Championship preview - 10/3/09

Wolverhampton Wanderers face Ipswich Town in a highly intrigued encounter at Molineux. Barnsley entertain Birmingham at Oakwell while Reading host bottom of the league Charlton. Swansea meet in form Plymouth and Preston play our neighbours Sheffield Wednesday.

The fixtures are as follows:

Tuesday 10th March 2009:

Barnsley vs Birmingham
Bristol City vs Coventry
Doncaster vs QPR
Norwich vs Cardiff
Preston vs Sheff Wed
Reading vs Charlton
Sheff Utd vs Blackpool
Southampton vs Derby
Swansea vs Plymouth
Watford vs N Forest
Wolves vs Ipswich

Wednesday 11th March 2009:

Burnley vs C Palace

The table currently stands:

Latest match Saturday, 7th March 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 37 11 4 3 37 20 10 3 6 31 26 21 7 9 68 46 70 +22 2 Birmingham City 37 13 3 3 25 13 6 7 5 18 18 19 10 8 43 31 67 +12 3 Reading 35 12 3 3 37 11 6 6 5 25 21 18 9 8 62 32 63 +30 4 Cardiff City 34 11 4 2 29 12 4 10 3 20 18 15 14 5 49 30 59 +19 5 Sheffield United 36 8 4 5 24 17 8 7 4 25 16 16 11 9 49 33 59 +16 6 Preston North End 37 13 2 3 28 16 3 6 10 22 32 16 8 13 50 48 56 +2 7 Burnley 36 9 5 4 27 21 6 5 7 23 29 15 10 11 50 50 55 0 8 Swansea City 36 8 9 1 35 17 4 9 5 18 23 12 18 6 53 40 54 +13 9 Bristol City 37 6 9 3 24 19 8 3 8 21 21 14 12 11 45 40 54 +5 10 Ipswich Town 36 6 7 5 23 19 7 4 7 27 24 13 11 12 50 43 50 +7 11 Queens Park Rangers 36 9 5 4 22 16 3 8 7 13 19 12 13 11 35 35 49 0 12 Sheffield Wednesday 37 9 5 5 23 13 4 4 10 18 37 13 9 15 41 50 48 -9 13 Crystal Palace 35 8 5 5 24 16 5 3 9 20 25 13 8 14 44 41 47 +3 14 Coventry City 35 7 5 6 22 22 5 6 6 18 20 12 11 12 40 42 47 -2 15 Doncaster Rovers 36 7 5 5 11 11 6 2 11 20 32 13 7 16 31 43 46 -12 16 Derby County 35 8 5 5 27 20 4 4 9 18 28 12 9 14 45 48 45 -3 17 Plymouth Argyle 37 6 5 8 25 28 5 5 8 11 19 11 10 16 36 47 43 -11 18 Watford 35 9 3 5 32 24 3 3 12 20 33 12 6 17 52 57 42 -5 19 Blackpool 37 5 5 9 21 28 5 7 6 15 21 10 12 15 36 49 42 -13 20 Nottingham Forest 37 5 7 7 20 24 5 4 9 20 28 10 11 16 40 52 41 -12 21 Barnsley 34 7 4 6 21 16 4 2 11 12 29 11 6 17 33 45 39 -12 22 Southampton 36 3 7 8 17 23 6 3 9 19 29 9 10 17 36 52 37 -16 23 Norwich City 37 6 5 7 30 25 3 4 12 16 32 9 9 19 46 57 36 -11 24 Charlton Athletic 36 5 4 9 25 32 1 5 12 13 29 6 9 21 38 61 27 -23

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.