They did it with a 2-1 home win against Birmingham who themselves had done Cardiff a favour by winning at Brighton on Saturday. All is not well at Birmingham, despite that win a few days earlier. There is a lot of speculation that the squad haven't taken to new manager Lee Clark and, if that's the case, they may find themselves struggling to move too far up the table.
They are currently in 19th place, one of six clubs, which includes us, on eleven points. That's three points above the bottom three, a bottom three than no longer includes Sheffield Wednesday. They have been replaced by Millwall who themselves had moved out on Saturday after getting a Turf Moor point.
Interestingly, our last three home games have come against teams in the bottom four. Peterborough are still bottom. They still hadn't got a point when they left the Turf but have, very much to my surprise, won two away games this week at Hull and Barnsley.
It's suddenly changed things a bit at the bottom with all of the bottom three, and Ipswich are the other club, all within a win of getting out.
It's equally close at the top with Cardiff only three points clear of Crystal Palace who, courtesy of their zero goal difference, are not even in the play off positions.
A quick look at a couple of our local clubs showed they, like ourselves were involved in draws. Managerless Blackburn drew at Nottingham Forest and Bolton were held at home by Leeds in a game that Bolton should have won handsomely according to their manager. Needless to say, Neil Warnock didn't agree.
Teams have just one more game to play now before the next international break. They are all on Saturday this week, and all but one of them kicking off at 3 o'clock. The exception is Ipswich's home game against leaders Cardiff which gets underway at 5:20 p.m. in front of the Sky cameras.
The results and the stats from the midweek games are below with the leading goalscorers, which shows one player some way ahead of the field, each club's disciplinary record, the highest and lowest attendances and the weekend fixture.
The Results | |
Tuesday 2nd October | |
Barnsley 0 Peterborough United 2 | Cardiff City 2 Birmingham City 1 |
Bolton Wanderers 2 Leeds United 2 | Charlton Athletic 1 Watford 2 |
Brighton & Hove Albion 1 Ipswich Town 1 | Huddersfield Town 0 Leicester City 2 |
Bristol City 1 Millwall 1 | Hull City 2 Blackpool 3 |
Burnley 3 Sheffield Wednesday 3 | Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 Crystal Palace 2 |
Wednesday 3rd October | |
Middlesbrough 2 Derby County 2 | Nottingham Forest 0 Blackburn Rovers 0 |
The Stats | |
Biggest Win | Leicester City 2-0 v Huddersfield Town (away) Peterborough United 2-0 v Barnsley (a) |
Total Goals Scored | 36 (15 home - 21 away) |
Player Scoring Most Goals | 3 - Charlie Austin (Burnley) |
Highest Attendance | 24,736 - Brighton & Hove Albion v Ipswich Town |
Lowest Attendance | 8,319 - Barnsley v Peterborough United |
Total Yellow Cards | 28 |
Total Red Cards | 1 |
Most Cards in a Game | Charlton Athletic v Watford (7Y 1R) Ref: Mike Dean |
Leading Goalscorers (League Only) | |
11 | Charlie Austin (Burnley) - includes 1 penalty |
7 | Luciano Becchio (Leeds United) - includes 2 penalties Craig Davies (Barnsley) - includes 1 penalty |
6 | Tom Ince (Blackpool) Craig Mackail-Smith (Brighton & Hove Albion) - includes 1 penalty Glenn Murray (Crystal Palace) - includes 3 penalties Pete Whittingham (Cardiff City) - includes 2 penalties |
5 | Jermaine Johnson (Sheffield Wednesday) Jordan Rhodes (Blackburn Rovers) - 2 with Huddersfield Town |
4 | Sam Baldock (Bristol City) Kevin Davies (Bolton Wanderers) Chris Eagles (Bolton Wanderers) Sylvan Ebanks-Blake (Wolverhampton Wanderers) - includes 1 penalty Nuno Gomes (Blackburn Rovers) Darius Henderson (Millwall) Lukas Jutkiewicz (Middlesbrough) David Nugent (Leicester City) Jay Simpson (Hull City) Matej Vydra (Watford) Jamie Ward (Derby County) - includes 1 penalty |
Hat Tricks | |
Date | Player & Game |
01/09/12 | 3: Pete Whittingham - CARDIFF CITY v Wolverhampton Wanderers |
15/09/12 | 3: Charlie Austin - BURNLEY v Peterborough United |
22/09/12 | 3: Glenn Murray - CRYSTAL PALACE v Cardiff City |
22/09/12 | 4: Craig Davies - Birmingham City v BARNSLEY |
23/09/12 | 3: David Nugent - LEICESTER CITY v Hull City |
29/09/12 | 3: Emile Sinclair - Hull City v PETERBOROUGH UNITED |
02/10/12 | 3: Charlie Austin - BURNLEY v Sheffield Wednesday |
Disciplinary Record (League and Cup) | |||||||||
Club | Y | R | Y | R | Club | Y | R | Y | R |
League | Total | League | Total | ||||||
Barnsley | 11 | 1 | 14 | 2 | Huddersfield Town | 16 | 1 | 17 | 1 |
Birmingham City | 8 | 0 | 10 | 0 | Hull City | 6 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
Blackburn Rovers | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 | Ipswich Town | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
Blackpool | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | Leeds United | 18 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
Bolton Wanderers | 20 | 0 | 22 | 0 | Leicester City | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
Brighton & Hove Albion | 14 | 0 | 15 | 0 | Middlesbrough | 14 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
Bristol City | 12 | 0 | 14 | 0 | Millwall | 17 | 1 | 19 | 1 |
Burnley | 13 | 0 | 19 | 0 | Nottingham Forest | 22 | 2 | 22 | 2 |
Cardiff City | 15 | 0 | 17 | 0 | Peterborough United | 19 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
Charlton Athletic | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | Sheffield Wednesday | 20 | 1 | 23 | 1 |
Crystal Palace | 12 | 0 | 16 | 0 | Watford | 19 | 1 | 20 | 1 |
Derby County | 8 | 0 | 9 | 0 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 10 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
Highest and Lowest Attendances | |||
Highest | Lowest | ||
Att | Fixture | Att | Fixture |
28,707 | Nottingham Forest v Derby County (30/09) | 5,435 | Peterborough United v Bristol City (18/09) |
27,437 | Derby County v Sheffield Wednesday (18/08) | 6,188 | Peterborough United v Millwall (21/08) |
26,598 | Sheffield Wed v Bolton Wanderers (22/09) | 8,088 | Barnsley v Bristol City (01/09) |
26,594 | Brighton & HA v Sheffield Weds (14/09) | 8,319 | Barnsley v Peterborough United (02/10) |
26,121 | Brighton & HA v Birmingham City (29/09) | 8,571 | Barnsley v Ipswich Town (29/09) |
25,518 | Brighton & Hove Albion v Cardiff City (21/08) | 9,280 | Peterborough Utd v Wolves (22/09) |
25,379 | Sheffield Wed v Birmingham City (21/08) | 9,295 | Millwall v Cardiff City (18/09) |
25,230 | Sheffield Wed v Huddersfield Town (19/09) | 9,576 | Millwall v Middlesbrough (01/09) |
24,752 | Sheffield Wednesday v Millwall (25/08) | 10,432 | Peterborough United v Leeds United (25/08) |
24,736 | Brighton & Hove Albion v Ipswich Town (02/10) | 10,979 | Burnley v Peterborough United (15/09) |
The Next Fixtures | |
Saturday 6th October | |
Birmingham City v Huddersfield Town | Leeds United v Barnsley |
Blackburn Rovers v Wolverhampton Wanderers | Leicester City v Bristol City |
Blackpool v Charlton Athletic | Millwall v Bolton Wanderers |
Crystal Palace v Burnley | Peterborough United v Nottingham Forest |
Derby County v Brighton & Hove Albion | Sheffield Wednesday v Hull City |
Ipswich Town v Cardiff City (17:20) | Watford v Middlesbrough |