Wolves and Preston in midweek action

Wolves, who City visit on Saturday, play their game in hand. They are at home to "local" rivals Stoke (they are only 35 miles apart). Wolves are one place below City in 8th and also one point behind.

Stoke could do the Bluebirds a huge favour by getting something from the game. Ideally three points.

The other game takes place at Home Park. Preston play the first of their three games in hand. If ever we were desperate for a big performance from Plymouth it's tomorrow night.

This coming Saturday Preston are away again, at Brighton, a team struggling for survival in this division.

City winning at Wolves on Saturday is the only thing in our control at the moment but Stoke, Plymouth and Brighton could really help our cause over the next few days.

Current table.

1	Reading	37		16	1	1	47	11		11	7	1	33	13		27	8	2	80	24		89	+56
2	Sheffield United	37		12	4	3	35	19		10	5	3	29	18		22	9	6	64	37		75	+27
3	Leeds United	36		12	3	2	31	14		8	6	5	20	15		20	9	7	51	29		69	+22
4	Watford	37		10	5	4	36	20		9	6	3	31	23		19	11	7	67	43		68	+24
5	Crystal Palace	36		11	4	4	30	14		6	5	6	23	22		17	9	10	53	36		60	+17
6	Preston North End	34		6	9	2	21	11		7	7	3	24	14		13	16	5	45	25		55	+20
7	Cardiff City	37		10	6	3	30	17		5	4	9	21	26		15	10	12	51	43		55	+8
8	Wolverhampton Wanderers	36		7	7	3	17	12		6	8	5	23	18		13	15	8	40	30		54	+10
9	Ipswich Town	36		7	6	5	22	24		6	5	7	20	24		13	11	12	42	48		50	-6
10	Norwich City	37		9	4	6	26	19		5	3	10	19	33		14	7	16	45	52		49	-7
11	Luton Town	37		9	5	4	40	26		5	1	13	16	32		14	6	17	56	58		48	-2
12	Coventry City	37		10	5	3	32	18		2	7	10	17	36		12	12	13	49	54		48	-5
13	Plymouth Argyle	36		8	6	4	21	18		3	7	8	12	21		11	13	12	33	39		46	-6
14	Queens Park Rangers	36		7	5	6	19	18		5	5	8	22	32		12	10	14	41	50		46	-9
15	Burnley	36		9	3	6	29	20		3	4	11	12	27		12	7	17	41	47		43	-6
16	Stoke City	35		6	4	8	20	25		7	0	10	18	25		13	4	18	38	50		43	-12
17	Southampton	36		6	10	3	18	12		2	7	8	16	25		8	17	11	34	37		41	-3
18	Leicester City	37		6	8	5	25	22		3	5	10	16	28		9	13	15	41	50		40	-9
19	Derby County	37		5	9	4	26	23		2	9	8	19	31		7	18	12	45	54		39	-9
20	Hull City	37		5	6	7	20	20		4	5	10	21	29		9	11	17	41	49		38	-8
21	Sheffield Wednesday	37		5	5	8	17	22		3	5	11	10	25		8	10	19	27	47		34	-20
22	Millwall	37		3	7	9	11	23		3	7	8	17	27		6	14	17	28	50		32	-22
23	Brighton & Hove Albion	37		4	6	8	19	24		1	8	10	13	34		5	14	18	32	58		29	-26
24	Crewe Alexandra	36		4	5	9	26	35		1	7	10	15	40		5	12	19	41	75		27	-34