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It's often said that any team can beat any other in the Championship but for Scunthorpe, who started the day bottom of the league, to beat leaders QPR was a massive shock, certainly after Rob Hulse had given QPR an early lead.
It was a home debut for new manager Alan Knill. He'd seen his side absolutely hammered at Norwich the week before but had spoken a few home truths in the week and they came back to hit four goals and in doing so climbed two places and left themselves, of the bottom three, with the best chance of catching Crystal Palace.
Sheffield United were the only losers in that bottom three. Whilst Preston were bringing a point back from Fratton Park they were beaten with an 89th minute goal at home to Middlesbrough, a result which now should surely ensure Middlesbrough's safety.
Up at the top, an incredible fixture list saw six of the top eight against each other and the results have certainly made a difference to the promotion picture. We can all but forget QPR now, despite this defeat, but Norwich started the day in second place and four points clear of third. That lead is now just one point as they went down at Swansea.
It's Swansea and Cardiff, with Cardiff in third place on goal difference, who are right behind them in that chase for the second automatic place.
Next come Reading. At the beginning of March they hardly looked play off contenders but six wins out of six has catapulted them into fifth place with a late goal giving them their latest win at Nottingham Forest.
As Reading have stormed forward, Forest have declined. That's nine without a win now for them and they sit four points outside the play offs just seven weeks after they held second place.
It's hardly going to be a battle of the in form teams tomorrow night at the City Ground. That fixture, along with the other fixtures for tomorrow are shown below with the latest results, the leading goalscorers and each club's disciplinary record.
The Weekend Results | |
Saturday 9th April | |
Barnsley 4 Bristol City 2 | Nottingham Forest 3 Reading 4 |
Derby 2 Coventry 2 | Portsmouth 1 Preston 1 |
Doncaster 1 Cardiff 3 | Scunthorpe 4 QPR 1 |
Ipswich 2 Crystal Palace 1 | Sheffield United 1 Middlesbrough 2 |
Leicester 4 Burnley 0 | Swansea 3 Norwich 0 |
Millwall 3 Leeds 2 | Watford 1 Hull 2 |
The Weekend Stats | |
Biggest win | Leicester 4-0 v Burnley (home) |
Total goals scored | 49 (29 home - 20 away) |
Player scoring most goals | Josh Carson (Ipswich) |
Highest Attendance | 25,546 - Derby v Coventry |
Lowest Attendance | 6,061 - Scunthorpe v QPR |
Total Yellow Cards | 29 |
Total Red Cards | 0 |
Most cards in a game | Barnsley v Bristol City (5Y) - Nigel Miller |
The leading scorers (league only) | |
22 | Danny Graham (Watford) - includes 1 penalty |
20 | Shane Long (Reading) - includes 5 penalties |
19 | Grant Holt (Norwich) - includes 3 penalties |
18 | Luciano Becchio (Leeds) |
16 | Jay Bothroyd (Cardiff) - includes 1 penalty Max Gradel (Leeds) - includes 2 penalties Scott Sinclair (Swansea) - includes 5 penalties |
15 | Bill Sharp (Doncaster) - includes 4 penalties Steve Morison (Millwall) - includes 1 penalty Adel Taarabt (QPR) - includes 6 penalties |
13 | Kris Commons (Derby) - includes 2 penalties Andy King (Leicester) |
12 | Heidar Helguson (QPR) - includes 5 penalties Lewis McGugan (Nottingham Forest) - includes 3 penalties Jay Rodriguez (Burnley) |
11 | Iain Hume (Preston) Chris Iwelumo (Burnley) David Nugent (Portsmouth) Brett Pitman (Bristol City) - includes 3 penalties Davide Somma (Leeds) |
Hat Tricks (league only) | |
11th Sep | 3 - Chris Iwelumo - BURNLEY v Preston |
14th Sep | 3 - James Coppinger - DONCASTER v Norwich |
14th Sep | 3 - James Vaughan - CRYSTAL PALACE v Portsmouth |
28th Sep | 3 - Jon Parkin - Leeds v PRESTON |
30th Oct | 3 - Jonny Howson - Scunthorpe v LEEDS |
13th Nov | 3 - Luciano Becchio - LEEDS v Bristol City |
27th Nov | 3 - Grant Holt - NORWICH v Leeds |
28th Dec | 3 - Wes Hoolahan - NORWICH v Sheffield United |
1st Jan | 3 - Jason Puncheon - MILLWALL v Crystal Palace |
5th Feb | 3 - Matt Fryatt - Scunthorpe v HULL |
15th Feb | 3 - Connor Wickham - Doncaster v IPSWICH |
2nd Apr | 3 - Grant Holt - NORWICH v Scunthorpe |
2nd Apr | 3 - Simeon Jackson - NORWICH v Scunthorpe |
2nd Apr | 3 - Yakubu - Middlesbrough v LEICESTER |
Disciplinary Record (all domestic games) | |||||
| Club | Y | R | Club | Y | R |
| Barnsley | 60 | 2 | Middlesbrough | 56 | 1 |
| Bristol City | 52 | 2 | Millwall | 60 | 5 |
| Burnley | 75 | 4 | Norwich | 65 | 3 |
| Cardiff | 52 | 1 | Nottingham Forest | 63 | 2 |
| Coventry | 62 | 5 | Portsmouth | 73 | 7 |
| Crystal Palace | 70 | 6 | Preston | 82 | 5 |
| Derby | 67 | 2 | QPR | 62 | 6 |
| Doncaster | 42 | 3 | Reading | 63 | 4 |
| Hull | 72 | 2 | Scunthorpe | 47 | 3 |
| Ipswich | 64 | 4 | Sheffield United | 66 | 10 |
| Leeds | 77 | 4 | Swansea | 58 | 2 |
| Leicester | 49 | 3 | Watford | 47 | 2 |
The Next Fixtures | |
Tuesday 12th April | |
Barnsley v QPR | Nottingham Forest v Burnley |
Derby v Leeds | Portsmouth v Coventry |
Doncaster v Preston | Scunthorpe v Reading |
Ipswich v Middlesbrough | Sheffield United v Cardiff |
Leicester v Crystal Palace | Swansea v Hull |
Millwall v Bristol City | Watford v Norwich |