Source: FOOTYMAD
A home win at last for Scunthorpe
Cardiff and Swansea are the only Championship teams to have won more away games than Scunthorpe, but their 1-0 home win against Nottingham Forest last night was their first Glanford Park victory since they beat Crystal Palace in August. Scunthorpe were nicely in mid-table when they won at Hull in November, but four points in thirteen games, with all four points coming against Burnley, has seen them slip into serious trouble at the bottom.Last night's win over Forest, courtesy of a Chris Dagnall goal, was a massive surprise given that they are the form team and hadn't lost since November. The result meant Forest missed a chance to go second whilst Scunthorpe still remain next to bottom and weren't helped by the other two teams in the relegation zone, Sheffield United and Preston, both picking up points.Sheffield United were thankful for a late penalty to get a home draw against Reading but Preston looked to be on the yellow brick road to victory at Watford when they led 2-0, eventually having to settle for a point.We made it three draws on Tuesday with our point at Cardiff whilst the other game saw born again Ipswich hit Doncaster for six at the Keepmoat including a Connor Wickham hat trick. It's surprising what you can do once Roy Keane's out of the door and Ipswich are certainly having a honeymoon period on a par with ours right now.As for Doncaster, manager Sean O'Driscoll said on television that he couldn't see a light at the end of the tunnel. The three points they got against us are the only points they've won in the last seven games and the manager fears they could get dragged into that battle at the bottom.We've almost a full fixture list this weekend with just the Burnley v Coventry game called off because of our involvement in the FA Cup. Reading, the other Championship club still involved in the cup, don't play their tie at either Everton or Chelsea until the beginning of March so can play their league game.The midweek results, stats, the league's leading scorers, each club's disciplinary record and the weekend fixtures are all below. The Midweek ResultsTuesday 15th FebruaryCardiff 1 Burnley 1Sheffield United 1 Reading 1Doncaster 0 Ipswich 6Watford 2 Preston 2Wednesday 16th FebruaryScunthorpe 1 Nottingham Forest 0.The Midweek StatsBiggest winIpswich 6-0 v Doncaster (away)Total goals scored15 (5 home - 10 away)Player scoring most goals3 - Connor Wickham (Ipswich)Highest Attendance21,307 - Cardiff v BurnleyLowest Attendance5,578 - Scunthorpe v Nottingham ForestTotal Yellow Cards13Total Red Cards0Most cards in a gameSheffield United v Reading (5Y) - Trevor KettleThe leading scorers (league only)16Danny Graham (Watford) - includes 1 penalty15Jay Bothroyd (Cardiff)14Adel Taarabt (QPR) - includes 5 penalties13Luciano Becchio (Leeds)Kriss Commons (Derby) - includes 2 penaltiesAndy King (Leicester)Shane Long (Reading) - including 4 penalties12Grant Holt (Norwich)Billy Sharp (Doncaster) - includes 4 penaltiesScott Sinclair (Swansea) - includes 4 penalties11Chris Iwelumo (Burnley)Lewis McGugan (Nottingham Forest) - includes 2 penaltiesSteve Morison (Millwall) - includes 1 penalty10Max Gradel (Leeds) - including 1 penaltyDavide Somma (Leeds)Marvin Sordell (Watford)9Jamie Mackie (QPR)Brett Pitman (Bristol City) - includes 3 penaltiesHat Tricks (league only)11th Sep3 - Chris Iwelumo - BURNLEY v Preston14th Sep3 - James Coppinger - DONCASTER v Norwich14th Sep3 - James Vaughan - CRYSTAL PALACE v Portsmouth28th Sep3 - Jon Parkin - Leeds v PRESTON30th Oct3 - Jonny Howson - Scunthorpe v LEEDS13th Nov3 - Luciano Becchio - LEEDS v Bristol City27th Nov3 - Grant Holt - NORWICH v Leeds28th Dec3 - Wes Hoolahan - NORWICH v Sheffield United1st Jan3 - Jason Puncheon - MILLWALL v Crystal Palace5th Feb3 - Matt Fryatt - Scunthorpe v HULL15th Feb3 - Connor Wickham - Doncaster v IPSWICHDisciplinary Record (all domestic games)ClubYRClubYRBarnsley442Middlesbrough421Bristol City442Millwall464Burnley594Norwich523Cardiff401Nottingham Forest431Coventry483Portsmouth556Crystal Palace555Preston675Derby542QPR515Doncaster383Reading504Hull582Scunthorpe332Ipswich494Sheffield United507Leeds622Swansea522Leicester362Watford330The Next FixturesFriday 18th FebruaryLeicester v Bristol City.Tuesday 15th FebruaryCrystal Palace v Sheffield UnitedPortsmouth v BarnsleyIpswich v HullPreston v QPRLeeds v NorwichReading v WatfordMillwall v MiddlesbroughScunthorpe v DerbyNottingham Forest v CardiffSwansea v Doncaster
