The Championship Stats - 24th to 28th January

Last updated : 29 January 2009 By Tony Scholes
Our defeat at Watford has seen us slip to ninth in the table, our lowest position since mid-September. There must be mention for Charlton, our opponents on Saturday. They are still rotted to the bottom of the league but recorded their first win since the beginning of October. The results, stats, leading scorers, disciplinary records and the next fixtures are all below.

The Week's Results

Saturday 24th January

Blackpool 2 Birmingham 0

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Saturday 17th January

Barnsley 1 Ipswich 2

Plymouth 0 Bristol City 2

Birmingham 1 Derby 0

Reading 1 Wolves 0

Blackpool 0 QPR 3

Sheffield Utd 0 Doncaster 1

Charlton 1 Crystal Palace 0

Swansea 4 Preston 1

Norwich 2 Southampton 2

Watford 3 Burnley 0

Nottingham Forest 2 Sheffield Wed 1

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Wednesday 28th January

Coventry 0 Cardiff 2

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The Week's Stats

Biggest win

Swansea 4-1 v Preston (home)
QPR 3-0 v Blackpool (a)
Watford 3-0 v Burnley (h)

Total goals scored

31 (17 home - 14 away)

Player scoring most goals
2

Heidar Helguson (Watford)
Tamas Priskin (Watford)
Jonathan Stead (Ipswich)

Highest Attendance

26,555 - Sheffield Utd v Doncaster

Lowest Attendance

6,655 - Blackpool v QPR

Total Yellow Cards

38

Total Red Cards

3

Most cards in a game

Norwich v Southampton (7Y) - Lee Mason

The leading scorers (league only)

17

Kevin Doyle (Reading)

16

Sylvan Ebanks-Blake (Wolves)

14

Ross McCormack (Cardiff)

13

Chris Iwelumo (Wolves)
Jason Scotland (Swansea)

12

James Beattie (Sheffield Utd)
Dexter Blackstock (QPR)
Tommy Smith (Watford)

11

Kevin Phillips (Birmingham)

10

Noel Hunt (Reading)
Martin Paterson (Burnley)

9

Nicky Maynard (Bristol City)
Marcus Tudgay (Sheffield Wed)

8

Leroy Lita (Reading) - 7 with Norwich
Clinton Morrison (Coventry)
Jonathan Stead (Ipswich)

7

Ferrie Bodde (Swansea)
Jay Bothroyd (Cardiff)
Paul Gallagher (Plymouth)
Jordi Gomez (Swansea)
Andy Gray (Charlton)
Rob Hulse (Derby)
Michael Kightly (Wolves)
David McGoldrick (Southampton)
Neil Mellor (Preston)
John-Joe O'Toole (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

Disciplinary Record (all games)

Club

Y

R

Club

Y

R

Barnsley

51

4

Norwich

36

4

Birmingham

46

3

Nottingham Forest

52

3

Blackpool

48

3

Plymouth

39

3

Bristol City

42

0

Preston

39

1

Burnley

61

7

QPR

57

4

Cardiff

28

4

Reading

40

4

Charlton

46

3

Sheffield Utd

41

3

Coventry

60

2

Sheffield Wed

35

4

Crystal Palace

47

3

Southampton

56

4

Derby

52

2

Swansea

49

2

Doncaster

43

1

Watford

45

2

Ipswich

55

4

Wolves

45

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The Next Fixtures

Friday 30th January

Doncaster v Norwich

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Saturday 31st January

Bristol City v Barnsley

Preston v Sheffield Utd

Burnley v Charlton

QPR v Reading

Cardiff v Nottingham Forest

Sheffield Wed v Birmingham

Crystal Palace v Blackpool

Southampton v Swansea

Derby v Coventry

Wolves v Watford

Ipswich v Plymouth

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