Leaders Southampton get the chance to open up a 6 point lead over West Ham and an eleven point cushion over Cardiff if they beat Bristol City on Friday evening.
After just two points from the last nine available Cardiff really need to collect three points from the trip to the City Ground on Saturday.
Fixtures and table below:
Friday 30th December 2011 Championship Southampton v Bristol City 19:45 Saturday 31st December 2011 Championship Leicester City v Portsmouth 12:15 Barnsley v Leeds United 13:00 Derby County v West Ham United 13:00 Millwall v Crystal Palace 13:00 Watford v Doncaster Rovers 13:00 Birmingham City v Blackpool 15:00 Burnley v Hull City 15:00 Coventry City v Brighton and Hove Albion 15:00 Middlesbrough v Peterborough United 15:00 Nottingham Forest v Cardiff City 15:00 Reading v Ipswich Town 15:00League table
#TeamPlWDLFAWDLFAWDLFAPtsGD 1 Southampton 23 11 1 0 30 8 3 4 4 17 16 14 5 4 47 24 47 +23 2 West Ham United 23 6 2 3 19 12 7 3 2 19 9 13 5 5 38 21 44 +17 3 Middlesbrough 23 5 6 1 14 9 7 2 2 15 10 12 8 3 29 19 44 +10 4 Cardiff City 23 7 2 2 21 13 3 7 2 16 13 10 9 4 37 26 39 +11 5 Hull City 23 7 0 4 15 12 5 3 4 11 11 12 3 8 26 23 39 +3 6 Reading 23 5 4 3 19 13 5 2 4 11 9 10 6 7 30 22 36 +8 7 Blackpool 23 6 3 2 17 8 3 5 4 19 20 9 8 6 36 28 35 +8 8 Leeds United 23 5 2 4 15 15 5 3 4 21 16 10 5 8 36 31 35 +5 9 Burnley 23 4 3 5 21 15 6 0 5 14 16 10 3 10 35 31 33 +4 10 Crystal Palace 23 4 6 1 10 6 5 0 7 12 16 9 6 8 22 22 33 0 11 Brighton & Hove Albion 23 5 3 3 15 12 4 2 6 8 14 9 5 9 23 26 32 -3 12 Leicester City 23 6 2 4 18 12 2 5 4 12 14 8 7 8 30 26 31 +4 13 Peterborough United 23 6 1 4 26 19 3 3 6 16 20 9 4 10 42 39 31 +3 14 Derby County 23 6 2 4 17 13 3 2 6 10 19 9 4 10 27 32 31 -5 15 Birmingham City 21 6 4 0 14 5 2 2 7 12 19 8 6 7 26 24 30 +2 16 Barnsley 23 5 2 5 18 18 3 4 4 13 17 8 6 9 31 35 30 -4 17 Portsmouth 22 6 3 2 17 9 1 3 7 7 15 7 6 9 24 24 27 0 18 Watford 23 4 4 4 14 17 2 5 4 9 14 6 9 8 23 31 27 -8 19 Ipswich Town 22 5 0 6 17 17 3 3 5 16 26 8 3 11 33 43 27 -10 20 Millwall 23 5 5 2 17 9 1 3 7 7 17 6 8 9 24 26 26 -2 21 Bristol City 23 2 3 6 9 13 3 3 6 12 20 5 6 12 21 33 21 -12 22 Nottingham Forest 23 3 2 7 11 20 3 1 7 7 17 6 3 14 18 37 21 -19 23 Doncaster Rovers 23 3 4 4 8 12 2 0 10 11 27 5 4 14 19 39 19 -20 24 Coventry City 23 3 4 5 12 14 0 3 8 6 19 3 7 13 18 33 16 -15Source: FOOTYMAD
