Championship review

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Plymouth, Nottingham Forest and Southampton all grit out 1:0 victories over the promotion hopefuls and this will put a major dint in their battle for the top six places. The Blades and Birmingham both have the opportunity to capitalise on their slip-ups tomorrow in front of the Sky cameras in the 12:15pm kick-off.

Below are all the results:

Saturday 28th February:

Barnsley 2:1 QPR
Bristol City 0:0 Blackpool
Burnley 2:4 Sheff Wed
Norwich 1:2 Coventry
Preston 3:2 Ipswich
Reading 0:1 Forest
Southampton 1:0 Cardiff
Swansea 1:1 Charlton
Watford 2:0 Palace
Wolves 0:1 Plymouth

This is how the league table currently stands:

Latest match Saturday, 28th 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 35 11 4 3 37 20 8 3 6 29 26 19 7 9 66 46 64 +20 2 Birmingham City 34 11 3 3 23 13 6 7 4 17 16 17 10 7 40 29 61 +11 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 Bristol City 35 6 9 3 24 19 8 3 6 20 18 14 12 9 44 37 54 +7 6 Cardiff City 32 9 4 2 23 11 4 10 3 20 18 13 14 5 43 29 53 +14 7 Sheffield United 33 7 4 5 22 16 7 6 4 23 15 14 10 9 45 31 52 +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

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.