Around the league

Last updated : 11 March 2011 By Bladesmadeditor

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Whilst the gap between the Blades and safety may be six points, in and around the play-off spots are rather congested with many teams still believing they can go all the way to the promised land.

It's been an unforgettable week for Queens Park Rangers so far. They surprisingly lost 2:0 at Millwall in midweek and have been in the news recently for the wrong reasons. The London outfit have been hit with seven charges relating to Alejandro Faurlin's signing in 2009 - the case, however, continues, and they will be looking to get back to winning ways at home when they entertain Crystal Palace, and they could do the Blades a massive favour by beating their neighbours.

Nottingham Forest have had a nasty run of form lately - they're without a win in six, with their latest defeat coming to the hands of the Blades. Their play-off spot is in jeopardy and they're aiming to get back on track against Doncaster at the City Ground.

Meanwhile, Burnley's play-off quest continues as they face Millwall, Leeds entertain Ipswich and Derby host Swansea.

Leicester will find it difficult to play their 'style' of football on the Glanford Park pitch as they travel to Scunthorpe, Middlesbrough fans make the extremely exhausting journey to Portsmouth, Coventry meet Hull, and of course the Blades lock horns with Watford at Vicarage Road.

Sunday sees Cardiff take on Barnsley at the Cardiff City Stadium, and Norwich host Bristol City on Monday night, live on Sky Sports.

The fixtures in full are:

Burnley vs Millwall

Coventry vs Hull

Derby vs Swansea

Leeds vs Ipswich

Nottingham Forest vs Doncaster

Portsmouth vs Middlesbrough

QPR vs Crystal Palace

Scunthorpe vs Leicester

Watford vs Sheffield United

Sunday:

Cardiff vs Barnsley

Monday:

Norwich vs Bristol City

# Team Pl W D L F A W D L F A W D L F A Pts EP
1 Queens Park Rangers 36 12 5 1 36 11 7 8 3 21 11 19 13 4 57 22 70 +35
2 Swansea City 36 11 4 3 26 7 8 2 8 23 25 19 6 11 49 32 63 +17
3 Norwich City 36 9 5 4 31 24 8 7 3 27 21 17 12 7 58 45 63 +13
4 Cardiff City 36 10 5 3 30 17 8 2 8 25 24 18 7 11 55 41 61 +14
5 Leeds United 36 9 5 4 40 31 7 7 4 29 27 16 12 8 69 58 60 +11
6 Nottingham Forest 36 10 7 1 30 15 5 7 6 16 17 15 14 7 46 32 59 +14
7 Burnley 34 10 3 3 30 19 5 8 5 21 20 15 11 8 51 39 56 +12
8 Reading 36 8 7 3 32 19 5 8 5 27 23 13 15 8 59 42 54 +17
9 Hull City 36 6 6 6 14 11 7 7 4 26 26 13 13 10 40 37 52 +3
10 Leicester City 36 10 5 3 35 21 5 2 11 18 34 15 7 14 53 55 52 -2
11 Watford 35 7 6 5 32 26 6 5 6 29 26 13 11 11 61 52 50 +9
12 Millwall 36 10 4 4 29 15 3 7 8 16 22 13 11 12 45 37 50 +8
13 Portsmouth 36 8 6 4 30 21 6 2 10 19 27 14 8 14 49 48 50 +1
14 Bristol City 36 7 4 7 22 25 6 4 8 25 26 13 8 15 47 51 47 -4
15 Barnsley 36 9 5 4 25 17 3 5 10 17 35 12 10 14 42 52 46 -10
16 Ipswich Town 35 7 2 8 23 24 6 4 8 23 22 13 6 16 46 46 45 0
17 Doncaster Rovers 36 7 6 5 23 25 4 4 10 26 41 11 10 15 49 66 43 -17
18 Coventry City 35 7 3 8 22 23 4 5 8 16 22 11 8 16 38 45 41 -7
19 Derby County 36 6 3 9 27 22 5 4 9 17 28 11 7 18 44 50 40 -6
20 Middlesbrough 35 7 5 6 26 26 4 2 11 18 27 11 7 17 44 53 40 -9
21 Crystal Palace 36 9 5 4 22 16 1 3 14 12 39 10 8 18 34 55 38 -21
22 Scunthorpe United 35 4 4 9 15 28 6 0 12 18 32 10 4 21 33 60 34 -27
23 Sheffield United 36 5 4 9 19 28 3 4 11 13 28 8 8 20 32 56 32 -24
24 Preston North End 35 3 4 11 17 31 2 6 9 20 33 5 10 20 37 64 25 -27