It all started last Tuesday with Barnsley, Blackpool and Millwall suffering home defeats at the hands of Birmingham, West Ham and Middlesbrough respectively.
Move on two days and Leicester won the East Midlands derby at Derby County and then on Saturday there were five away wins in ten games with only Brighton and Coventry managing to secure home wins.
Well done to Coventry for whom Clive Platt scored a stoppage time winner against Barnsley. It's lifted them to third from bottom, ahead of bottom club Doncaster Rovers and Portsmouth.
Pompey had ten points deducted a week last Friday. They were still out of the bottom three, but that's not the case now. They now find themselves five points adrift of safety and that's due mainly to Nottingham Forest winning a couple of games.
Millwall have pulled themselves further away with their win at the Turf. They might still get sucked in to the relegation scrap but I can't see anyone any higher now being involved.
Up at the top it is a case of keep your eyes on Reading. Saturday's win at Middlesbrough was their fifth successive victory and they stand head and shoulders above the rest of the league in February, just about guaranteeing Brian McDermott the manager of the month award.
There has been no change at the top; it's the same top two and the same four clubs in the play offs as last week. It's tight now and Cardiff, who did so well in yesterday's Carling Cup Final, are ahead of Brighton and Middlesbrough only on goal difference.
We are now still just six points away from that top six. We've won just one of the last five league games, picking up only four points. We probably weren't surprised at the two away defeats, given they were against Southampton and Reading, but again our home form is seriously letting us down. Four points from games against Peterborough, Barnsley and Millwall is what you'd expect from a team struggling at the bottom and not one with play off aspirations. Those play off hopes seem to be fading away.
Still, we're away from home next week at Watford so that would suggest more chance of a win than if we were playing at home.
Last week's results are all below along with the stats, the leading goalscorers, each club's disciplinary record, the highest and lowest attendances and the next fixtures.
The Week's Results Tuesday 21st February Barnsley 1 Birmingham City 3 Millwall 1 Middlesbrough 3 Blackpool 1 West Ham United 4 Wednesday 22nd February Hull City 0 Brighton & Hove Albion 0 Thursday 23rd February Derby County 0 Leicester City 1 Saturday 25th February Birmingham City 1 Nottingham Forest 2 Doncaster Rovers 1 Peterborough United 1 Brighton & Hove Albion 3 Ipswich Town 0 Middlesbrough 0 Reading 2 Bristol City 1 Blackpool 3 Portsmouth 0 Leeds United 0 Burnley 1 Millwall 3 Watford 0 Southampton 3 Coventry City 1 Barnsley 0 West Ham United 0 Crystal Palace 0The Week's Stats Biggest Win Brighton & Hove Albion 3-0 v Ipswich Town (home)Southampton 3-0 v Watford (away)West Ham United 4-1 v Blackpool (away) Total Goals Scored 36 (11 home - 25 away)
Player Scoring Most Goals
3 - Rickie Lambert (Southampton) Highest Attendance 34,900 - West Ham United v Crystal Palace Lowest Attendance 9,286 - Millwall v Middlesbrough Total Yellow Cards 41 Total Red Cards 1 Most Cards in a Game Millwall v Middlebrough (7Y) Ref: James LiningtonLeading Goalscorers (League Only) 19 Rickie Lambert (Southampton) - includes 7 penalties 15 Ross McCormack (Leeds United) 13 Darius Henderson (Millwall) - includes 2 penaltiesJay Rodriguez (Burnley) - includes 2 penalties 12 Michael Chopra (Ipswich Town)David Nugent (Leicester City) 11
Kevin Phillips (Blackpool)Billy Sharp (Southampton) - includes 1 penalty - (10 with Doncaster Rovers)Robert Snodgrass (Leeds United) - includes 1 penaltyRicardo Vaz Te (West Ham United) - (10 with Barnsley)
10 Charlie Austin (Burnley)Craig Davies (Barnsley) - includes 1 penaltyGuly Do Prado (Southampton)Marvin Emnes (Middlesbrough)Matty Fryatt (Hull City) - includes 1 penaltyLukas Jutkiewicz (Middllesbrough) - includes 1 penalty - (9 with Coventry City)Chris Wood (Bristol City) - (9 with Birmingham City) 9 Keith Andrews (Ipswich Town)Carlton Cole (West Ham United)Marlon King (Birmingham City) - includes 2 penaltiesRobert Koren (Hull City)Nicky Maynard (West Ham United) - (9 with Bristol City)Scott McDonald (Middlesbrough)Kenny Miller (Cardiff City)Pete Whittingham (Cardiff City) - includes 3 penaltiesHat Tricks Date Player & Game 20/08/11 3: Lee Tomlin - PETERBOROUGH UNITED v Ipswich Town 10/09/11 3: Rickie Lambert - SOUTHAMPTON v Nottingham Forest 11/09/11 3: Chris Wood - BIRMINGHAM CITY v Millwall 12/10/11 3: Darius Henderson - Leicester City v MILLWALL 02/11/11 3: Jonjo Shelvey - Leeds United v BLACKPOOL 19/11/11 3: Rickie Lambert - SOUTHAMPTON v Brighton & Hove Albion 26/12/11 3: Matthew Phillips - Barnsley v BLACKPOOL 31/12/11 3: Ricardo Vaz Te - BARNSLEY v Leeds United 21/01/12 3: Darius Henderson - Barnsley v MILLWALL 31/01/12 4: Nikola Zigic - Leeds United v BIRMINGHAM CITY 26/02/12 3: Rickie Lambert - Watford v SOUTHAMPTON
Disciplinary Record (League and Cup) Club Y R Y R Club Y R Y R League Total League Total Barnsley 43 1 46 1 Ipswich Town 42 4 43 4 Birmingham City 42 1 46 1 Leeds United 53 5 59 5 Blackpool 42 1 45 2 Leicester City 47 7 55 7 Brighton and Hove Albion 73 6 87 6 Middlesbrough 53 5 56 5 Bristol City 58 4 60 4 Millwall 57 2 64 2 Burnley 47 2 55 2 Nottingham Forest 42 3 47 3 Cardiff City 38 0 54 0 Peterborough United 38 2 41 2 Coventry City 40 2 42 2 Portsmouth 52 4 59 4 Crystal Palace 41 1 45 2 Reading 46 0 49 0 Derby County 44 1 44 1 Southampton 42 4 45 4 Doncaster Rovers 49 2 51 2 Watford 45 2 47 2 Hull City 50 1 54 1 West Ham United 52 6 55 7
Highest and Lowest Attendances Highest Lowest Att Fixture Att Fixture 34,936 West Ham United v Coventry City (02/01) 6,351 Peterborough United v Cardiff City (18/10) 34,900 West Ham United v Crystal Palace (25/02) 7,004 Peterborough United v Bristol City (18/02) 34,749 West Ham United v Barnsley (17/12) 7,555 Peterborough United v Portsmouth (28/01) 33,465 West Ham United v Portsmouth (10/09) 7,650 Doncaster Rovers v Watford (26/11) 33,010 Derby County v Southampton (15/10) 7,778 Doncaster Rovers v Bristol City (27/08) 33,010 Derby County v Leeds United (26/12) 7,901 Peterborough United v Burnley (17/09) 32,875 West Ham United v Southampton (14/02) 7,928 Peterborough United v Ipswich Town (20/08) 32,150 Southampton v West Ham United (18/10) 8,062 Peterborough United v Coventry City (17/12) 31,812 Southampton v Brighton & Hove Albion (19/11) 8,319 Doncaster Rovers v Blackpool (14/02) 31,718 West Ham United v Nottingham Forest (21/01) 8,320 Peterborough United v Barnsley (03/12)
The Next Fixtures Friday 2nd March Blackpool v Hull City Saturday 3rd March Barnsley v Nottingham Forest Leeds United v Southampton (17:20) Birmingham City v Derby County Leicester City v Coventry City Crystal Palace v Peterborough United Millwall v Reading Doncaster Rovers v Brighton & Hove Albion Portsmouth v Middlesbrough Ipswich Town v Bristol City Watford v Burnley Sunday 4th March Cardiff City v West Ham United (12:45)
Source: FOOTYMAD
