The Championship Stats - 16th & 17th September

Last updated : 18 September 2008 By Tony Scholes
Below are the stats from the first set of midweek fixtures this season along with a list of the leading scorers and the club's disciplinary records. With every club having now played three home games we've also included a list of average attendances ahead of this Saturday's fixtures.

The Midweek Results

Tuesday 16th September

Barnsley 0 Cardiff 1

Reading 6 Sheffield Wed 0

Bristol City 1 Birmingham 2

Sheffield United 1 Coventry 1

Burnley 2 Blackpool 0

Swansea 1 Derby 1

Doncaster 0 Charlton 1

Watford 1 Plymouth 2

Preston 2 Nottingham Forest 1

Wolves 2 Crystal Palace 1

Wednesday 17th September

Norwich 0 QPR 1

Southampton 2 Ipswich 2

The Midweek Stats

Biggest win

Reading 6-0 v Sheffield Wed (home)

Total goals scored

31 (18 home - 13 away)

Player scoring most goals

3 - Kevin Doyle (Reading)

Highest Attendance

24,249 - Norwich v QPR

Lowest Attendance

10,483 - Doncaster v Charlton

Total Yellow Cards

31

Total Red Cards

2

Most cards in a game

Norwich v QPR (4Y 1R)

The leading scorers (league only)

6

Kevin Doyle (Reading)

4

Dexter Blackstock (QPR)
Sylvan Ebanks-Blake (Wolves)
Andy Gray (Charlton)
Billy Sharp (Sheffield Utd)

3

Graham Alexander (Burnley)
Chris Iwelumo (Wolves)
Michael Kightly (Wolves)
Arturo Lupoli (Norwich)
Ross McCormack (Cardiff)
Kevin Phillips (Birmingham)
Ibrahima Sonko (Reading)
Tommy Smith (Watford)
Marcus Tudgay (Sheffield Wed)
Sam Vokes (Wolves)

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

Disciplinary Record (all games)

Club

Y

R

Club

Y

R

Barnsley

13

2

Norwich

9

0

Birmingham

11

1

Nottingham Forest

9

0

Blackpool

11

1

Plymouth

10

1

Bristol City

10

0

Preston

4

0

Burnley

8

1

QPR

14

2

Cardiff

2

0

Reading

7

1

Charlton

7

1

Sheffield Utd

9

1

Coventry

14

1

Sheffield Wed

10

0

Crystal Palace

13

2

Southampton

9

1

Derby

9

0

Swansea

10

1

Doncaster

7

0

Watford

10

0

Ipswich

12

1

Wolves

9

0

Average Attendances (league only)

Avge

Club

High

Low

29,505

Derby

33,010

27,032

26,209

Sheffield Utd

29,226

24,130

24,068

Norwich City

24,249

23,727

23,330

Wolves

25,301

22,200

21,718

Ipswich

22,307

21,366

21,080

Charlton

21,675

20,020

20,693

Nottingham Forest

21,571

20,005

19,865

Birmingham

24,019

17,413

19,607

Sheffield Wed

23,793

17,066

19,267

Reading

20,441

18,159

19,048

Coventry

22,607

16,544

19,031

Cardiff

19,749

18,032

17,462

Bristol City

18,456

16,389

16,490

Southampton

18,925

14,916

16,105

Swansea

17,702

14,003

14,768

Crystal Palace

15,614

14,071

14,756

QPR

15,536

13,770

14,665

Watford

16,345

13,237

13,153

Preston

14,225

12,089

12,830

Barnsley

14,223

11,282

11,725

Plymouth

14,789

9,203

11,698

Burnley

13,752

10,032

11,387

Doncaster

11,873

10,483

8,406

Blackpool

8,611

8,244

The Weekend Fixtures

Saturday 20th September

Birmingham v Blackpool

Nottingham Forest v Charlton

Bristol City v Doncaster

Preston v Wolves

Coventry v QPR

Sheffield Wed v Ipswich

Crystal Palace v Plymouth

Southampton v Barnsley

Derby v Cardiff

Swansea v Burnley

Norwich v Sheffield Utd

Watford v Reading