The Championship Stats - 10th & 11th March

Last Updated : 12-Mar-2009 by
Sheffield Wednesday's point at Preston meant a win against Crystal Palace would see us return to the top six and that's what happened as we now sit one point ahead of Swansea, Bristol City and Preston.

The stats are below along with the leading goalscorers, each club's disciplinary record and this weekend's fixtures.

The Midweek Results

Tuesday 10th March

Barnsley 1 Birmingham 1

Sheffield Utd 2 Blackpool 2

Bristol City 2 Coventry 0

Southampton 1 Derby 1

Doncaster 2 QPR 0

Swansea 1 Plymouth 0

Norwich 2 Cardiff 0

Watford 2 Nottingham Forest 1

Preston 1 Sheffield Wed 1

Wolves 0 Ipswich 0

Reading 2 Charlton 2

Sheffield Wed v Wolves

Wednesday 11th March

Burnley 4 Crystal Palace 2

Sheffield Wed v Wolves

The Midweek Stats

Biggest win

Burnley 4-2 v Crystal Palace (home)
Bristol City 2-0 v Coventry (home)
Doncaster 2-0 v QPR (home)
Norwich 2-0 v Cardiff (home)

Total goals scored

30 (20 home - 10 away)

Player scoring most goals

2 - Shane Long (Reading)

Highest Attendance

25,273 - Sheffield Utd v Blackpool

Lowest Attendance

10,223 - Doncaster v QPR

Total Yellow Cards

32

Total Red Cards

0

Most cards in a game

Swansea v Plymouth (8Y) - Iain Williamson

The leading scorers (league only)

23

Sylvan Ebanks-Blake (Wolves)

18

Kevin Doyle (Reading)
Jason Scotland (Swansea)

14

Ross McCormack (Cardiff)
Tommy Smith (Watford)

13

Chris Iwelumo (Wolves)
Kevin Phillips (Birmingham)

12

James Beattie (Sheffield Utd)
Dexter Blackstock (QPR)
Paul Gallagher (Plymouth)
Rob Hulse (Derby)
Marcus Tudgay (Sheffield Wed)

11

Jordi Gomez (Swansea)
Martin Paterson (Burnley)

10

Nick Bailey (Charlton)
Noel Hunt (Reading)
Tamas Priskin (Watford)

9

Dele Adebola (Bristol City)
Jay Bothroyd (Cardiff)
Robert Earnshaw (Nottingham Forest)
Nicky Maynard (Bristol City)
Jonathan Stead (Ipswich)

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

3rd Feb

3 - Sylvan Ebanks-Blake - WOLVES v Norwich

Disciplinary Record (all games)

Club

Y

R

Club

Y

R

Barnsley

62

5

Norwich

46

5

Birmingham

59

3

Nottingham Forest

74

3

Blackpool

64

5

Plymouth

55

3

Bristol City

53

0

Preston

50

1

Burnley

70

7

QPR

63

4

Cardiff

31

4

Reading

50

4

Charlton

61

3

Sheffield Utd

49

4

Coventry

77

2

Sheffield Wed

45

4

Crystal Palace

60

4

Southampton

72

5

Derby

58

2

Swansea

66

2

Doncaster

53

2

Watford

54

2

Ipswich

69

4

Wolves

60

4

The Weekend Fixtures

Saturday 14th March

Barnsley v Blackpool

Sheffield Utd v Derby

Burnley v Nottingham Forest

Southampton v QPR

Doncaster v Birmingham

Swansea v Crystal Palace

Norwich v Plymouth

Watford v Sheffield Wed

Preston v Coventry

Wolves v Charlton

Reading v Ipswich

Sheffield Wed v Wolves

Sunday 15th March

Bristol City v Cardiff

Sheffield Wed v Wolves