The Championship Stats - 8th to 10th December

Last updated : 10 December 2008 By Tony Scholes
Wolves, Birmingham and Reading, the top three, were all winners whilst down at the bottom the three clubs in the relegation places all lost again and are four and five points away from Southampton who are fourth from bottom. The stats are shown below along with the leading scorers, the disciplinary records and this weekend's fixtures.

The Midweek Results

Monday 8th December

Crystal Palace 3 Southampton 0

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Tuesday 9th December

Burnley 2 Cardiff 2

Reading 1 Blackpool 0

Charlton 1 Coventry 2

Sheffield Wed 1 QPR 0

Nottingham Forest 0 Sheffield Utd 1

Swansea 2 Barnsley 2

Plymouth 0 Birmingham 1

Wolves 3 Derby 0

Preston 1 Doncaster 0

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Wednesday 10th December

Ipswich 3 Bristol City 1

Watford 2 Norwich 1

The Midweek Stats

Biggest win

Crystal Palace 3-0 v Southampton (home)
Wolves 3-0 v Derby (home)

Total goals scored

29 (19 home - 10 away)

Player scoring most goals
2

Sylvan Ebanks-Blake (Wolves)
Jason Scotland (Swansea)

Highest Attendance

21,326 - Wolves v Derby

Lowest Attendance

10,446 - Plymouth v Birmingham

Total Yellow Cards

29

Total Red Cards

2

Most cards in a game

Ipswich v Bristol City (5Y 1R)

The leading scorers (league only)

15

Kevin Doyle (Reading)

14

Sylvan Ebanks-Blake (Wolves)

13

Chris Iwelumo (Wolves)
Ross McCormack (Cardiff)

11

Tommy Smith (Watford)

10

James Beattie (Sheffield Utd)
Kevin Phillips (Birmingham)

8

Dexter Blackstock (QPR)
Noel Hunt (Reading)
Martin Paterson (Burnley)

7

Ferrie Bodde (Swansea)
Paul Gallagher (Plymouth)
Michael Kightly (Wolves)
Jason Scotland (Swansea)
Marcus Tudgay (Sheffield Wed)

6

Ben Burgess (Blackpool)
Jordi Gomez (Swansea)
Andy Gray (Charlton)
Rob Hulse (Derby)
Leroy Lita (Norwich)
Jon Macken (Barnsley)
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

36

4

Norwich

26

4

Birmingham

31

2

Nottingham Forest

33

3

Blackpool

31

2

Plymouth

33

1

Bristol City

33

0

Preston

27

1

Burnley

48

5

QPR

42

4

Cardiff

23

4

Reading

28

3

Charlton

29

3

Sheffield Utd

30

3

Coventry

50

1

Sheffield Wed

25

3

Crystal Palace

30

3

Southampton

31

3

Derby

36

1

Swansea

38

2

Doncaster

33

0

Watford

38

1

Ipswich

38

3

Wolves

33

3

The Weekend Fixtures

Saturday 13th December

Burnley v Southampton

Preston v Birmingham

Charlton v Derby

Reading v Norwich

Crystal Palace v Doncaster

Sheffield Wed v Bristol City

Ipswich v Cardiff

Swansea v Sheffield Utd

Nottingham Forest v Blackpool

Watford v Coventry

Plymouth v QPR

Wolves v Barnsley