
Disciplinary Record (all domestic games) | |||||
| Club | Y | R | Club | Y | R |
| Barnsley | 39 | 2 | Middlesbrough | 38 | 1 |
| Bristol City | 41 | 2 | Millwall | 41 | 3 |
| Burnley | 48 | 4 | Norwich | 43 | 3 |
| Cardiff | 34 | 1 | Nottingham Forest | 35 | 0 |
| Coventry | 44 | 3 | Portsmouth | 50 | 5 |
| Crystal Palace | 42 | 5 | Preston | 56 | 5 |
| Derby | 46 | 1 | QPR | 44 | 4 |
| Doncaster | 31 | 3 | Reading | 42 | 3 |
| Hull | 50 | 2 | Scunthorpe | 27 | 1 |
| Ipswich | 42 | 4 | Sheffield United | 39 | 5 |
| Leeds | 54 | 2 | Swansea | 48 | 2 |
| Leicester | 31 | 2 | Watford | 26 | 0 |
The Next Fixtures | |
Saturday 22nd January | |
Barsnley v Swansea | Middlesbrough v Preston |
Cardiff v Watford | Portsmouth v Leeds |
Crystal Palace v Bristol City | Reading v Hull City |
Derby v Nottingham Forest (13:00) | Scunthorpe v Burnley (17:20) |
Ipswich v Doncaster | Sheffield United v Norwich |
Leicester v Millwall | . |
Sunday 23rd January | |
QPR v Coventry (13:15) | . |