With Burnley's defeat at Cardiff came a lifeline for Preston and Swansea who both won in South Yorkshire. They still trail the Clarets by four points with three games to go and it still looks as though one win will do it for us.
All the Easter Monday results and stats are below along with the leading scorers, each club's disciplinary record and the next set of fixtures.
The Easter Monday Results | |
Monday 13th April | |
Barnsley 1 Swansea 3 | Derby 2 Wolves 3 |
Birmingham 1 Plymouth 1 | Doncaster 0 Preston 2 |
Blackpool 2 Reading 2 | Norwich 2 Watford 0 |
Bristol City 1 Ipswich 1 | QPR 3 Sheffield Wed 2 |
Cardiff 3 Burnley 1 | Sheffield Utd 0 Nottingham Forest 0 |
Coventry 0 Charlton 0 | Southampton 1 Crystal Palace 0 |
The Easter Monday Stats | |
Biggest win | Cardiff 3-1 v Burnley (home) |
Total goals scored | 31 (16 home - 15 away) |
Player scoring most goals | Andy Keogh (Wolves) |
Highest Attendance | 33,079 - Derby v Wolves |
Lowest Attendance | 7,722 - Blackpool v Reading |
Total Yellow Cards | 42 |
Total Red Cards | 2 |
Most cards in a game | Birmingham v Plymouth (6Y 1R) - Michael Oliver |
The leading scorers (league only) | |
24 | Sylvan Ebanks-Blake (Wolves) |
21 | Ross McCormack (Cardiff) Jason Scotland (Swansea) |
18 | Kevin Doyle (Reading) |
16 | Tommy Smith (Watford) |
14 | Rob Hulse (Derby) Chris Iwelumo (Wolves) Marcus Tudgay (Sheffield Wed) |
13 | Dexter Blackstock (Nottingham Forest) - 12 with QPR Paul Gallagher (Plymouth) Kevin Phillips (Birmingham) |
12 | James Beattie (Sheffield Utd) Jay Bothroyd (Cardiff) Jordi Gomez (Swansea) |
11 | Nick Bailey (Charlton) Robert Earnshaw (Nottingham Forest) Noel Hunt (Reading) David McGoldrick (Southampton) Nicky Maynard (Bristol City) Martin Paterson (Burnley) Tamas Priskin (Watford) |
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 | 76 | 5 | Norwich | 56 | 6 |
Birmingham | 64 | 5 | Nottingham Forest | 85 | 4 |
Blackpool | 73 | 5 | Plymouth | 59 | 3 |
Bristol City | 62 | 1 | Preston | 55 | 1 |
Burnley | 78 | 7 | QPR | 69 | 4 |
Cardiff | 40 | 6 | Reading | 62 | 5 |
Charlton | 67 | 3 | Sheffield Utd | 58 | 4 |
Coventry | 91 | 2 | Sheffield Wed | 54 | 5 |
Crystal Palace | 76 | 4 | Southampton | 81 | 5 |
Derby | 65 | 2 | Swansea | 75 | 3 |
Doncaster | 61 | 2 | Watford | 61 | 2 |
Ipswich | 76 | 4 | Wolves | 66 | 4 |
The Weekend Fixtures | |
Saturday 18th April | |
Charlton v Blackpool | Reading v Barnsley |
Crystal Palace v Derby | Sheffield Wed v Southampton |
Nottingham Forest v Coventry | Swansea v Bristol City |
Plymouth v Doncaster | Watfprd v Birmingham |
Preston v Cardiff | Wolves v QPR |
Sunday 19th April | |
Ipswich v Norwich | . |
Monday 20th April | |
Burnley v Sheffield Utd | . |