Th Championship Stats - 26th December

Last updated : 26 December 2008 By Tony Scholes
For Burnley we would have been fourth had we won and we have remained in fourth place despite the defeat to Barnsley. Below are the stats for the day along with the list of goalscorers, the current red/yellow card count, and the next set of fixtures.

The Boxing Day Results

Friday 26th December

Burnley 1 Barnsley 2

Preston 2 Derby 0

Charlton 2 QPR 2

Reading 1 Cardiff 1

Crystal Palace 3 Norwich 1

Sheffield Wednesday 1 Blackpool 1

Ipswich 0 Birmingham 1

Swansea 0 Coventry 0

Nottingham Forest 2 Doncaster 4

Watford 2 Bristol City 4

Plymouth 2 Southampton 0

Wolves 1 Sheffield Utd 1

The Boxing Day Stats

Biggest win

Bristol City 4-2 v Watford (away)
Doncaster 4-2 v Nottingham Forest (away)
Crystal Palace 3-1 v Norwich (h)
Plymouth 2-0 v Southampton (home)
Preston 2-0 v Derby (home)

Total goals scored

34 (17 home - 17 away)

Player scoring most goals
2

Nick Bailey (Charlton)
Jose Fonte (Crystal Palace)
Paul Heffernan (Doncaster)
Nicky Maynard (Bristol City)

Highest Attendance

27,106 - Wolves v Sheffield Utd

Lowest Attendance

12,756 - Plymouth v Southampton

Total Yellow Cards

51

Total Red Cards

0

Most cards in a game

Nottingham Forest v Doncaster (7Y)

The leading scorers (league only)

16

Kevin Doyle (Reading)

14

Sylvan Ebanks-Blake (Wolves)

13

Chris Iwelumo (Wolves)
Ross McCormack (Cardiff)

12

James Beattie (Sheffield Utd)
Tommy Smith (Watford)

11

Kevin Phillips (Birmingham)

10

Dexter Blackstock (QPR)

9

Noel Hunt (Reading)
Martin Paterson (Burnley)
Jason Scotland (Swansea)

7

Ferrie Bodde (Swansea)
Paul Gallagher (Plymouth)
Andy Gray (Charlton)
Rob Hulse (Derby)
Michael Kightly (Wolves)
Leroy Lita (Norwich)
Clinton Morrison (Coventry)
Nicky Maynard (Bristol City)
John-Joe O'Toole (Watford)
Marcus Tudgay (Sheffield Wed)

Hat Tricks (league only)

16th Aug

3 - Billy Sharp - SHEFFIELD UTD v Queens Park Rangers

30th Aug

3 - Kevin Doyle - READING v Crystal Palace

16th Sep

3 - Kevin Doyle - READING v Sheffield Wed

20th Sep

3 - Chris Iwelumo - Preston v WOLVES

21st Oct

3 -Leroy Lita - NORWICH v Wolves

Disciplinary Record (all games)

Club

Y

R

Club

Y

R

Barnsley

42

4

Norwich

29

4

Birmingham

37

2

Nottingham Forest

40

3

Blackpool

40

2

Plymouth

36

2

Bristol City

36

0

Preston

29

1

Burnley

51

5

QPR

48

4

Cardiff

25

4

Reading

33

3

Charlton

34

3

Sheffield Utd

34

3

Coventry

54

1

Sheffield Wed

29

3

Crystal Palace

37

3

Southampton

41

3

Derby

38

1

Swansea

40

2

Doncaster

39

1

Watford

39

2

Ipswich

46

4

Wolves

37

3

Average Attendances (league only)

Avge

Club

High

Low

29,126

Derby

33,010

27,032

25,568

Sheffield Utd

29,226

24,130

24,250

Norwich City

24,771

23,727

24,085

Wolves

25,893

22,200

21,214

Sheffield Wed

30,441

17,066

20,895

Charlton

21,675

20,020

20,519

Nottingham Forest

22,811

18,771

20,398

Ipswich

22,307

18,177

19,464

Birmingham

24,019

17,413

19,302

Reading

23,121

16,803

18,169

Cardiff

19,749

16,312

17,333

Coventry

22,607

14,621

17,104

Bristol City

18,456

15,960

16,040

Southampton

18,925

14,480

15,441

Swansea

17,702

13,299

15,363

Crystal Palace

17,310

14,071

14,384

Watford

16,345

13,237

14,367

QPR

15,536

12,500

13,947

Barnsley

17,784

11,282

13,316

Preston

17,567

10,558

12,535

Burnley

16,276

10,032

11,768

Doncaster

14,242

10,483

11,398

Plymouth

14,789

9,203

8,045

Blackpool

8,611

7,267

The Weekend Fixtures

Sunday 28th December

Barnsley v Preston

Doncaster v Burnley

Birmingham v Swansea

Norwich v Nottingham Forest

Bristol City v Crystal Palace

QPR v Watford

Cardiff v Plymouth

Sheffield Utd v Charlton

Coventry v Sheffield Wed

Southampton v Reading

Derby v Ipswich

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Monday 29th December

Blackpool v Wolves

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