Championship preview - 3/3/09

The Owls who did United a massive favour at the weekend by demolishing Burnley 4:2 can now help the Blades in their promotion hunt by claiming the points of the Royals. Meanwhile Wolves are at Palace and Cardiff host Barnsley. Tomorrow (Wednesday) United travel to the Ricoh to meet Coventry while Birmingham encounter Bristol City at Ashton Gate.

The full fixtures are below:

Tuesday 3rd March 2009:

Blackpool vs Burnley
Cardiff vs Barnsley
Charlton vs Doncaster
C Palace vs Wolves
Derby vs Swansea
Ipswich vs Southampton
N Forest vs Preston
Plymouth vs Watford
QPR vs Norwich
Sheff Wed vs Reading

Wednesday 4th March 2009:

Bristol City vs Birmingham
Coventry vs Sheff Utd

The latest league table is below:

Latest match Sunday, 1st 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 35 11 4 3 37 20 8 3 6 29 26 19 7 9 66 46 64 +20 2 Birmingham City 35 11 3 3 23 13 6 7 5 18 18 17 10 8 41 31 61 +10 3 Reading 33 12 3 3 37 11 5 5 5 21 18 17 8 8 58 29 59 +29 4 Preston North End 35 13 2 3 28 16 3 6 8 20 28 16 8 11 48 44 56 +4 5 Sheffield United 34 8 4 5 24 17 7 6 4 23 15 15 10 9 47 32 55 +15 6 Bristol City 35 6 9 3 24 19 8 3 6 20 18 14 12 9 44 37 54 +7 7 Cardiff City 32 9 4 2 23 11 4 10 3 20 18 13 14 5 43 29 53 +14 8 Swansea City 34 8 9 1 35 17 4 7 5 15 20 12 16 6 50 37 52 +13 9 Burnley 35 9 5 4 27 21 5 5 7 22 29 14 10 11 49 50 52 -1 10 Ipswich Town 35 6 7 4 23 16 7 4 7 27 24 13 11 11 50 40 50 +10 11 Queens Park Rangers 34 9 4 3 22 15 3 8 7 13 19 12 12 10 35 34 48 +1 12 Sheffield Wednesday 35 9 5 3 22 10 4 4 10 18 37 13 9 13 40 47 48 -7 13 Coventry City 34 7 5 5 21 20 5 6 6 18 20 12 11 11 39 40 47 -1 14 Crystal Palace 33 7 5 4 22 14 5 3 9 20 25 12 8 13 42 39 44 +3 15 Doncaster Rovers 34 7 5 5 11 11 5 2 10 18 28 12 7 15 29 39 43 -10 16 Derby County 33 7 4 5 23 17 4 4 9 18 28 11 8 14 41 45 41 -4 17 Watford 33 9 3 5 32 24 2 3 11 16 29 11 6 16 48 53 39 -5 18 Barnsley 33 7 4 6 21 16 4 2 10 11 26 11 6 16 32 42 39 -10 19 Plymouth Argyle 35 5 4 8 21 25 5 5 8 11 19 10 9 16 32 44 39 -12 20 Blackpool 35 4 5 8 19 27 5 7 6 15 21 9 12 14 34 48 39 -14 21 Nottingham Forest 35 4 6 7 17 22 5 4 9 20 28 9 10 16 37 50 37 -13 22 Southampton 34 3 7 8 17 23 5 3 8 16 28 8 10 16 33 51 34 -18 23 Norwich City 35 6 5 7 30 25 2 4 11 15 30 8 9 18 45 55 33 -10 24 Charlton Athletic 34 5 4 7 22 27 1 5 12 13 29 6 9 19 35 56 27 -21

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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.