Middlesbrough continued their remarkable run away from home with yet another victory. It's hard to believe that the team that we beat towards the end of last season, a team that looked real relegation candidates, hasn't dropped a single point away from home since.
On Saturday a Marvin Emnes goal gave them a 1-0 win at Palace and that was enough to take them top with Brighton going down to defeat at Leicester where the home win relieved a bit of the pressure on Sven.
Southampton, though, were having none of it and recorded their sixth win in seven with Sunday's win against Birmingham to return to the top position they held after three games.
The performance of the day probably had to be Derby's. They didn't impress me when we beat them and they followed that up with a defeat at Coventry last week, but against all the odds they came back to win at local rivals Nottingham Forest on Saturday.
They went 1-0 down in the first couple of minutes from a penalty that saw goalkeeper Frank Fielding sent off, but with ten men won the game as Jamie Ward and Jeff Hendrick scored.
It's taken Derby back to fourth in the table but dumped Steve McClaren's team into the bottom three with Reading climbing out after a home win against desperate Doncaster.
Donny are bottom with just one point and they are followed by Bristol City, Forest, Coventry and us with five points. Ipswich's third goal last night in their win against Coventry moved us up a place in the table, back to 20th where we started the weekend.
The usual results, stats, goalscorers, disciplinary records, highest and lowest attendances and fixtures are all below.
| The Weekend Results | |
| Saturday 17th September | |
| Barnsley 1 Watford 1 | Leicester City 1 Brighton & Hove Albion 0 |
| Blackpool 1 Cardiff City 1 | Millwall 0 West Ham United 0 |
| Crystal Palace 0 Middlesbrough 1 | Nottingham Forest 1 Derby County 2 |
| Hull City 1 Portsmouth 0 | Peterborough United 2 Burnley 1 |
| Leeds United 2 Bristol City 1 | Reading 2 Doncaster Rovers 0 |
| Sunday 18th September | |
| Southampton 4 Birmingham City 1 | |
| Monday 19th September | |
| Ipswich Town 3 Coventry City 0 | |
| The Weekend Stats | |
| Biggest Win |
Ipswich Town 3-0 v Coventry City (home) |
| Total Goals Scored | 26 (18 home - 8 away) |
|
Player Scoring Most Goals |
2 - Emile Sinclair (Peterborough United) |
| Highest Attendance | 27,356 - Nottingham Forest v Derby County |
| Lowest Attendance | 7,901 - Peterborough United v Burnley |
| Total Yellow Cards | 32 |
| Total Red Cards | 5 |
| Most Cards in a Game | Leicester City v Brighton & Hove Albion (8Y 1R) Ref: Graham Scott |
| Leading Goalscorers (League Only) | |
| 6 | Rickie Lambert (Southampton) - including 1 penalty Ross McCormack (Leeds United) |
| 5 | Marvin Emnes (Middlesbrough) Kevin Phillips (Blackpool) Chris Wood (Birmingham City) |
| 4 | Keith Andrews (Ipswich Town) Charlie Austin (Burnley) Ashley Barnes (Brighton & Hove Albion) - including 1 penalty Carlton Cole (West Ham United) David Connolly (Southampton) Adam Lallana (Southampton) |
| 3 | Steve Davis (Derby County) Robert Earnshaw (Cardiff City) Lukas Jutkiewicz (Coventry City) - including 1 penalty Nicky Maynard (Bristol City) Grant McCann (Peterborough United) - including 1 penalty Sean Scannell (Crystal Palace) Paul Taylor (Peterborough United) Lee Tomlin (Peterborough United) |
| 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 |
| Disciplinary Record (League and Cup) | |||||||||
| Club | Y | R | Y | R | Club | Y | R | Y | R |
| League | Total | League | Total | ||||||
| Barnsley | 11 | 0 | 12 | 0 | Ipswich Town | 8 | 2 | 8 | 2 |
| Birmingham City | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | Leeds United | 15 | 4 | 17 | 4 |
| Blackpool | 13 | 0 | 14 | 1 | Leicester City | 18 | 2 | 20 | 2 |
| Brighton and Hove Albion | 20 | 1 | 23 | 1 | Middlesbrough | 11 | 2 | 12 | 2 |
| Bristol City | 11 | 0 | 12 | 0 | Millwall | 14 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| Burnley | 8 | 1 | 11 | 1 | Nottingham Forest | 11 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| Cardiff City | 9 | 0 | 13 | 0 | Peterborough United | 9 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| Coventry City | 7 | 1 | 8 | 1 | Portsmouth | 17 | 2 | 20 | 2 |
| Crystal Palace | 11 | 0 | 13 | 0 | Reading | 7 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| Derby County | 11 | 1 | 11 | 1 | Southampton | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| Doncaster Rovers | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | Watford | 11 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| Hull City | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | West Ham United | 9 | 1 | 9 | 2 |
| Highest and Lowest Attendances | |||
| Highest | Lowest | ||
| Att | Fixture | Att | Fixture |
| 33,465 | West Ham United v Portsmouth (10/09) | 7,778 | Doncaster Rovers v Bristol City (27/08) |
| 28,252 | West Ham United v Leeds United (21/08) | 7,901 | Peterborough United v Burnley (17/09) |
| 27,356 | Nottingham Forest v Derby County (17/09) | 7,928 | Peterborough United v Ipswich Town (20/08) |
| 27,210 | Derby County v Birmingham City (06/08) | 8,685 | Peterborough United v Hull City (10/09) |
| 25,860 | Southampton v Leeds United (06/08) | 9,464 | Doncaster Rovers v Nottingham Forest (16/08) |
| 25,680 | West Ham United v Cardiff City (07/08) | 9,733 | Barnsley v Watford (17/09) |
| 25,650 | Leeds United v Middlesbrough (13/08) | 10,033 | Millwall v Barnsley (27/08) |
| 24,784 | Southampton v Nottingham Forest (10/09) | 10,240 | Millwall v Peterborough United (17/08) |
| 24,426 | Nottingham Forest v Leicester City (20/08) | 10,501 | Barnsley v Southampton (13/08) |
| 24,128 | Leicester City v Brighton & Hove Albion (13/08) | 10,603 | Barnsley v Middlesbrough (16/08) |
| The Next Fixtures | |
| Friday 23rd September | |
| Brighton & Hove Albion v Leeds United | |
| Saturday 24th September | |
| Birmingham City v Barnsley | Doncaster Rovers v Crystal Palace |
| Bristol City v Hull City | Middlesbrough v Ipswich Town |
| Burnley v Southampton | Portsmouth v Blackpool |
| Coventry City v Reading | West Ham United v Peterborough United |
| Derby County v Millwall | Watford v Nottingham Forest (17:15) |
| Sunday 25th September | |
| Cardiff City v Leicester City (13:15) | |