With six games to go there is hope down the table as far as Derby, who are 7 points from the play off places. I would imagine over the weekend and back to back holiday fixtures we'll see more clubs drop out of contention.
Birmingham's win has put them five points ahead of Cardiff and with a much better goal difference. Meaning that City are going to need to earn seven extra points than Birmingham over the next six games to finish above them. Cardiff only earned seven points in total in the last six games so maybe we should be targetting 5th or 6th place. Either will do.
With teams still playing each other, Middlesbrough v Cardiff a good example of this, then there is still scope for several teams to claim a play off place.
City's fate is not quite in it's own hands but if they beat Middlesbrough on Saturday it might well be.
Cardiff City remaining fixtures:
| Sat 07 Apr | Middlesbrough | A | League | 15:00 | |||||
| Mon 09 Apr | WATFORD | H | League | 15:00 | |||||
| Sat 14 Apr | Barnsley | A | League | 15:00 | |||||
| Tue 17 Apr | DERBY COUNTY | H | League | 19:45 | |||||
| Sat 21 Apr | LEEDS UNITED | H | League | 12:30 | |||||
| Sat 28 Apr | Crystal Palace | A | League | 12:30 | |||||
Current League table:
| Home | Away | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| # | Team | Pl | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | GD | ||||
| 1 | Southampton | 40 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 42 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 30 | 25 | 23 | 9 | 8 | 72 | 38 | 78 | +34 | ||||
| 2 | Reading | 40 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 31 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 29 | 20 | 23 | 7 | 10 | 60 | 36 | 76 | +24 | ||||
| 3 | West Ham United | 40 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 30 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 33 | 20 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 63 | 42 | 72 | +21 | ||||
| 4 | Birmingham City | 40 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 30 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 35 | 32 | 18 | 12 | 10 | 65 | 43 | 66 | +22 | ||||
| 5 | Blackpool | 40 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 36 | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 33 | 36 | 17 | 12 | 11 | 69 | 56 | 63 | +13 | ||||
| 6 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 40 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 33 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 17 | 12 | 11 | 49 | 41 | 63 | +8 | ||||
| 7 | Middlesbrough | 40 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 27 | 26 | 16 | 15 | 9 | 47 | 44 | 63 | +3 | ||||
| 8 | Cardiff City | 40 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 33 | 27 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 24 | 23 | 15 | 16 | 9 | 57 | 50 | 61 | +7 | ||||
| 9 | Hull City | 40 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 10 | 14 | 38 | 36 | 58 | +2 | ||||
| 10 | Leeds United | 40 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 29 | 36 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 30 | 23 | 16 | 9 | 15 | 59 | 59 | 57 | 0 | ||||
| 11 | Watford | 40 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 29 | 29 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 26 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 48 | 55 | 57 | -7 | ||||
| 12 | Leicester City | 40 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 31 | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 25 | 29 | 15 | 11 | 14 | 56 | 49 | 56 | +7 | ||||
| 13 | Derby County | 40 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 27 | 21 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 32 | 16 | 8 | 16 | 45 | 53 | 56 | -8 | ||||
| 14 | Ipswich Town | 40 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 37 | 26 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 26 | 42 | 16 | 7 | 17 | 63 | 68 | 55 | -5 | ||||
| 15 | Crystal Palace | 40 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 25 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 40 | 39 | 54 | +1 | ||||
| 16 | Burnley | 40 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 30 | 25 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 26 | 26 | 15 | 8 | 17 | 56 | 51 | 53 | +5 | ||||
| 17 | Peterborough United | 40 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 38 | 32 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 22 | 32 | 13 | 8 | 19 | 60 | 64 | 47 | -4 | ||||
| 18 | Barnsley | 40 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 31 | 32 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 31 | 13 | 7 | 20 | 47 | 63 | 46 | -16 | ||||
| 19 | Nottingham Forest | 40 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 31 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 25 | 28 | 12 | 7 | 21 | 44 | 59 | 43 | -15 | ||||
| 20 | Millwall | 40 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 27 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 23 | 27 | 10 | 11 | 19 | 44 | 54 | 41 | -10 | ||||
| 21 | Coventry City | 40 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 21 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 11 | 31 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 37 | 52 | 38 | -15 | ||||
| 22 | Bristol City | 40 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 29 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 33 | 9 | 10 | 21 | 34 | 62 | 37 | -28 | ||||
| 23 | Portsmouth (-10) | 40 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 27 | 20 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 28 | 11 | 10 | 19 | 41 | 48 | 33 | -7 | ||||
| 24 | Doncaster Rovers | 40 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 26 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 19 | 41 | 7 | 11 | 22 | 35 | 67 | 32 | -32 | ||||