The Championship Stats - 21st and 22nd March

Last updated : 22 March 2009 By Tony Scholes
Leaders Wolves are now nine points clear of third place Reading and looking very likely to win one of the two automatic promotion places whilst results involving the clubs just below the play offs suggest the likes of Bristol City and Swansea might be struggling to make that top six.

The stats are shown below along with a list of leading scorers, each club's disciplinary record and the next fixtures.

The Weekend Results

Saturday 21st March

Birmingham 1 Norwich 1

Ipswich 0 Watford 0

Blackpool 1 Southampton 1

Nottingham Forest 0 Wolves 1

Charlton 0 Preston 0

Plymouth 1 Burnley 2

Coventry 1 Doncaster 0

QPR 2 Bristol City 1

Crystal Palace 0 Reading 0

Sheffield Wed 0 Swansea 0

Derby 0 Barnsley 0

Sheffield Wed v Wolves

Sunday 22nd March

Cardiff 0 Sheffield Utd 3

Sheffield Wed v Wolves

The Weekend Stats

Biggest win

Sheffield Utd 3-0 v Cardiff (away)

Total goals scored

15 (6 home - 9 away)

Player scoring most goals

no player scored more than one goal

Highest Attendance

32,277 - Derby v Barnsley

Lowest Attendance

7,947 - Blackpool v Southampton

Total Yellow Cards

36

Total Red Cards

3

Most cards in a game

Cardiff v Sheffield Utd (5Y 2R) - Paul Taylor

The leading scorers (league only)

24

Sylvan Ebanks-Blake (Wolves)

18

Kevin Doyle (Reading)
Jason Scotland (Swansea)

16

Ross McCormack (Cardiff)

15

Tommy Smith (Watford)

14

Chris Iwelumo (Wolves)

13

Rob Hulse (Derby)
Kevin Phillips (Birmingham)
Marcus Tudgay (Sheffield Wed)

12

James Beattie (Sheffield Utd)
Dexter Blackstock (QPR)
Paul Gallagher (Plymouth)

11

Jordi Gomez (Swansea)
Martin Paterson (Burnley)

10

Nick Bailey (Charlton)
Jay Bothroyd (Cardiff)
Noel Hunt (Reading)
Nicky Maynard (Bristol City)
Tamas Priskin (Watford)
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

65

5

Norwich

51

6

Birmingham

59

3

Nottingham Forest

79

3

Blackpool

70

5

Plymouth

56

3

Bristol City

58

0

Preston

51

1

Burnley

72

7

QPR

67

4

Cardiff

37

6

Reading

55

5

Charlton

61

3

Sheffield Utd

53

4

Coventry

82

2

Sheffield Wed

49

4

Crystal Palace

66

4

Southampton

77

5

Derby

62

2

Swansea

68

2

Doncaster

55

2

Watford

60

2

Ipswich

73

4

Wolves

63

4

The Next Fixtures

Saturday 4th April

Barnsley v Nottingham Forest

Doncaster v Watford

Blackpool v Plymouth

Norwich v Sheffield Wed

Bristol City v Preston

QPR v Crystal Palace

Coventry v Reading

Sheffield Utd v Ipswich

Derby v Burnley

Southampton v Charlton

Sunday 5th April

Cardiff v Swansea

Sheffield Wed v Wolves

Monday 6th April

Birmingham v Wolves

Sheffield Wed v Wolves