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Pride of place should surely go to Palace who had travelled to third place Norwich and had to come from behind to win. It was their first away win of the season and the same could be said for Sven's Leicester who won by the same 2-1 scoreline at Leeds.
Bristol City were also winners, beating Reading at home and thus became the last Championship club to win a home game this season.
Bristol City are still bottom and Palace remain between them, but Preston are back down there after losing 3-2 at home to Scunthorpe. It was their fourth home defeat of the season and their eighth league defeat in total.
The day started with six clubs not having won an away game but Portsmouth joined Palace and Leicester in getting their first three points on the road. That leaves just Barnsley and Middlesbrough as well as the Clarets looking for that first away victory.
Portsmouth, along with Derby, are the form teams right now. While Portsmouth were winning at Millwall last night, Derby took all three points at Doncaster. Derby are up to 7th and Portsmouth are 15th and both are teams to keep an eye on.
Over the weekend we reported the good fortune of the top two clubs, and nothing changed in midweek. QPR benefited from Wes Hoolahan missing a penalty against them on Saturday, last night it was the turn of Swansea's David Cotterill in yet another 0-0 draw although Cotterill did get his on target only for it to be saved by Paddy Kenny. Cardiff, meanwhile, scored a late winner against Coventry.
Our win has taken us back up to fourth in the table. The stats for last night's game are below along with the league's leading goalscorers, each club's disciplinary record and the forthcoming weekend fixtures.
The Midweek Results | |
Tuesday 19th October | |
Bristol City 1 Reading 0 | Millwall 0 Portsmouth 1 |
Burnley 3 Barnsley 0 | Norwich 1 Crystal Palace 2 |
Coventry 1 Cardiff 2 | Nottingham Forest 1 Middlesbrough 0 |
Doncaster 2 Derby 3 | Preston 2 Scunthorpe 3 |
Hull 0 Sheffield United 1 | Swansea 0 QPR 0 |
Leeds 1 Leicester 2 | Watford 2 Ipswich 1 |
The Midweek Stats | |
Biggest win | Burnley 3-0 v Barnsley (home) |
Total goals scored | 29 (14 home - 15 away) |
Player scoring most goals | Kris Commons (Derby) |
Highest Attendance | 24,975 - Norwich v Crystal Palace |
Lowest Attendance | 9,000 - Doncaster v Derby |
Total Yellow Cards | 31 |
Total Red Cards | 0 |
Most cards in a game | Swansea v QPR (7Y) - Simon Hooper |
The leading scorers (league only) | |
8 | Chris Iwelumo (Burnley) Jamie Mackie (QPR) |
7 | Jay Bothroyd (Cardiff) Kris Commons (Derby) - includes 1 penalty |
6 | Danny Graham (Watford) Lewis McGugan (Nottingham Forest) - includes 1 penalty Davide Somma (Leeds) Marvin Sordell (Watford) |
5 | Luciano Becchio (Leeds) Chris Eagles (Burnley) - includes 3 penalties Heidar Helguson (QPR) - includes 3 penalties Andy King (Leicester) Jon Parkin (Preston) Billy Sharp (Doncaster) - including 3 penalties Scott Sinclair (Swansea) |
4 | Dexter Blackstock (Nottingham Forest) - includes 1 penalty James Coppinger (Doncaster) Stephen Dobbie (Swansea) Adam Hammill (Barnsley) Jimmy Kebe (Reading) Dave Kitson (Portsmouth) Liam Lawrence (Portsmouth) - including 3 penalties Steve Morison (Millwall) - includes 1 penalty Jason Scotland (Ipswich) Adel Taarabt (QPR) - 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 |
Disciplinary Record (all domestic games) | |||||
| Club | Y | R | Club | Y | R |
| Barnsley | 20 | 0 | Middlesbrough | 20 | 1 |
| Bristol City | 14 | 1 | Millwall | 22 | 2 |
| Burnley | 27 | 3 | Norwich | 16 | 0 |
| Cardiff | 14 | 1 | Nottingham Forest | 20 | 0 |
| Coventry | 22 | 1 | Portsmouth | 20 | 1 |
| Crystal Palace | 20 | 4 | Preston | 31 | 3 |
| Derby | 18 | 0 | QPR | 18 | 0 |
| Doncaster | 17 | 1 | Reading | 22 | 3 |
| Hull | 22 | 0 | Scunthorpe | 12 | 1 |
| Ipswich | 19 | 2 | Sheffield United | 18 | 2 |
| Leeds | 21 | 2 | Swansea | 29 | 1 |
| Leicester | 15 | 2 | Watford | 14 | 0 |
The Next Fixtures | |
Friday 22nd October | |
Bristol City v QPR | . |
Saturday 23rd October | |
Burnley v Reading | Norwich v Middlesbrough |
Coventry v Barnsley | Nottingham Forest v Ipswich |
Doncaster v Sheffield United (17:15) | Preston v Crystal Palace |
Hull v Portsmouth | Swansea v Leicester |
Millwall v Derby | Watford v Scunthorpe |
Monday 25th October | |
Leeds v Cardiff | . |