Southampton continue to deliver result after result, week in week out. City are 9 points behind the current league leaders who have won their last four games in a row. Their latest victory came courtesy of some very generous refereeing as they beat Brighton 3 - 0.
West Ham in 2nd are just 4 points ahead of Cardiff with Middlesbrough in 3rd place just one point ahead of City. The Hammers came from behind to win with a lucky bounce at City's next opponents, Coventry.
All four teams have played 17 games.
Top half of table:
#TeamPlWDLFAWDLFAWDLFAPtsGD 1 Southampton 17 9 0 0 24 5 3 3 2 16 12 12 3 2 40 17 39 +23 2 West Ham United 17 4 2 2 14 9 6 2 1 16 5 10 4 3 30 14 34 +16 3 Middlesbrough 17 3 6 0 12 7 5 1 2 10 7 8 7 2 22 14 31 +8 4 Cardiff City 17 5 2 1 17 10 3 4 2 14 11 8 6 3 31 21 30 +10 5 Leeds United 17 4 2 2 12 12 4 2 3 16 14 8 4 5 28 26 28 +2 6 Hull City 16 4 0 3 7 7 4 3 2 9 8 8 3 5 16 15 27 +1 7 Blackpool 17 5 1 2 14 6 2 4 3 14 15 7 5 5 28 21 26 +7 8 Leicester City 17 5 0 4 14 10 2 4 2 9 9 7 4 6 23 19 25 +4 9 Crystal Palace 17 3 4 1 8 5 4 0 5 10 12 7 4 6 18 17 25 +1 10 Derby County 17 4 2 3 14 11 3 1 4 8 14 7 3 7 22 25 24 -3 11 Peterborough United 17 5 0 3 21 14 2 2 5 12 16 7 2 8 33 30 23 +3 12 Brighton & Hove Albion 17 3 3 2 12 10 3 2 4 7 10 6 5 6 19 20 23 -1The results from this weekend are:
Sunday 20 November Leicester 3 Crystal Palace 0 Beckford 55 Gallagher 71 , 74 Attend: 22449 Half-time: 0-0 Millwall 1 Bristol City 2 Simpson 57 Maynard 14 , 63 Attend: 10252 Half-time: 0-1 Saturday 19 November Barnsley 2 Doncaster 0 Davies 30 , 64 Attend: 11783 Half-time: 1-0 Birmingham 1 Peterborough 1 King 22 McCann 61 Attend: 18090 Half-time: 1-0 Burnley 1 Leeds 2 Rodriguez 10 Snodgrass 76 , 89 Attend: 17226 Half-time: 1-0 Coventry 1 West Ham 2 Platt 33 C Cole 69 Piquionne 75 Attend: 20524 Half-time: 1-0 Derby 0 Hull 2 Fryatt 17 Stewart 23 Attend: 30391 Half-time: 0-2 Middlesbrough 2 Blackpool 2 McDonald 15 , 73 Sylvestre 21 Shelvey 78 Attend: 18128 Half-time: 1-1 Nottm Forest 3 Ipswich 2 Findley 42 Lynch 84 Tudgay 90 D Collins 25 , 62 Attend: 21143 Half-time: 1-1 Reading 1 Cardiff 2 Kebe 77 Whittingham 2 Hudson 70 Attend: 20361 Half-time: 0-1 Southampton 3 Brighton 0 Lambert 49 , pen 58 , pen 69 Attend: 31812 Half-time: 0-0 Watford 2 Portsmouth 0 Kightly 2 Sordell 45 Attend: 12864 Half-time: 2-0Source: FOOTYMAD