Saints leave door ajar

31 December 2011 14:10
Can Cardiff take advantage?

A shock scoreline from the South coast last night.

Southampton 0 - 1 Bristol City.

The slip up by the Saints ended a 24 match unbeaten home run and will have been cheered loudly by teams like City, West Ham and Middlesbrough who are looking to chase down the League leaders.

The top of the table before Saturday's matches kicked off read:

PosTeamPldGDPts 1 Southampton 24 +22 47 2 West Ham United 23 +17 44 3 Middlesbrough 23 +10 44 4 Cardiff City 23 +11 39 5 Hull City 23 +3 39 6 Reading 23 +8 36 7 Blackpool 23 +8 35

Today sees West Ham at Derby, Cardiff at Forest, Hull at Burnley and Middlesbrough are at home to Peterborough.

Source: FOOTYMAD