Hull take advantage of weather disruption

Last updated : 13 February 2012 By Tony Scholes

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
Billy Sharp (Southampton) - includes 1 penalty - (10 with Doncaster Rovers)
Robert Snodgrass (Leeds United) - 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