That win has given them more than a chance of playing for the top two places whilst Cardiff won one of their games in hand the following night to go above us into fifth place.
The stats, along with a list of leading scorers, each club's disciplinary record and the Easter fixtures are all shown below.
The Midweek Results | |
Tuesday 7th April | |
Crystal Palace 1 Coventry 1 | Watford 2 Southampton 2 |
Sheffield Utd 2 Barnsley 1 | Sheffield Wed v Wolves |
Wednesday 8th April | |
Cardiff 4 Derby 1 | Sheffield Wed v Wolves |
The Midweek Stats | |
Biggest win | Cardiff 4-1 v Derby (home) |
Total goals scored | 14 (9 home - 5 away) |
Player scoring most goals | 2 - Jan Paul Saeijs (Southampton) |
Highest Attendance | 27,061 - Sheffield United v Burnley |
Lowest Attendance | 8,103 - Blackpool v Plymouth |
Total Yellow Cards | 7 |
Total Red Cards | 0 |
Most cards in a game | Crystal Palace v Coventry (3Y) - Fred Graham |
The leading scorers (league only) | |
24 | Sylvan Ebanks-Blake (Wolves) |
18 | Kevin Doyle (Reading) Jason Scotland (Swansea) |
17 | 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 | Nick Bailey (Charlton) Jay Bothroyd (Cardiff) Jordi Gomez (Swansea) Nicky Maynard (Bristol City) Martin Paterson (Burnley) Tamas Priskin (Watford) |
10 | Robert Earnshaw (Nottingham Forest) Noel Hunt (Reading) David McGodrick (Southampton) 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 | 71 | 5 | Norwich | 52 | 6 |
| Birmingham | 59 | 4 | Nottingham Forest | 80 | 3 |
| Blackpool | 71 | 5 | Plymouth | 56 | 3 |
| Bristol City | 58 | 0 | Preston | 52 | 1 |
| Burnley | 73 | 7 | QPR | 67 | 4 |
| Cardiff | 37 | 6 | Reading | 58 | 5 |
| Charlton | 65 | 3 | Sheffield Utd | 56 | 4 |
| Coventry | 87 | 2 | Sheffield Wed | 51 | 5 |
| Crystal Palace | 72 | 4 | Southampton | 79 | 5 |
| Derby | 63 | 2 | Swansea | 69 | 3 |
| Doncaster | 56 | 2 | Watford | 60 | 2 |
| Ipswich | 75 | 4 | Wolves | 64 | 4 |
The Easter Fixtures | |
Friday 10th April | |
Reading v Sheffield Utd | Wolves v Southampton |
Saturday 11th April | |
Burnley v QPR | Plymouth v Coventry |
Charlton v Birmingham | Preston v Blackpool |
Crystal Palace v Cardiff | Sheffield Wed v Derby |
Ipswich v Doncaster | Swansea v Norwich |
Nottingham Forest v Bristol City | Watford v Barnsley |
Monday 13th April | |
Barnsley v Swansea | Derby v Wolves |
Birmingham v Plymouth | Doncaster v Preston |
Blackpool v Reading | Norwich v Watford |
Bristol City v Ipswich | QPR v Sheffield Wed |
Cardiff v Burnley | Sheffield Utd v Nottingham Forest |
Coventry v Charlton | Southampton v Crystal Palace |