QPR are almost home and dry and it is just a matter as to who goes up with them. It could still be any one of four teams but I wouldn't be putting any money on Swansea the way they played at Burnley.
Cardiff are in pole position right now but anything could happen in the remaining four games and Reading, given their incredible run, can't be ruled out by any means.
The three that don't make it will be in the play offs with one other and that one other could, and it is only a could, still be us after a six point haul in our two home games. We're still behind Nottingham Forest and Hull on goal difference whilst just two points behind Leeds who are in that sixth place.
We've got a chance again, but it will be tough and we will need to go to Elland Road and win I would think if we are to have any chance.
Down at the foot of the table, the bottom four played each other. Had Crystal Palace beaten Scunthorpe I think that would have been it with Scunthorpe, Preston and Sheffield United all but relegated.
But they didn't and it's opened up. The Blades will go down, absolutely no doubt about that, but there is just enough light at the end of the tunnel to give the other two hope. I still think they'll go down but Palace will need to find at least one win from somewhere.
The results from the last week, along with the stats, are shown below with the first Easter fixtures, the league's leading goalscorers and the disciplinary records of each club.
The Weekend Results | |
Friday 15th April | |
Norwich 2 Nottingham Forest 1 | |
Saturday 16th April | |
Bristol City 0 Ipswich 1 | Hull 2 Doncaster 1 |
Burnley 2 Swansea 1 | Leeds 2 Watford 2 |
Cardiff 3 Portsmouth 0 | Middlesbrough 1 Barnsley 1 |
Coventry 2 Millwall 1 | Preston 3 Sheffield United 1 |
Crystal Palace 1 Scunthorpe 2 | Reading 3 Leicester 1 |
Monday 18th April | |
QPR 0 Derby 0 | |
Tuesday 19th April | |
Burnley 3 Middlesbrough 1 |
The Weekend Stats | |
Biggest win | Cardiff 3-0 v Portsmouth (away) |
Total goals scored | 34 (22 home - 12 away) |
Player scoring most goals | Marlon King (Coventry) |
Highest Attendance | 30,240 - Leeds v Watford |
Lowest Attendance | 12,076 - Preston v Sheffield United |
Total Yellow Cards | 44 |
Total Red Cards | 7 |
Most cards in a game | Crystal Palace v Scunthorpe (9Y 2R) - Keith Stroud |
The leading scorers (league only) | |
23 | Danny Graham (Watford) - includes 1 penalty |
21 | Shane Long (Reading) - includes 5 penalties |
20 | Grant Holt (Norwich) - includes 3 penalties |
19 | Luciano Becchio (Leeds) |
17 | Jay Bothroyd (Cardiff) - includes 1 penalty Max Gradel (Leeds) - includes 2 penalties |
16 | Scott Sinclair (Swansea) - includes 5 penalties Adel Taarabt (QPR) - includes 6 penalties |
15 | Bill Sharp (Doncaster) - includes 4 penalties Steve Morison (Millwall) - includes 1 penalty |
14 | Andy King (Leicester) |
13 | Kris Commons (Derby) - includes 2 penalties Jay Rodriguez (Burnley) |
12 | Heidar Helguson (QPR) - includes 5 penalties Lewis McGugan (Nottingham Forest) - includes 3 penalties |
11 | Matt Fryatt (Hull) - includes 3 penalties & 2 with Leicester) Iain Hume (Preston) Chris Iwelumo (Burnley) Marlon King (Coventry) - includes 3 penalties David Nugent (Portsmouth) Brett Pitman (Bristol City) - includes 3 penalties Davide Somma (Leeds) |
Hat Tricks (league only) | |
11th Sep | 3 - Chris Iwelumo - BURNLEY v Preston |
14th Sep | 3 - James Coppinger - DONCASTER v Norwich |
14th Sep | 3 - James Vaughan - CRYSTAL PALACE v Portsmouth |
28th Sep | 3 - Jon Parkin - Leeds v PRESTON |
30th Oct | 3 - Jonny Howson - Scunthorpe v LEEDS |
13th Nov | 3 - Luciano Becchio - LEEDS v Bristol City |
27th Nov | 3 - Grant Holt - NORWICH v Leeds |
28th Dec | 3 - Wes Hoolahan - NORWICH v Sheffield United |
1st Jan | 3 - Jason Puncheon - MILLWALL v Crystal Palace |
5th Feb | 3 - Matt Fryatt - Scunthorpe v HULL |
15th Feb | 3 - Connor Wickham - Doncaster v IPSWICH |
2nd Apr | 3 - Grant Holt - NORWICH v Scunthorpe |
2nd Apr | 3 - Simeon Jackson - NORWICH v Scunthorpe |
2nd Apr | 3 - Yakubu - Middlesbrough v LEICESTER |
Disciplinary Record (all domestic games) | |||||
Club | Y | R | Club | Y | R |
Barnsley | 62 | 3 | Middlesbrough | 59 | 1 |
Bristol City | 57 | 2 | Millwall | 61 | 6 |
Burnley | 81 | 5 | Norwich | 66 | 3 |
Cardiff | 53 | 1 | Nottingham Forest | 65 | 3 |
Coventry | 64 | 5 | Portsmouth | 80 | 9 |
Crystal Palace | 79 | 8 | Preston | 84 | 5 |
Derby | 74 | 2 | QPR | 64 | 6 |
Doncaster | 47 | 3 | Reading | 67 | 4 |
Hull | 73 | 2 | Scunthorpe | 56 | 4 |
Ipswich | 66 | 5 | Sheffield United | 70 | 10 |
Leeds | 81 | 4 | Swansea | 61 | 2 |
Leicester | 52 | 3 | Watford | 50 | 2 |
The Next Fixtures | |
Thursday 21st April | |
Ipswich v Norwich | |
Friday 22nd April | |
Coventry v Scunthorpe (15:00) | Nottingham Forest v Leicester (17:15) |
Doncaster v Crystal Palace (15:00) | Leeds v Reading (19:45) |
Saturday 23rd April | |
Cardiff v QPR (12:45) | Portsmouth v Swansea |
Derby v Burnley | Sheffield United v Bristol City |
Hull v Middlesbrough | Watford v Barnsley |
Millwall v Preston (17:20) |