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Ipswich pay the penalty as weather hits Championship
With five games called off because of the weather it gave Coventry, Leeds, Millwall, Norwich, Swansea and Watford to steal a march as they all beat the weather and their opponents to pick up three points. The game at Pride Park looked to have been the game of the day. Norwich were 2-0 within 13 minutes, meaning Derby had conceded four goals in just around 25 minutes play with our two goals last week.Derby pulled one back very quickly through Kris Commons but the talking points were two penalty shouts, one for each side, neither of which were given by referee Keith Stroud. They both looked good shouts to me but Norwich boss Paul Simpson couldn't do too much about it has he'd been banished to the stands for his recent querying of referee Michael Oliver.If they were penalties then the one Ipswich could have had a few minutes from time in their home game against Swansea was as bang to rights a spot kick as you'll ever see. Swansea had dominated the first half hour without creating anything but Ipswich had stormed back and created a good few chances, taking one of them.Two horrible defensive mistakes saw them fall behind but then came the spot kick as Carlos Edwards went down. Referee Andy D'Urso incredibly waved play on and exactly 31 seconds later Swansea had got a second. This time Roy Keane didn't lead a charge at D'Urso.Coventry's win against Middlesbrough was a game of penalties. Leroy Lita took one for 'Boro and saw it saved before former Middlesbrough striker Marlon King converted one for Coventry. It was his first goal since he scored for Middlesbrough 18 months ago and was enough to give the Sky Blues all three points.Leeds came from behind to beat Crystal Palace with two Luciano Becchio goals whilst down at Watford it was a Danny Graham goal that finally won it for the home side. It was only his second goal since September and another striker ending a lean streak was Steve Morison who scored two for Millwall against a woeful Scunthorpe side for whom Kevin McDonald played the last few minutes.The one remaining game surprisingly ended in an unlikely point for bottom club Preston. They led Cardiff 1-0 for a long time in this game before conceding an equaliser in the fourth minute of stoppage time.Leeds are back in the top six at the expense of Derby but it is much the same as before although Swansea have now reduced the gap on second place Cardiff to one point.Hopefully the weather will relent during the next few days and allow us a full programme next week. This week's results and stats are below along with the league's leading scorers, each club's disciplinary record and the next fixtures.The Weekend ResultsSaturday 4th DecemberCardiff 1 Preston 1Leeds 2 Crystal Palace 1Coventry 1 Middlesbrough 0Millwall 3 Scunthorpe 0Derby 1 Norwich 2Nottingham Forest v Bristol City - PPDoncaster v Barnsley - PPPortsmouth v Burnley - PPHull v QPR - PPSheffield United v Reading - PPIpswich 1 Swansea 3Watford 3 Leicester 2The Weekend StatsBiggest winMillwall 3-0 v Scunthorpe (home)Total goals scored21 (12 home - 9 away)Player scoring most goals2Craig Beattie (Swansea)Luciano Becchio (Leeds)Paul Gallagher (Leicester)Steve Morison (Millwall)Highest Attendance26,134 - Derby v NorwichLowest Attendance8,937 - Millwall v ScunthorpeTotal Yellow Cards27Total Red Cards0Most cards in a gameDerby v Norwich (7Y) - Keith StroudThe leading scorers (league only)13Jay Bothroyd (Cardiff)11Kris Commons (Derby) - includes 2 penalties10Luciano Becchio (Leeds)9Chris Iwelumo (Burnley)Lewis McGugan (Nottingham Forest) - includes 1 penaltyAdel Taarabt (QPR) - includes 4 penalties8Danny Graham (Watford)Andy King (Leicester)Jamie Mackie (QPR)Steve Morison (Millwall) - includes 1 penaltyScott Sinclair (Swansea)7Andy Hammill (Barnsley)Grant Holt (Norwich)Jon Parkin (Preston)6James Coppinger (Doncaster)James Hayter (Doncaster)Liam Lawrence (Portsmouth) - includes 4 penaltiesBilly Sharp (Doncaster) - includes 3 penaltiesDavide Somma (Leeds)Marvin Sordell (Watford)Jonathan Stead (Bristol City)Hat 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 LeedsDisciplinary Record (all domestic games)ClubYRClubYRBarnsley310Middlesbrough311Bristol City211Millwall302Burnley394Norwich322Cardiff251Nottingham Forest280Coventry331Portsmouth313Crystal Palace325Preston475Derby341QPR322Doncaster251Reading343Hull351Scunthorpe221Ipswich343Sheffield United254Leeds382Swansea431Leicester232Watford230The Next FixturesFriday 10th DecemberQPR v WatfordSwansea v MillwallSaturday 11th DecemberBarnsley v Sheffield UnitedMiddlesbrough v CardiffBristol City v DerbyNorwich v PortsmouthBurnley v LeedsPreston v IpswichCrystal Palace v Hull (17:20)Reading v CoventryLeicester v DoncasterScunthorpe v Nottingham Forest
