None of the four teams in the top six who played on Saturday won. In fact three of them, Watford, Leicester and Brighton all lost. Palace managed a late goal to draw 2 - 2 against Leeds.
Forest are the big movers getting into the play off places at Brighton's expense. That's five wins in a row for Billy Davies' side.
Whatever happens in the Burnley v Hull game on Monday Cardiff will kick off against Leicester on Tuesday with a minimum 5 point lead over 3rd place with two games in hand.
Makes the table look much brighter for Cardiff after Saturday's games.
| npower Championship - Saturday March 9th 2013 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BIRMINGHAM CITY | (0) 3 | DERBY COUNTY | (1) 1 | 15,850 | ||
| Thomas 67, 90+2 Redmond 75 |
Davies 40 | |||||
| BOLTON WANDERERS | (1) 1 | BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION | (0) 0 | 17,599 | ||
| Alonso 20 | ||||||
| BRISTOL CITY | (1) 2 | MIDDLESBROUGH | (0) 0 | 13,524 | ||
| Adomah 32 Davies 52 |
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| CRYSTAL PALACE | (1) 2 | LEEDS UNITED | (0) 2 | 19,976 | ||
| Murray 27, 84 | Morison 56, 69 | |||||
| HUDDERSFIELD TOWN | (0) 0 | CHARLTON ATHLETIC | (1) 1 | 13,591 | ||
| Harriott 4 | ||||||
| LEICESTER CITY | (0) 0 | SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY | (0) 1 | 24,883 | ||
| Wickham 70 | ||||||
| NOTTINGHAM FOREST | (1) 3 | WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS | (0) 1 | 23,350 | ||
| Lansbury 31, 67 McGugan 90 |
Doherty 65 | |||||
| PETERBOROUGH UNITED | (0) 0 | IPSWICH TOWN | (0) 0 | 9,367 | ||
| WATFORD | (1) 1 | BLACKPOOL | (0) 2 | 13,857 | ||
| Battocchio 27 | Ince 76 MacKenzie 88 |
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League table:
| Home | Away | Overall | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Team | Pl | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | GD |
| 1 | Cardiff City | 35 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 29 | 25 | 22 | 5 | 8 | 57 | 37 | 71 | +20 |
| 2 | Watford | 37 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 33 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 39 | 25 | 20 | 6 | 11 | 72 | 47 | 66 | +25 |
| 3 | Crystal Palace | 37 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 47 | 23 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 23 | 18 | 11 | 8 | 67 | 46 | 65 | +21 |
| 4 | Hull City | 36 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 31 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 26 | 20 | 5 | 11 | 53 | 43 | 65 | +10 |
| 5 | Leicester City | 36 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 40 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 12 | 57 | 31 | 58 | +26 |
| 6 | Nottingham Forest | 37 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 32 | 22 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 22 | 25 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 54 | 47 | 57 | +7 |
| 7 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 36 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 27 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 23 | 21 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 50 | 36 | 56 | +14 |
| 8 | Bolton Wanderers | 37 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 30 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 25 | 32 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 55 | 49 | 54 | +6 |
| 9 | Middlesbrough | 37 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 35 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 20 | 35 | 17 | 3 | 17 | 55 | 57 | 54 | -2 |
| 10 | Leeds United | 36 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 18 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 24 | 33 | 14 | 9 | 13 | 47 | 51 | 51 | -4 |
| 11 | Burnley | 35 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 25 | 31 | 13 | 9 | 13 | 49 | 48 | 48 | +1 |
| 12 | Charlton Athletic | 37 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 21 | 27 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 23 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 46 | 50 | 47 | -4 |
| 13 | Blackpool | 37 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 28 | 22 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 25 | 29 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 53 | 51 | 46 | +2 |
| 14 | Birmingham City | 37 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 24 | 29 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 25 | 30 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 49 | 59 | 46 | -10 |
| 15 | Derby County | 37 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 34 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 34 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 52 | 53 | 45 | -1 |
| 16 | Blackburn Rovers | 36 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 20 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 23 | 27 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 44 | 47 | 45 | -3 |
| 17 | Millwall | 35 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 21 | 25 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 27 | 12 | 8 | 15 | 44 | 52 | 44 | -8 |
| 18 | Sheffield Wednesday | 36 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 22 | 29 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 21 | 12 | 7 | 17 | 41 | 50 | 43 | -9 |
| 19 | Ipswich Town | 37 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 24 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 31 | 11 | 10 | 16 | 35 | 55 | 43 | -20 |
| 20 | Huddersfield Town | 36 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 21 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 42 | 10 | 11 | 15 | 37 | 63 | 41 | -26 |
| 21 | Wolverhampton W'drs. | 37 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 22 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 21 | 26 | 10 | 9 | 18 | 43 | 53 | 39 | -10 |
| 22 | Bristol City | 37 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 37 | 37 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 20 | 53 | 65 | 39 | -12 |
| 23 | Peterborough United | 36 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 28 | 36 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 25 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 20 | 53 | 63 | 38 | -10 |
| 24 | Barnsley | 35 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 26 | 34 | 10 | 8 | 17 | 44 | 57 | 38 | -13 |