Championship preview

The former Blades manager will be looking to get one over the Owls and try to sustain the Eagles' place in the top half of the table. Forest meet Derby at the City Ground for the second time in the space of two and a half weeks. High flyers Wolves, Birmingham and Reading have all been inconsistent of late and will be looking to get back on track over the weekend.


Below are the planned fixtures:

Saturday 21st February 2009:

Barnsley vs Charlton
Blackpool vs Watford
Covnetry vs Birmingham
Norwich vs Burnley
Nottingham Forest vs Derby
Plymouth vs Sheff United
QPR vs Ipswich
Reading vs Bristol City
Sheff Wed vs Crystal Palace
Southampton vs Preston
Swansea vs Doncaster

Sunday 22nd February:

Wolves vs Cardiff

The full league table is below:

Latest match Wednesday, 18th February 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 33 11 3 2 35 17 8 3 6 29 26 19 6 8 64 43 63 +21 2 Birmingham City 32 11 3 3 23 13 6 6 3 17 15 17 9 6 40 28 60 +12 3 Reading 31 12 3 1 37 8 5 5 5 21 18 17 8 6 58 26 59 +32 4 Preston North End 33 12 2 3 25 14 3 6 7 19 25 15 8 10 44 39 53 +5 5 Cardiff City 29 9 3 2 23 11 4 9 2 18 15 13 12 4 41 26 51 +15 6 Sheffield United 32 7 4 5 22 16 7 5 4 21 13 14 9 9 43 29 51 +14 7 Burnley 33 9 5 3 25 17 5 4 7 21 28 14 9 10 46 45 51 +1 8 Bristol City 33 6 8 3 24 19 7 3 6 18 18 13 11 9 42 37 50 +5 9 Swansea City 32 7 8 1 31 15 4 7 5 15 20 11 15 6 46 35 48 +11 10 Ipswich Town 33 6 7 4 23 16 6 4 6 22 20 12 11 10 45 36 47 +9 11 Queens Park Rangers 31 9 4 2 21 12 3 7 6 12 17 12 11 8 33 29 47 +4 12 Crystal Palace 30 7 4 4 22 14 5 3 7 20 21 12 7 11 42 35 43 +7 13 Sheffield Wednesday 33 8 5 3 20 10 3 4 10 14 35 11 9 13 34 45 42 -11 14 Coventry City 32 6 5 5 20 20 4 6 6 16 19 10 11 11 36 39 41 -3 15 Doncaster Rovers 32 6 5 5 9 10 5 2 9 17 25 11 7 14 26 35 40 -9 16 Derby County 31 7 4 5 23 17 3 4 8 14 25 10 8 13 37 42 38 -5 17 Blackpool 33 4 5 7 19 25 5 6 6 15 21 9 11 13 34 46 38 -12 18 Barnsley 31 6 3 6 19 15 4 2 10 11 26 10 5 16 30 41 35 -11 19 Plymouth Argyle 33 5 3 8 19 23 4 5 8 10 19 9 8 16 29 42 35 -13 20 Nottingham Forest 33 4 6 6 16 19 4 4 9 19 28 8 10 15 35 47 34 -12 21 Watford 31 8 3 5 30 24 1 3 11 14 29 9 6 16 44 53 33 -9 22 Norwich City 33 6 4 6 28 22 2 4 11 15 30 8 8 17 43 52 32 -9 23 Southampton 32 1 7 8 13 22 5 3 8 16 28 6 10 16 29 50 28 -21 24 Charlton Athletic 32 5 4 7 22 27 1 3 12 12 28 6 7 19 34 55 25 -21

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.