Goal difference, goals scored and alphabetical means City stand in 6th place on the first League table of the season.
Top of the table are Blackpool who won 2 - 0 at Millwall. Burnley are 2nd after an impressive opening day win over rivals and recently relegated Bolton.
Two impressive comebacks saw Dave Jones' Sheffield Wednesday score in the 90th minute to draw 2 - 2 at Derby (Jones is unbeaten since taking over at Hillsborough) and Gianfranco Zola's Watford snatched a 3 - 2 win at Crystal Palace with a 95th minute strike. They were losing 2 - 1 with 3 mins of normal time remaining.
Tuesday's oponents Brighton lost 1 - 0 at Hull while relegated Wolves were beaten 1 - 0 at Leeds and Steve Keen saw his Blackburn side draw at Ipswich.
Results:
Friday 17th August 2012.
npower Championship CARDIFF CITY (0) 1 HUDDERSFIELD TOWN (0) 0 Hudson 90+1Saturday 18th August 2012
npower Championship BARNSLEY (1) 1 MIDDLESBROUGH (0) 0 12,203 Davies 45 BIRMINGHAM CITY (0) 1 CHARLTON ATHLETIC (0) 1 18,210 Zigic 90+4 Cort 82 BURNLEY (1) 2 BOLTON WANDERERS (0) 0 18,407 Paterson 39Austin 57 CRYSTAL PALACE (2) 2 WATFORD (1) 3 17,109 Garvan 13 (pen), 29 Taylor 22Abdi 88Vydra 90+4 DERBY COUNTY (2) 2 SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY (1) 2 27,437 Tyson 11Buxton 27 O'Grady 39Johnson 90 HULL CITY (0) 1 BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION (0) 0 15,794 Simpson 85 IPSWICH TOWN (0) 1 BLACKBURN ROVERS (1) 1 19,117 Lowe 83 (og) Kazim-Richards 21 LEEDS UNITED (1) 1 WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS (0) 0 23,745 Becchio 17 LEICESTER CITY (0) 2 PETERBOROUGH UNITED (0) 0 23,863 Morgan 51King 75 MILLWALL (0) 0 BLACKPOOL (1) 2 Ince 32, 60 NOTTINGHAM FOREST (0) 1 BRISTOL CITY (0) 0 21,575 Guédioura 71League table:
HomeAwayOverall #TeamPlWDLFAWDLFAWDLFAPtsGD 1 Blackpool 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 3 +2 2 Burnley 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 3 +2 3 Leicester City 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 3 +2 4 Watford 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 3 2 3 +1 5 Barnsley 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 +1 6 Cardiff City 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 +1 7 Hull City 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 +1 8 Leeds United 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 +1 9 Nottingham Forest 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 +1 10 Derby County 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 11 Sheffield Wednesday 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 12 Birmingham City 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 13 Blackburn Rovers 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 14 Charlton Athletic 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 15 Ipswich Town 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 16 Crystal Palace 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 -1 17 Brighton & Hove Albion 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 18 Bristol City 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 19 Huddersfield Town 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 20 Middlesbrough 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 21 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 22 Bolton Wanderers 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 -2 23 Millwall 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 -2 24 Peterborough United 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 -2Source: FOOTYMAD