The Championship Stats - 20th December

Last updated : 20 December 2008 By Tony Scholes
Burnley remain in fourth place after the win at Bristol City and are now six points clear of sixth place in the table as we look forward to the Christmas games. The stats, along with the leading scorers and the current totals for red and yellow cards are shown below along with the Boxing Day fixtures.

The Weekend Results

Saturday 20th December

Barnsley 2 Plymouth 0

Derby 1 Watford 0

Birmingham 1 Reading 3

Doncaster 0 Wolves 1

Blackpool 1 Swansea 1

Norwich 1 Charlton 0

Bristol City 1 Burnley 2

QPR 3 Preston 2

Cardiff 2 Sheffield Wed 0

Sheffield Utd 2 Crystal Palace 2

Coventry 2 Ipswich 2

Southampton 0 Nottingham Forest 2

The Weekend Stats

Biggest win

Reading 3-1 v Birmingham (away)
Barnsley 2-0 v Plymouth (home)
Cardiff 2-0 v Sheffield Wed (home)
Nottingham Forest 2-0 v Southampton (away)

Total goals scored

31 (16 home - 15 away)

Player scoring most goals
2

Heidar Helguson (QPR)
Kevin Lisbie (Ipswich)

Highest Attendance

27,833 - Derby v Watford

Lowest Attendance

7,007 - Blackpool v Swansea

Total Yellow Cards

33

Total Red Cards

1

Most cards in a game

Sheffield Utd v Crystal Palace (6Y)
Southampton v Nottingham Forest (6Y)

The leading scorers (league only)

16

Kevin Doyle (Reading)

14

Sylvan Ebanks-Blake (Wolves)

13

Chris Iwelumo (Wolves)
Ross McCormack (Cardiff)

12

Tommy Smith (Watford)

11

James Beattie (Sheffield Utd)
Kevin Phillips (Birmingham)

9

Dexter Blackstock (QPR)
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)
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

41

4

Norwich

28

4

Birmingham

35

2

Nottingham Forest

36

3

Blackpool

36

2

Plymouth

35

2

Bristol City

33

0

Preston

28

1

Burnley

50

5

QPR

45

4

Cardiff

23

4

Reading

31

3

Charlton

31

3

Sheffield Utd

33

3

Coventry

50

1

Sheffield Wed

27

3

Crystal Palace

33

3

Southampton

38

3

Derby

38

1

Swansea

39

2

Doncaster

36

1

Watford

39

2

Ipswich

43

4

Wolves

35

3

The Boxing Day Fixtures

Friday 26th December

Burnley v Barnsley

Preston v Derby

Charlton v QPR

Reading v Cardiff

Crystal Palace v Norwich

Sheffield Wednesday v Blackpool

Ipswich v Birmingham

Swansea v Coventry

Nottingham Forest v Doncaster

Watford v Bristol City

Plymouth v Southampton

Wolves v Sheffield Utd