Championship preview

Saturday 31st January 2009:

Bristol City vs Barnsley
Burnley vs Charlton
Cardiff vs Nottingham Forest
Crystal Palace vs Blackpool
Derby vs Coventry
Ipswich vs Plymouth
Preston vs Sheffield United
QPR vs Reading
Sheffield Wednesday vs Birmingham (17:20 kick-off)
Southampton vs Swansea
Wolverhampton vs Watford

The current league table is below:

Latest match Wednesday, 28th January 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 29 10 2 2 29 13 8 3 4 28 23 18 5 6 57 36 59 +21 2 Reading 29 12 2 1 37 8 5 4 5 21 18 17 6 6 58 26 57 +32 3 Birmingham City 29 10 2 3 20 12 6 5 3 16 14 16 7 6 36 26 55 +10 4 Cardiff City 28 8 3 2 21 11 4 9 2 18 15 12 12 4 39 26 48 +13 5 Sheffield United 29 7 4 4 21 14 6 4 4 19 12 13 8 8 40 26 47 +14 6 Preston North End 29 11 0 3 23 13 3 5 7 19 25 14 5 10 42 38 47 +4 7 Queens Park Rangers 29 9 3 2 21 12 3 6 6 10 15 12 9 8 31 27 45 +4 8 Swansea City 29 6 8 1 28 15 4 6 4 13 16 10 14 5 41 31 44 +10 9 Burnley 29 7 4 3 21 15 5 3 7 20 27 12 7 10 41 42 43 -1 10 Ipswich Town 29 5 5 4 20 14 6 4 5 22 17 11 9 9 42 31 42 +11 11 Crystal Palace 28 7 4 3 22 13 4 3 7 17 20 11 7 10 39 33 40 +6 12 Bristol City 28 3 8 3 18 18 6 3 5 16 16 9 11 8 34 34 38 0 13 Sheffield Wednesday 29 8 4 2 19 8 2 4 9 12 33 10 8 11 31 41 38 -10 14 Coventry City 29 5 5 5 18 19 4 5 5 14 16 9 10 10 32 35 37 -3 15 Blackpool 29 4 5 6 17 22 4 5 5 12 16 8 10 11 29 38 34 -9 16 Plymouth Argyle 28 5 3 6 18 17 4 3 7 9 16 9 6 13 27 33 33 -6 17 Nottingham Forest 29 4 5 6 14 17 4 4 6 18 22 8 9 12 32 39 33 -7 18 Barnsley 29 6 3 6 19 15 3 2 9 10 24 9 5 15 29 39 32 -10 19 Norwich City 29 6 4 5 27 20 2 2 10 11 25 8 6 15 38 45 30 -7 20 Watford 29 7 3 5 28 24 1 3 10 13 26 8 6 15 41 50 30 -9 21 Doncaster Rovers 28 4 4 5 6 9 4 2 9 14 23 8 6 14 20 32 30 -12 22 Derby County 28 5 4 5 17 15 2 4 8 11 25 7 8 13 28 40 29 -12 23 Southampton 29 1 6 7 10 18 5 3 7 16 26 6 9 14 26 44 27 -18 24 Charlton Athletic 29 4 4 7 20 27 1 3 10 10 24 5 7 17 30 51 22 -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.