Two relegation places confirmed

Last updated : 28 April 2014 By Tony Scholes

Meanwhile the top three kept winning. Leicester moved within one point of the century and, as it happened, we needed more points than I thought we would need when Derby also won again.

We remain eight points clear of third but are now a massive 15 points ahead of QPR, who Harry says have had a good season to get to fourth place. They, like Derby, are assured a play-off place and it is now, surely, between Reading, Wigan and Brighton for the remaining two places.

Wigan will claim one of them should they beat Birmingham at St. Andrew's tomorrow night in their game in hand. If so that will definitely put us in the spotlight again when we travel to the Madejski this Saturday.

Birmingham, however, will need the points. They've managed to find themselves in the bottom three for the first time this season. It's not the best time to do it but they will be replaced by Doncaster if they can get something in that game against Wigan.

I think we all thought Blackpool were going to be the ones to go down with Barnsley and Yeovil but their surprise win at Wigan has now given them more than a lifeline. They need just a point from their last game, at home to Charlton, to survive, but in truth I don't think they'll need that.

I suspect Doncaster could be the ones to go. They will if they lost at Leicester this Saturday coupled with Birmingham picking something up from their last two games. If they do go it will mean two of the teams promoted from League One last season will be going straight back down whilst the other, Bournemouth, are nicely nestled in the top half of the table.

I wonder what the Championship will be like next season. It seems they all want to be Burnley. Recently Middlesbrough boss Aitor Karanka admitted that his team could learn so much from us and that's been followed today by Ipswich full back Luke Chambers.

He said of us: "They are a top, top side. I'm pleased for them because they deserve it.

"We have played them twice this season and lost 1-0 both times. The margins have not been very big at all. What they have achieved is what we have got to aim for now."

A couple of midweek games, then the final week of the season. That will sort out the last relegation place and determine which two get those remaining play-off places. Then it's a three week wait to see who wins those play-offs and joins us and Leicester in the Premier League.

The weekend results and stats are below with the leading goalscorers, each club's disciplinary record, and ours is the best, the highest and lowest attendances and the remaining Championship fixtures of the 2013/14 season.

The Results
Friday 25th April
BRIGHTON 2 YEOVIL 0  
Saturday 26th April
BIRMINGHAM 1 LEEDS 3 HUDDERSFIELD 0 LEICESTER 2
BOURNEMOUTH 4 NOTTINGHAM FOREST 1 MIDDLESBROUGH 3 BARNSLEY 1
BURNLEY 1 IPSWICH 0 QPR 1 MILLWALL 1
CHARLTON 1 BLACKBURN 3 SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY 1 BOLTON 3
DERBY 4 WATFORD 2 WIGAN 0 BLACKPOOL 2
DONCASTER 1 READING 3  

 

The Stats
Biggest Win BOURNEMOUTH 4-1 v NOTTINGHAM FOREST (home)
Total Goals Scored 40 (19 home - 21 away)
Player Scoring Most Goals 2 - LEWIS GRABBAN (BOURNEMOUTH) v NOTTINGHAM FOREST
JEFF HENDRICK (DERBY) v WATFORD
YANN KERMOGANT (BOURNEMOUTH) v NOTTINGHAM FOREST
PAVEL POGREBNYAK (READING) v DONCASTER
Highest Attendance 26,901 - BRIGHTON v YEOVIL
Lowest Attendance 10,212 - DONCASTER v READING
Total Yellow Cards 25
Total Red Cards 1
Most Cards in a Game DERBY v WATFORD (4Y 1R) Ref: SCOTT DUNCAN
SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY v BOLTON (5Y) Ref: ANDY DAVIES

 

Leading Goalscorers (League Only)
28 ROSS McCORMACK (LEEDS) - includes 2 penalties
24 JORDAN RHODES (BLACKBURN) - includes 4 penalties
22 TROY DEENEY (WATFORD) - includes 5 penalties
LEWIS GRABBAN (BOURNEMOUTH) - includes 7 penalties
20 DANNY INGS (BURNLEY) - includes 1 penalty
CHRIS MARTIN (DERBY) - includes 4 penalties
SAM VOKES (BURNLEY) - includes 4 penalties
19 DAVID NUGENT (LEICESTER) - includes 8 penalties
16 CHARLIE AUSTIN (QPR) - includes 4 penalties
CRAIG BRYSON (DERBY) - includes 1 penalty
JAMIE VARDY (LEICESTER)
15 ADAM LE FONDRE (READING) - includes 3 penalties
14 YANN KERMOGANT (BOURNEMOUTH) - includes 1 penalty (5 with CHARLTON)
DAVID MCGOLDRICK (IPSWICH) - includes 2 penalties
13 FEDERICO MACHEDA (BIRMINGHAM) - (3 with DONCASTER)
DARYL MURPHY (IPSWICH)
CHRIS O'GRADY (BARNSLEY) - includes 4 penalties
PAVEL POGREBNYAK (READING) - includes 3 penalties
LEO ULLOA (BRIGHTON)
12 ALBERT ADOMAH (MIDDLESBROUGH)

 

Hat Tricks
 Date Player & Game
10/08/13 3: TROY DEENEY - WATFORD v BOURNEMOUTH (home)
24/08/13 3: JAMES VAUGHAN - HUDDERSFIELD v BOURNEMOUTH (home)
14/09/13 3: CRAIG BRYSON - DERBY v MILLWALL (away)
21/09/13 4: JESSE LINGARD - BIRMINGHAM v SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY (home)
10/11/13 4: ROSS McCORMACK - LEEDS v CHARLTON (away)
07/12/13 4: CHRIS MARTIN - DERBY v BLACKPOOL (home)
18/01/14 3: ADAM LE FONDRE - READING v BOLTON (home)
28/01/14 3: ADAM LE FONDRE - READING v BLACKPOOL (home)
01/02/14 3: ROSS McCORMACK - LEEDS v HUDDERSFIELD (home)
01/03/14 3: YANN KERMOGANT - BOURNEMOUTH v DONCASTER (home)
15/03/14 3: JORDAN RHODES - BLACKBURN v HUDDERSFIELD (away)
22/03/14 3: CRAIG BRYSON - DERBY v NOTTINGHAM FOREST (home)
21/04/14 3: RUDY GESTED - BLACKBURN v BIRMINGHAM (away)
21/04/14 3: MARVIN SORDELL - CHARLTON v SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY (away)

 

Disciplinary Record (League and Cup)
Club Y R Y R Club Y R Y R
  League   Total   League  Total 
BARNSLEY 67 6 68 6 IPSWICH 53 1 58 1
BIRMINGHAM 75 2 85 3 LEEDS 70 2 75 2
BLACKBURN 71 4 73 5 LEICESTER 52 2 55 2
BLACKPOOL 82 10 83 10 MIDDLESBROUGH 78 9 80 9
BOLTON 67 2 72 2 MILLWALL 83 5 87 6
BOURNEMOUTH 64 4 67 4 NOTTINGHAM FOREST 88 4 99 4
BRIGHTON 70 3 79 3 QPR 64 4 65 4
BURNLEY 48 2 53 3 READING 75 6 80 6
CHARLTON 54 4 61 4 SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY 92 5 96 7
DERBY 71 3 79 3 WATFORD 93 5 101 5
DONCASTER 70 4 73 4 WIGAN 71 2 93 2
HUDDERSFIELD 69 4 74 4 YEOVIL 79 4 87 4

 

Highest and Lowest Attendances
Highest Lowest
Att Fixture Att Fixture
33,432 LEEDS v BRIGHTON (03/08) 4,463 YEOVIL v MILLWALL (11/02)
33,004 DERBY v NOTT'M FOREST (22/03) 4,934 YEOVIL v DONCASTER (22/02)
31,103 LEEDS v HUDDERSFIELD (01/02) 5,530 YEOVIL v BLACKPOOL (03/12)
31,031 LEEDS v BARNSLEY (21/12) 5,903 YEOVIL v HUDDERSFIELD (21/04)
30,416 LEICESTER v NOTT'M FOREST (09/11) 5,920 YEOVIL v IPSWICH (11/03)
30,367 LEEDS v MIDDLESBROUGH (23/11) 6,042 YEOVIL v WATFORD (18/02)
30,145 LEEDS v BLACKBURN (01/01) 6,053 YEOVIL v CHARLTON (03/12)
29,722 LEICESTER v BRIGHTON (08/04) 6,149 YEOVIL v WIGAN (10/11)
29,093 BRIGHTON v IPSWICH (22/03) 6,251 YEOVIL v SHEFFIELD WED (08/03)
28,904 LEEDS v BOLTON (08/03) 6,293 YEOVIL v BURNLEY (11/01)

 

The Next Fixtures
Tuesday 29th April
BIRMINGHAM v WIGAN CHARLTON v WATFORD
Saturday 3rd May
BARNSLEY v QPR LEICESTER v DONCASTER
BLACKBURN v WIGAN MILLWALL v BOURNEMOUTH
BLACKPOOL v CHARLTON NOTTINGHAM FOREST v BRIGHTON
BOLTON v BIRMINGHAM READING v BURNLEY
IPSWICH v SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY WATFORD v HUDDERSFIELD
LEEDS v DERBY YEOVIL v MIDDLESBROUGH