Both QPR and ourselves had to sit it out as Leicester won a seventh consecutive league game, beating Middlesbrough 2-0 at the King Power where they incredibly won themselves a 14th penalty of the season.
David Nugent is the penalty taker now for Leicester but he missed for a third time this season after another former Claret Rhys Williams had made a hash of a challenge in the box.
They were already 1-0 up from a controversial goal and went on to score again. The controversy on the first goal was Nugent pulling the ball back after television pictures showed it had gone out of play for a goal kick.
The win has taken them eight points clear of QPR who have a one point advantage over us and we remain the last side to take points from Leicester.
Ipswich were the only other winners, beating Reading 2-0; the other two games at Blackburn and Blackpool both ended in 1-1 draws.
We'll be back in action this Tuesday with a home game against Brighton in what is the Championship's first midweek fixture list of the calendar year, and Brighton are not the only team whose supporters face a long Tuesday trip with Huddersfield at Bournemouth probably being the worst of them.
Those fixtures are below with the usual stats from the few games this weekend.
| The Results | |
| Saturday 25th January | |
| BLACKBURN 1 DERBY 1 | IPSWICH 2 READING 0 |
| BLACKPOOL 1 DONCASTER 1 | LEICESTER 2 MIDDLESBROUGH 0 |
| The Stats | |
| Biggest Win | IPSWICH 2-0 v READING (home) LEICESTER 2-0 v MIDDLESBROUGH (home) |
| Total Goals Scored | 8 (6 home - 2 away) |
| Player Scoring Most Goals | no player scored more than one goal |
| Highest Attendance | 26,047 - LEICESTER v MIDDLESBROUGH |
| Lowest Attendance | 13,468 - BLACKPOOL v DONCASTER |
| Total Yellow Cards | 9 |
| Total Red Cards | 0 |
| Most Cards in a Game | BLACKBURN v DONCASTER (3Y) Ref: TONY HARINGTON IPSWICH v READING (3Y) Ref: ANDY MADLEY |
| Leading Goalscorers (League Only) | |
| 17 | ROSS McCORMACK (LEEDS) - includes 1 penalty |
| 16 | DANNY INGS (BURNLEY) - includes 1 penalty JORDAN RHODES (BLACKBURN) - includes 3 penalties |
| 15 | DAVID NUGENT (LEICESTER) - includes 8 penalties |
| 13 | CHARLIE AUSTIN (QPR) - includes 3 penalties |
| 12 | CHRIS MARTIN (DERBY) - includes 3 penalties SAM VOKES (BURNLEY) - includes 2 penalties |
| 11 | CRAIG BRYSON (DERBY) TROY DEENEY (WATFORD) - includes 3 penalties LEWIS GRABBAN (BOURNEMOUTH) - includes 3 penalties DAVID McGOLDRICK (IPSWICH) - includes 1 penalty |
| 10 | ADAM LE FONDRE (READING) - includes 2 penalties JAMES VAUGHAN (HUDDERSFIELD) - includes 2 penalties |
| 9 | ALBERT ADOMAH (MIDDLESBROUGH) CHRIS O'GRADY (BARNSLEY) - includes 3 penalties JAMIE VARDY (LEICESTER) |
| 8 |
DARYL MURPHY (IPSWICH) |
| 7 | MUSTAPHA CARAYOL (MIDDLESBROUGH) TOM INCE (BLACKPOOL) - includes 3 penalties HENRI LANSBURY (NOTTINGHAM FOREST - includes 3 penalties PAVEL POGREBNYAK (READING) - includes 1 penalty MATT SMITH (LEEDS) JAMIE WARD (DERBY) |
| Hat Tricks | |
| Date | Player & Game |
| 10/08/13 | 3: TROY DEENEY - WATFORD v BOURNEMOUTH (home) |
| 24/08/13 | 3: JAMES VAUGHAN - HUDDERSFIELD v BOURNEMOUTH (home) |
| 14/09/13 | 3: CRAIG BRYSON - DERBY v MILLWALL (away) |
| 21/09/13 | 4: JESSE LINGARD - BIRMINGHAM v SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY (home) |
| 10/11/13 | 4: ROSS McCORMACK - LEEDS v CHARLTON (away) |
| 07/12/13 | 4: CHRIS MARTIN - DERBY v BLACKPOOL (home) |
| 18/01/14 | 3: ADAM LO FONDRE - READING v BOLTON (home) |
| Disciplinary Record (League and Cup) | |||||||||
| Club | Y | R | Y | R | Club | Y | R | Y | R |
| League | Total | League | Total | ||||||
| BARNSLEY | 34 | 3 | 35 | 3 | IPSWICH | 33 | 1 | 38 | 1 |
| BIRMINGHAM | 46 | 2 | 55 | 3 | LEEDS | 40 | 2 | 45 | 2 |
| BLACKBURN | 47 | 3 | 49 | 4 | LEICESTER | 33 | 1 | 36 | 1 |
| BLACKPOOL | 48 | 9 | 49 | 9 | MIDDLESBROUGH | 42 | 4 | 44 | 4 |
| BOLTON | 45 | 1 | 50 | 1 | MILLWALL | 41 | 4 | 45 | 5 |
| BOURNEMOUTH | 41 | 3 | 44 | 3 | NOTTINGHAM FOREST | 56 | 3 | 63 | 3 |
| BRIGHTON | 48 | 2 | 54 | 2 | QPR | 37 | 1 | 38 | 1 |
| BURNLEY | 33 | 2 | 38 | 3 | READING | 50 | 3 | 55 | 3 |
| CHARLTON | 31 | 3 | 36 | 3 | SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY | 51 | 1 | 55 | 3 |
| DERBY | 45 | 2 | 53 | 2 | WATFORD | 49 | 2 | 57 | 2 |
| DONCASTER | 41 | 2 | 44 | 2 | WIGAN | 41 | 2 | 54 | 2 |
| HUDDERSFIELD | 37 | 2 | 42 | 2 | YEOVIL | 48 | 1 | 57 | 1 |
| Highest and Lowest Attendances | |||
| Highest | Lowest | ||
| Att | Fixture | Att | Fixture |
| 33,432 | LEEDS v BRIGHTON (03/08) | 5,530 | YEOVIL v BLACKPOOL (03/12) |
| 31,031 | LEEDS v BARNSLEY (21/12) | 6,053 | YEOVIL v CHARLTON (03/12) |
| 30,416 | LEICESTER v NOTT'M FOREST (09/11) | 6,149 | YEOVIL v WIGAN (10/11) |
| 30,367 | LEEDS v MIDDLESBROUGH (23/11) | 6,293 | YEOVIL v BURNLEY (11/01) |
| 30,145 | LEEDS v BLACKBURN (01/01) | 6,454 | DONCASTER v MILLWALL (29/12) |
| 28,282 | BRIGHTON v BOURNEMOUTH (01/01) | 6,476 | YEOVIL v LEICESTER (01/10) |
| 28,276 | NOTTINGHAM FOREST v DERBY (28/09) | 6,620 | DONCASTER v YEOVIL (23/11) |
| 28,070 | NOTT'M FOREST v BOURNEMOUTH (19/10) | 6,769 | DONCASTER v BOURNEMOUTH (31/08) |
| 27,912 | BRIGHTON v BLACKBURN (09/11) | 6,873 | YEOVIL v BRIGHTON (19/10) |
| 27,755 | BRIGHTON v NOTTM FOREST (05/10) | 7,047 | YEOVIL v DERBY (24/08) |
| The Next Fixtures | |
| Tuesday 28th January | |
| BARNSLEY v BLACKBURN | LEEDS v IPSWICH |
| BIRMINGHAM v LEICESTER | MIDDLESBROUGH v WIGAN |
| BOURNEMOUTH v HUDDERSFIELD | MILLWALL v SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY |
| BURNLEY v BRIGHTON | QPR v BOLTON |
| DERBY v YEOVIL | READING v BLACKPOOL |
| DONCASTER v CHARLTON | |
| Thursday 30th January | |
| NOTTINGHAM FOREST v WATFORD | |