Of 47 games played, 23 of them have ended all square and added to 16 home wins and just eight away victories.
The weekend games brought a further four draws to add to the list, they going alongside five home wins and two away victories, one Bristol City's shock win at Middlesbrough and the other when Ipswich ended Preston's run without a home league defeat that had stretched back to November last year.
It was interesting to see that former Claret Charlie Austin bagged another couple of goals. That's not bad for someone with apparently no knee ligaments. I haven't quite worked out what prompted West Ham's co-chairman David Sullivan to say that but it clearly upset Charlie who just did what he does and found the net again.
I recall a thread on the message board on the night he scored his first Burnley goal in a pre-season friendly at Bury. He looked a million miles from being fit but the thread was asking for thoughts on him. I posted that he looked like a player who would score goals. I think that's certainly been proven and right now he sits on top of the league's goalscoring list with four.
We've two players in joint third place with two goals each, one a centre half and the other who is still to play for us. I suspect Michael Keane will not be our leading goalscorer for too long but that Andre Gray will be very much hoping to be just that.
I watched the Birmingham v Derby game on Friday night. I thought Derby looked impressive in the second half as they came back from 1-0 down to draw. In this season of draws they and Leeds are taking it to extremes, both having drawn all their four games.
Five other teams remain unbeaten while a further six are still looking for their first win of the season. One of those without a win is the team closest to us geographically. There were wild rumours on Saturday night that they'd sacked Gary Bowyer, but it proved not to be the case and all the managers who started the season are still in place.
Well, almost in place. One of them was moved from his on Saturday by a referee who I shall politely describe as over fussy.
Charlton were beating Hull 1-0 at the Valley only for Hull to equalise in the last minute of normal time. It looked like a draw, but Charlton grabbed a winner some eight minutes into stoppage time.
You'd think that was enough to enjoy the celebrations. Charlton did with manager Guy Luzon joining in. That was too much for referee Tim Robinson who ridiculously sent the Israeli to the stands.
Luzon won't be too concerned; his Charlton side are in third place with eight points, the only teams above them being leaders Ipswich and second place Brighton who both have ten points.
At the other end, Blackburn and Bolton are in the bottom three with just two points, and that's one more than bottom club Rotherham. Not as though there is too much meaning in the league table just yet.
We've one set of fixtures to go this weekend before the first international break. Those fixtures can be found below the most recent results and stats, the leading goalscorers and each club's red and yellow card count.
The Results | |
Friday 21st August | |
BIRMINGHAM 1 DERBY 1 | |
Saturday 22nd August | |
BOLTON 1 NOTTINGHAM FOREST 1 | LEEDS 1 SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY 1 |
BRIGHTON 1 BLACKBURN 0 | MIDDLESBROUGH 0 BRISTOL CITY 1 |
BURNLEY 1 BRENTFORD 0 | PRESTON 1 IPSWICH 2 |
CARDIFF 2 WOLVES 0 | QPR 4 ROTHERHAM 2 |
CHARLTON 2 HULL 1 | READING 0 MK 0 |
FULHAM 1 HUDDERSFIELD 1 |
The Stats | |
Biggest Win | CARDIFF 2-0 v WOLVES (home) QPR v 4-2 v ROTHERHAM (home) |
Total Goals Scored | 25 (15 home - 10 away) |
Player Scoring Most Goals | 2 - CHARLIE AUSTIN, QPR (v ROTHERHAM) TJARONN CHERY, QPR (v ROTHERHAM) |
Highest Attendance | 22,659 - BRIGHTON v BLACKBURN |
Lowest Attendance | 12,330 - PRESTON v IPSWICH |
Total Yellow Cards | 44 |
Total Red Cards | 0 |
Most Cards in a Game | BRIGHTON v BLACKBURY (7Y) Ref: ANDY MADLEY |
Leading Goalscorers (League Only) | |
4 | CHARLIE AUSTIN (QPR) - includes 1 penalty |
3 | KIKE (MIDDLESBROUGH) |
2 |
BENIK AFOBE (WOLVES) |
Disciplinary Record (League and Cup) | |||||||||
Club | Y | R | Y | R | Club | Y | R | Y | R |
League | Total | League | Total | ||||||
BIRMINGHAM | 5 | 0 | 7 | 0 | HULL | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
BLACKBURN | 7 | 0 | 8 | 0 | IPSWICH | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
BOLTON | 6 | 1 | 7 | 1 | LEEDS | 11 | 0 | 11 | 1 |
BRENTFORD | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | MIDDLESBROUGH | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
BRIGHTON | 13 | 0 | 15 | 0 | MK | 9 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
BRISTOL CITY | 7 | 1 | 7 | 1 | NOTTINGHAM FOREST | 11 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
BURNLEY | 7 | 0 | 10 | 0 | PRESTON | 11 | 1 | 11 | 1 |
CARDIFF | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | QPR | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
CHARLTON | 8 | 0 | 9 | 0 | READING | 9 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
DERBY | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ROTHERHAM | 10 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
FULHAM | 7 | 0 | 9 | 0 | SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY | 9 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
HUDDERSFIELD | 9 | 0 | 11 | 0 | WOLVES | 7 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
The Next Fixtures | |
Friday 28th August | |
BLACKBURN v BOLTON | |
Saturday 29th August | |
BRENTFORD v READING | MK v BIRMINGHAM |
BRISTOL CITY v BURNLEY | NOTTINGHAM FOREST v CARDIFF |
DERBY v LEEDS (12:05) | ROTHERHAM v FULHAM |
HUDDERSFIELD v QPR | SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY v MIDDLESBROUGH |
HULL v PRESTON | WOLVES v CHARLTON |
IPSWICH v BRIGHTON |