The biggest beneficiaries were Hull City. Their win against Bristol City took them back into the top six, replacing Middlesbrough whose game was called off. Hull had the biggest win of the weekend, beating Bristol City 3-0 at the KC.
Bristol City dropped back to fourth from bottom with this result. They got off to a flyer when Derek McInnes was appointed as manager, winning four and drawing one of his first five games in charge. It's nothing like that now and Saturday's defeat meant they've won just 11 points from their last 12 games and are still very much relegation candidates.
It was Millwall who went above them on Saturday after their 0-0 home draw against Derby County. It was another inspiring afternoon from the Rams where the sole target appeared to be keeping a clean sheet. Manager Nigel Clough himself declared the performance similar to the recent game at Burnley.
Now the big news in the Championship was heralded just before 3:20 on Saturday afternoon. It was a staggering event and something that hadn't happened in the Championship for twelve whole weeks.
What was it? NOTTINGHAM FOREST SCORED A HOME GOAL. On 19th November 2011 Marcus Tudgay scored a stoppage time winner to beat Ipswich 3-2. Since they they'd played six home games, scored none, conceded twelve and lost the lot.
Then, on Saturday, in the 19th minute, Garath McCleary gave them the lead against Watford. They might have been calling for a Bank Holiday in Nottingham today had they gone on and won but Troy Deeney spoiled that with an equaliser for Watford at the end of the first half with the game ending 1-1.
Ipswich and Middlesbrough drew too. Their game was 0-0 but it only lasted 38 minutes when referee Dean Whitestone declared the pitch unfit, this after he'd been happy with it in an earlier inspection. I bet the Middlesbrough fans were pleased with that one.
We've stayed 11th. We couldn't go down no matter what the result, but we do now have both Leicester and Derby within one win of going above us. We're also now five points from the play off positions and some of the teams above us now have games in hand.
We've a full set of fixtures tomorrow and the good news is that there shouldn't be any further weather disruption with the temperatures having climbed significantly since Saturday.
The results and stats are below along with the leading goalscorers, each club's disciplinary record, the highest and lowest attendances and tomorrow's fixtures.
The Week's Results Tuesday 7th February Birmingham City 1 Portsmouth 0 Saturday 11th February Barnsley v Birmingham City - Postponed Leicester City 2 Cardiff City 1 Blackpool 1 Portsmouth 1 Millwall 0 Derby County 0 Crystal Palace v Doncaster Rovers - Postponed Nottingham Forest 1 Watford 1 Hull City 3 Bristol City 0 Peterborough United v West Ham United - Postponed Ipswich Town 0 Middlesbrough 0 - Abandoned Reading 2 Coventry City 0 Leeds United 1 Brighton & Hove Albion 2 Southampton 2 Burnley 0The Week's Stats Biggest Win Hull City 3-0 v Bristol City (home) Total Goals Scored 18 (13 home - 5 away)
Player Scoring Most Goals
2 - Paul Gallagher (Leicester City) Highest Attendance 24,099 - Southampton v Burnley Lowest Attendance 10,069 - Millwall v Derby County Total Yellow Cards 25 Total Red Cards 0 Most Cards in a Game Nottingham Forest v Watford (6Y) Ref: Jon MossLeading Goalscorers (League Only) 16 Rickie Lambert (Southampton) - includes 6 penalties 14 Ross McCormack (Leeds United) 12 Darius Henderson (Millwall) - includes 2 penalties 11
Jay Rodriguez (Burnley) - includes 1 penaltyBilly Sharp (Southampton) - includes 1 penalty - (10 with Doncaster Rovers)Robert Snodgrass (Leeds United) - includes 1 penalty
10 Michael Chopra (Ipswich Town)Guly Do Prado (Southampton)Matty Fryatt (Hull City) - includes 1 penaltyDavid Nugent (Leicester City)Ricardo Vaz Te (West Ham United) - (10 with Barnsley)Chris Wood (Bristol City) - (9 with Birmingham City) 9 Keith Andrews (Ipswich Town)Charlie Austin (Burnley)Carlton Cole (West Ham United)Craig Davies (Barnsley) - includes 1 penaltyLukas Jutkiewicz (Middlesbrough) - includes 1 penalty - (9 with Coventry City)Marlon King (Birmingham City) - includes 2 penaltiesRobert Koren (Hull City)Scott McDonald (Middlesbrough)Kenny Miller (Cardiff City)Kevin Phillips (Blackpool)Hat 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
Disciplinary Record (League and Cup) Club Y R Y R Club Y R Y R League Total League Total Barnsley 40 1 43 1 Ipswich Town 34 4 35 4 Birmingham City 39 1 42 1 Leeds United 46 5 52 5 Blackpool 38 1 40 2 Leicester City 43 7 50 7 Brighton and Hove Albion 70 6 83 6 Middlesbrough 47 4 50 4 Bristol City 45 4 47 4 Millwall 51 2 56 2 Burnley 40 2 48 2 Nottingham Forest 39 3 44 3 Cardiff City 37 0 51 0 Peterborough United 34 2 37 2 Coventry City 37 2 39 2 Portsmouth 46 3 53 3 Crystal Palace 39 1 43 2 Reading 41 0 44 0 Derby County 40 1 40 1 Southampton 35 4 38 4 Doncaster Rovers 43 2 45 2 Watford 42 1 44 1 Hull City 48 1 52 1 West Ham United 47 4 50 5
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) 34,749 West Ham United v Barnsley (17/12) 7,550 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) 32,150 Southampton v West Ham United (18/10) 7,928 Peterborough United v Ipswich Town (20/08) 31,812 Southampton v Brighton & Hove Albion (19/11) 8,062 Peterborough United v Coventry City (17/12) 31,718 West Ham United v Nottingham Forest (21/01) 8,320 Peterborough United v Barnsley (03/12) 31,524 Southampton v Crystal Palace (26/12) 8,426 Doncaster Rovers v Coventry City (29/10) 31,448 West Ham United v Blackpool (15/10) 8,500 Peterborough Utd v Doncaster Rovers (01/10)
The Next Fixtures Tuesday 14th February Birmingham City v Hull City Derby County v Reading Brighton & Hove Albion v Millwall Doncaster Rovers v Blackpool Bristol City v Crystal Palace Middlesbrough v Nottingham Forest Burnley v Barnsley Portsmouth v Ipswich Town Cardiff City v Peterborough United Watford v Leicester City Coventry City v Leeds United West Ham United v Southampton
Source: FOOTYMAD
