City upto 4th as the top teams strike back

The balance has been redressed somewhat this midweek with Wolves, Reading and Cardiff all winning. Birmingham, the team in 3rd are at home tonight against Bristol City.

Bristol are currently in 8th place but could jump over City into 4th if they win at St Andrews. They would have played 3 games more than City though. If Birmingham were to win that they would go 8 points clear of Cardiff having also played 3 games more. I think an ideal result tonight would be a draw, keeping Birmingham close enough and keeping Bristol City behind us.

Sheff Utd, who beat Birmingham on Sunday, are away tonight at Coventry. We'd like a home win in that game to keep Utd below us.

Matches tonight

Birmingham v Bristol City
Coventry v Sheff Utd

Championship table

Home						Away						Overall						Pts	EP
	W	D	L	F	A		W	D	L	F	A		W	D	L	F	A
1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	36		11	4	3	37	20		9	3	6	30	26		20	7	9	67	46		67	+21
2	Reading	34		12	3	3	37	11		6	5	5	23	19		18	8	8	60	30		62	+30
3	Birmingham City	35		11	3	3	23	13		6	7	5	18	18		17	10	8	41	31		61	+10
4	Cardiff City	33		10	4	2	26	12		4	10	3	20	18		14	14	5	46	30		56	+16
5	Preston North End	36		13	2	3	28	16		3	6	9	21	30		16	8	12	49	46		56	+3
6	Sheffield United	34		8	4	5	24	17		7	6	4	23	15		15	10	9	47	32		55	+15
7	Burnley	36		9	5	4	27	21		6	5	7	23	29		15	10	11	50	50		55	0
8	Bristol City	35		6	9	3	24	19		8	3	6	20	18		14	12	9	44	37		54	+7
9	Swansea City	35		8	9	1	35	17		4	8	5	17	22		12	17	6	52	39		53	+13
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	35		9	4	4	22	16		3	8	7	13	19		12	12	11	35	35		48	0
12	Sheffield Wednesday	36		9	5	4	23	12		4	4	10	18	37		13	9	14	41	49		48	-8
13	Coventry City	34		7	5	5	21	20		5	6	6	18	20		12	11	11	39	40		47	-1
14	Doncaster Rovers	35		7	5	5	11	11		6	2	10	20	29		13	7	15	31	40		46	-9
15	Crystal Palace	34		7	5	5	22	15		5	3	9	20	25		12	8	14	42	40		44	+2
16	Derby County	34		7	5	5	25	19		4	4	9	18	28		11	9	14	43	47		42	-4
17	Plymouth Argyle	36		6	4	8	23	26		5	5	8	11	19		11	9	16	34	45		42	-11
18	Nottingham Forest	36		5	6	7	19	23		5	4	9	20	28		10	10	16	39	51		40	-12
19	Watford	34		9	3	5	32	24		2	3	12	17	31		11	6	17	49	55		39	-6
20	Barnsley	34		7	4	6	21	16		4	2	11	12	29		11	6	17	33	45		39	-12
21	Blackpool	36		4	5	9	19	28		5	7	6	15	21		9	12	15	34	49		39	-15
22	Southampton	35		3	7	8	17	23		6	3	8	19	28		9	10	16	36	51		37	-15
23	Norwich City	36		6	5	7	30	25		3	4	11	16	30		9	9	18	46	55		36	-9
24	Charlton Athletic	35		5	4	8	23	29		1	5	12	13	29		6	9	20	36	58		27	-22