Championship preview

7th and 2nd place will battle it out for the points to push themselves higher up the table and to close the gap on the leaders respectively. Ten other matches will be played on Saturday whilst Doncaster Rovers play Derby on Friday night.

The full fixtures are below:

Saturday 28th February 2009:

Barnsley vs QPR
Bristol City vs Blackpool
Burnley vs Sheff Wed
Norwich vs Coventry
Preston vs Ipswich
Reading vs Forest
Southampton vs Cardiff
Swansea vs Charlton
Watford vs Palace
Wolves vs Plymouth

Sunday 1st March 2009:

Sheff Utd vs Birmingham

The league table is published below:

Latest match Wednesday, 25th February 2009 Pld Home Away Overall Pts EP W D L F A W D L F A W D L F A 1 Wolverhampton Wanderers 34 11 4 2 37 19 8 3 6 29 26 19 7 8 66 45 64 +21 2 Birmingham City 34 11 3 3 23 13 6 7 4 17 16 17 10 7 40 29 61 +11 3 Reading 32 12 3 2 37 10 5 5 5 21 18 17 8 7 58 28 59 +30 4 Cardiff City 31 9 4 2 23 11 4 10 2 20 17 13 14 4 43 28 53 +15 5 Bristol City 34 6 8 3 24 19 8 3 6 20 18 14 11 9 44 37 53 +7 6 Preston North End 34 12 2 3 25 14 3 6 8 20 28 15 8 11 45 42 53 +3 7 Sheffield United 33 7 4 5 22 16 7 6 4 23 15 14 10 9 45 31 52 +14 8 Burnley 34 9 5 3 25 17 5 5 7 22 29 14 10 10 47 46 52 +1 9 Swansea City 33 8 8 1 34 16 4 7 5 15 20 12 15 6 49 36 51 +13 10 Ipswich Town 34 6 7 4 23 16 7 4 6 25 21 13 11 10 48 37 50 +11 11 Queens Park Rangers 33 9 4 3 22 15 3 8 6 12 17 12 12 9 34 32 48 +2 12 Sheffield Wednesday 34 9 5 3 22 10 3 4 10 14 35 12 9 13 36 45 45 -9 13 Crystal Palace 32 7 5 4 22 14 5 3 8 20 23 12 8 12 42 37 44 +5 14 Coventry City 33 7 5 5 21 20 4 6 6 16 19 11 11 11 37 39 44 -2 15 Derby County 32 7 4 5 23 17 4 4 8 17 26 11 8 13 40 43 41 -3 16 Doncaster Rovers 33 6 5 5 9 10 5 2 10 18 28 11 7 15 27 38 40 -11 17 Blackpool 34 4 5 8 19 27 5 6 6 15 21 9 11 14 34 48 38 -14 18 Watford 32 8 3 5 30 24 2 3 11 16 29 10 6 16 46 53 36 -7 19 Barnsley 32 6 4 6 19 15 4 2 10 11 26 10 6 16 30 41 36 -11 20 Plymouth Argyle 34 5 4 8 21 25 4 5 8 10 19 9 9 16 31 44 36 -13 21 Nottingham Forest 34 4 6 7 17 22 4 4 9 19 28 8 10 16 36 50 34 -14 22 Norwich City 34 6 5 6 29 23 2 4 11 15 30 8 9 17 44 53 33 -9 23 Southampton 33 2 7 8 16 23 5 3 8 16 28 7 10 16 32 51 31 -19 24 Charlton Athletic 33 5 4 7 22 27 1 4 12 12 28 6 8 19 34 55 26 -21

Colour key League Champions Relegation place(s) Team(s) to be transferred Promotion place(s) Play-off place(s) Team(s) set to merge

Position ordering Teams level on both goal difference and goals scored are initially ordered according to the results of any matches played between one another.