Midweek results see teams at top and bottom win

West Ham will host the big promotion clash on Saturday

Sam Allardyce was flabbergasted that his West Ham side hadn't won at Burnley at the weekend but he was celebrating a win at Peterborough last night in a performance he described as perfect.

All they really needed to do was keep a clean sheet because there is little chance of Peterborough doing likewise at the other end. They've kept only three clean sheets all season and all of those were against teams currently in the bottom five.

The points have taken West Ham to within one point of Reading and, for what it's worth a goal difference that's one goal better. It really does look as though these two are going to fight for the second automatic promotion place behind Southampton.

Nothing will be decided this weekend but it's West Ham v Reading at the Boleyn Ground and whichever of the two wins that game must surely be considering themselves favourites. That's as long as Sam isn't flabbergasted again.

The minute you write a team off at the bottom they seem to come back and win. That's what happened to Portsmouth last night. Any win for the administration league leaders is a surprise and beating Hull was definitely that.

A win for Hull would have taken them back into the top six at the expense of Birmingham City but the points have seen Pompey move off the bottom and a point clear of Doncaster. More significantly they are now just three points behind Bristol City with a massively better goal difference.

Should they beat us on Saturday there is every chance they could be back out of the bottom three going into the last few games.

All the other games ended in draws. Doncaster got a point at Palace whilst Ipswich had to come from behind to draw with Middlesbrough at Portman Road. Both games ended 1-1 with the one remaining game, that between Leicester and Nottingham Forest, ending 0-0.

We've a full fixture list at the weekend, including our long trip to Portsmouth. Those fixtures can be found below last night's results, the league's leading goalscorers, the yellow and red card counts per club and the highest and lowest attendances this season.