The biggest beneficiaries were Hull City. Their win against Bristol City took them back into the top six, replacing Middlesbrough whose game was called off. Hull had the biggest win of the weekend, beating Bristol City 3-0 at the KC.
Bristol City dropped back to fourth from bottom with this result. They got off to a flyer when Derek McInnes was appointed as manager, winning four and drawing one of his first five games in charge. It's nothing like that now and Saturday's defeat meant they've won just 11 points from their last 12 games and are still very much relegation candidates.
It was Millwall who went above them on Saturday after their 0-0 home draw against Derby County. It was another inspiring afternoon from the Rams where the sole target appeared to be keeping a clean sheet. Manager Nigel Clough himself declared the performance similar to the recent game at Burnley.
Now the big news in the Championship was heralded just before 3:20 on Saturday afternoon. It was a staggering event and something that hadn't happened in the Championship for twelve whole weeks.
What was it? NOTTINGHAM FOREST SCORED A HOME GOAL. On 19th November 2011 Marcus Tudgay scored a stoppage time winner to beat Ipswich 3-2. Since they they'd played six home games, scored none, conceded twelve and lost the lot.
Then, on Saturday, in the 19th minute, Garath McCleary gave them the lead against Watford. They might have been calling for a Bank Holiday in Nottingham today had they gone on and won but Troy Deeney spoiled that with an equaliser for Watford at the end of the first half with the game ending 1-1.
Ipswich and Middlesbrough drew too. Their game was 0-0 but it only lasted 38 minutes when referee Dean Whitestone declared the pitch unfit, this after he'd been happy with it in an earlier inspection. I bet the Middlesbrough fans were pleased with that one.
We've stayed 11th. We couldn't go down no matter what the result, but we do now have both Leicester and Derby within one win of going above us. We're also now five points from the play off positions and some of the teams above us now have games in hand.
We've a full set of fixtures tomorrow and the good news is that there shouldn't be any further weather disruption with the temperatures having climbed significantly since Saturday.
The results and stats are below along with the leading goalscorers, each club's disciplinary record, the highest and lowest attendances and tomorrow's fixtures.
The Week's Results | |
Tuesday 7th February | |
Birmingham City 1 Portsmouth 0 | |
Saturday 11th February | |
Barnsley v Birmingham City - Postponed | Leicester City 2 Cardiff City 1 |
Blackpool 1 Portsmouth 1 | Millwall 0 Derby County 0 |
Crystal Palace v Doncaster Rovers - Postponed | Nottingham Forest 1 Watford 1 |
Hull City 3 Bristol City 0 | Peterborough United v West Ham United - Postponed |
Ipswich Town 0 Middlesbrough 0 - Abandoned | Reading 2 Coventry City 0 |
Leeds United 1 Brighton & Hove Albion 2 | Southampton 2 Burnley 0 |
The Week's Stats | |
Biggest Win | Hull City 3-0 v Bristol City (home) |
Total Goals Scored | 18 (13 home - 5 away) |
Player Scoring Most Goals |
2 - Paul Gallagher (Leicester City) |
Highest Attendance | 24,099 - Southampton v Burnley |
Lowest Attendance | 10,069 - Millwall v Derby County |
Total Yellow Cards | 25 |
Total Red Cards | 0 |
Most Cards in a Game | Nottingham Forest v Watford (6Y) Ref: Jon Moss |
Leading Goalscorers (League Only) | |
16 | Rickie Lambert (Southampton) - includes 6 penalties |
14 | Ross McCormack (Leeds United) |
12 | Darius Henderson (Millwall) - includes 2 penalties |
11 |
Jay Rodriguez (Burnley) - includes 1 penalty |
10 | Michael Chopra (Ipswich Town) Guly Do Prado (Southampton) Matty Fryatt (Hull City) - includes 1 penalty David Nugent (Leicester City) Ricardo Vaz Te (West Ham United) - (10 with Barnsley) Chris Wood (Bristol City) - (9 with Birmingham City) |
9 | Keith Andrews (Ipswich Town) Charlie Austin (Burnley) Carlton Cole (West Ham United) Craig Davies (Barnsley) - includes 1 penalty Lukas Jutkiewicz (Middlesbrough) - includes 1 penalty - (9 with Coventry City) Marlon King (Birmingham City) - includes 2 penalties Robert Koren (Hull City) Scott McDonald (Middlesbrough) Kenny Miller (Cardiff City) Kevin Phillips (Blackpool) |
Hat Tricks | |
Date | Player & Game |
20/08/11 | 3: Lee Tomlin - PETERBOROUGH UNITED v Ipswich Town |
10/09/11 | 3: Rickie Lambert - SOUTHAMPTON v Nottingham Forest |
11/09/11 | 3: Chris Wood - BIRMINGHAM CITY v Millwall |
12/10/11 | 3: Darius Henderson - Leicester City v MILLWALL |
02/11/11 | 3: Jonjo Shelvey - Leeds United v BLACKPOOL |
19/11/11 | 3: Rickie Lambert - SOUTHAMPTON v Brighton & Hove Albion |
26/12/11 | 3: Matthew Phillips - Barnsley v BLACKPOOL |
31/12/11 | 3: Ricardo Vaz Te - BARNSLEY v Leeds United |
21/01/12 | 3: Darius Henderson - Barnsley v MILLWALL |
31/01/12 | 4: Nikola Zigic - Leeds United v BIRMINGHAM CITY |
Disciplinary Record (League and Cup) | |||||||||
Club | Y | R | Y | R | Club | Y | R | Y | R |
League | Total | League | Total | ||||||
Barnsley | 40 | 1 | 43 | 1 | Ipswich Town | 34 | 4 | 35 | 4 |
Birmingham City | 39 | 1 | 42 | 1 | Leeds United | 46 | 5 | 52 | 5 |
Blackpool | 38 | 1 | 40 | 2 | Leicester City | 43 | 7 | 50 | 7 |
Brighton and Hove Albion | 70 | 6 | 83 | 6 | Middlesbrough | 47 | 4 | 50 | 4 |
Bristol City | 45 | 4 | 47 | 4 | Millwall | 51 | 2 | 56 | 2 |
Burnley | 40 | 2 | 48 | 2 | Nottingham Forest | 39 | 3 | 44 | 3 |
Cardiff City | 37 | 0 | 51 | 0 | Peterborough United | 34 | 2 | 37 | 2 |
Coventry City | 37 | 2 | 39 | 2 | Portsmouth | 46 | 3 | 53 | 3 |
Crystal Palace | 39 | 1 | 43 | 2 | Reading | 41 | 0 | 44 | 0 |
Derby County | 40 | 1 | 40 | 1 | Southampton | 35 | 4 | 38 | 4 |
Doncaster Rovers | 43 | 2 | 45 | 2 | Watford | 42 | 1 | 44 | 1 |
Hull City | 48 | 1 | 52 | 1 | West Ham United | 47 | 4 | 50 | 5 |
Highest and Lowest Attendances | |||
Highest | Lowest | ||
Att | Fixture | Att | Fixture |
34,936 | West Ham United v Coventry City (02/01) | 6,351 | Peterborough United v Cardiff City (18/10) |
34,749 | West Ham United v Barnsley (17/12) | 7,550 | Peterborough United v Portsmouth (28/01) |
33,465 | West Ham United v Portsmouth (10/09) | 7,650 | Doncaster Rovers v Watford (26/11) |
33,010 | Derby County v Southampton (15/10) | 7,778 | Doncaster Rovers v Bristol City (27/08) |
33,010 | Derby County v Leeds United (26/12) | 7,901 | Peterborough United v Burnley (17/09) |
32,150 | Southampton v West Ham United (18/10) | 7,928 | Peterborough United v Ipswich Town (20/08) |
31,812 | Southampton v Brighton & Hove Albion (19/11) | 8,062 | Peterborough United v Coventry City (17/12) |
31,718 | West Ham United v Nottingham Forest (21/01) | 8,320 | Peterborough United v Barnsley (03/12) |
31,524 | Southampton v Crystal Palace (26/12) | 8,426 | Doncaster Rovers v Coventry City (29/10) |
31,448 | West Ham United v Blackpool (15/10) | 8,500 | Peterborough Utd v Doncaster Rovers (01/10) |
The Next Fixtures | |
Tuesday 14th February | |
Birmingham City v Hull City | Derby County v Reading |
Brighton & Hove Albion v Millwall | Doncaster Rovers v Blackpool |
Bristol City v Crystal Palace | Middlesbrough v Nottingham Forest |
Burnley v Barnsley | Portsmouth v Ipswich Town |
Cardiff City v Peterborough United | Watford v Leicester City |
Coventry City v Leeds United | West Ham United v Southampton |