Championship review - 7/3/09

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Wolves and Birmingham both scored first half goals which proved to be vital. Reading stumbled at Plymouth who are currently on a role. Down at the bottom Charlton can't find a win from anywhere despite scoring two goals past Watford, and Doncaster were thumped 3:0 at Cardiff.

The results from Saturday's ties are below:

Saturday 7th March 2009:

Birmingham 1:0 Southampton
Blackpool 2:0 Norwich
Cardiff 3:0 Doncaster
Charlton 2:3 Watford
C Palace 2:1 Preston
Derby 2:1 Bristol City
N Forest 1:1 Swansea
Plymouth 2:2 Reading
QPR 0:0 Sheff Utd
Sheff Wed 0:1 Wolves

The league 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.