The Championship Stats - 3rd and 4th March

Last updated : 05 March 2009 By Tony Scholes
Our win at Blackpool has seen us go up to seventh, just a point behind Preston who occupy the last play off place. The stats are below along with the leading scorers, each club's disciplinary records and the weekend fixtures.

The Midweek Results

Tuesday 3rd March

Blackpool 0 Burnley 1

Ipswich 0 Southampton 3

Cardiff 3 Barnsley 1

Nottingham Forest 2 Preston 1

Charlton 1 Doncaster 2

Plymouth 2 Watford 1

Crystal Palace 0 Wolves 1

QPR 0 Norwich 1

Derby 2 Swansea 2

Sheffield Wed 1 Reading 2

Wednesday 4th March

Birmingham 1 Bristol City 0

Coventry 1 Sheffield Utd 2

The Midweek Stats

Biggest win

Southampton 3-0 v Ipswich (away)

Total goals scored

30 (13 home - 17 away)

Player scoring most goals
2

Robert Earnshaw (Nottingham Forest)
Jason Euell (Southampton)
Paul Gallagher (Plymouth)
Chris Porter (Derby)

Highest Attendance

26,691 - Derby v Swansea

Lowest Attendance

7,679 - Blackpool v Burnley

Total Yellow Cards

40

Total Red Cards

1

Most cards in a game

Crystal Palace v Wolves (6Y) - Graham Horwood

The leading scorers (league only)

22

Sylvan Ebanks-Blake (Wolves)

18

Kevin Doyle (Reading)

16

Jason Scotland (Swansea)

14

Ross McCormack (Cardiff)
Tommy Smith (Watford)

13

Chris Iwelumo (Wolves)
Kevin Phillips (Birmingham)

12

James Beattie (Sheffield Utd)
Dexter Blackstock (QPR)
Marcus Tudgay (Sheffield Wed)

11

Paul Gallagher (Plymouth)
Jordi Gomez (Swansea)
Rob Hulse (Derby)
Martin Paterson (Burnley)

10

Noel Hunt (Reading)

9

Dele Adebola (Bristol City)
Nick Bailey (Charlton)
Robert Earnshaw (Nottingham Forest)
Nicky Maynard (Bristol City)
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

61

5

Norwich

44

5

Birmingham

57

3

Nottingham Forest

70

3

Blackpool

60

5

Plymouth

49

3

Bristol City

52

0

Preston

50

1

Burnley

69

7

QPR

61

4

Cardiff

31

4

Reading

47

4

Charlton

60

3

Sheffield Utd

49

4

Coventry

74

2

Sheffield Wed

45

4

Crystal Palace

56

4

Southampton

69

5

Derby

57

2

Swansea

62

2

Doncaster

51

2

Watford

53

2

Ipswich

65

4

Wolves

56

4

The Weekend Fixtures

Saturday 7th March

Birmingham v Southampton

Derby v Bristol City

Blackpool v Norwich

Nottingham Forest v Swansea

Cardiff v Doncaster

Plymouth v Reading

Charlton v Watford

QPR v Sheffield Utd

Crystal Palace v Preston

Sheffield Wed v Wolves