Championship preview 7/3/09

Wolves who are currently the top dogs of the league visit Sheffield to take on the Owls. Wednesday who were on the losing end of a 2:1 scoreline between Reading on Tuesday night will face a stern test in the shape of Wanderers. Meanwhile the Royals visit in form Plymouth and Birmingham are in for a trick test when they face Southampton whom recently thrashed play-off hopefuls Ipswich 3:0 on their own turf. Burnley and Coventry are in FA Cup action.

The set of fixtures are below:

Saturday 7th March 2009:

Birmingham vs Southampton
Blackpool vs Norwich
Cardiff vs Doncaster
Charlton vs Watford
C Palace vs Preston
Derby vs Bristol City
N Forest vs Swansea
Plymouth vs Reading
QPR vs Sheff Utd
Sheff Wed vs Wolves

The current league standings are below:

Latest match Wednesday, 4th March 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 36 11 4 3 37 20 9 3 6 30 26 20 7 9 67 46 67 +21 2 Birmingham City 36 12 3 3 24 13 6 7 5 18 18 18 10 8 42 31 64 +11 3 Reading 34 12 3 3 37 11 6 5 5 23 19 18 8 8 60 30 62 +30 4 Sheffield United 35 8 4 5 24 17 8 6 4 25 16 16 10 9 49 33 58 +16 5 Cardiff City 33 10 4 2 26 12 4 10 3 20 18 14 14 5 46 30 56 +16 6 Preston North End 36 13 2 3 28 16 3 6 9 21 30 16 8 12 49 46 56 +3 7 Burnley 36 9 5 4 27 21 6 5 7 23 29 15 10 11 50 50 55 0 8 Bristol City 36 6 9 3 24 19 8 3 7 20 19 14 12 10 44 38 54 +6 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 35 7 5 6 22 22 5 6 6 18 20 12 11 12 40 42 47 -2 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

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.