That means Cardiff could open up a six point gap over 'Boro, who are currently third, if City beat Sheffield Wednesday tomorrow.
A Cardiff win would guarantee at least a five point gap over 3rd place even if Leicester win today. The Foxes have the chance to go a point above Middlesbrough if they beat Derby in the evening kick off at The King Power Stadium.
The closest team to Cardiff, Crystal Palace, are at home to rivals Brighton on Saturday afternoon while the form team, Millwall, entertain local rivals Charlton at the New Den.
This weekend's fixtures:
Friday 30th November.
Birmingham City 3-2 MiddlesbroughSaturday 1st December
Huddersfield v Leeds 12:30 Bolton v Ipswich 15:00 Bristol City v Wolves 15:00 Crystal Palace v Brighton 15:00 Millwall v Charlton 15:00 Nottm Forest v Hull 15:00 Peterborough v Blackpool 15:00 Watford v Barnsley 15:00 Leicester v Derby 17:20Sunday 2nd December
Burnley v Blackburn 12:30 Cardiff v Sheff Weds 15:00Next weekend Cardiff play first when they travel to Blackburn for the Friday evening game live on Sky. City have a real chance to open up a serious gap over the chasing teams with two good results in the coming week.
League table before Saturday's games kick off:
#TeamPlWDLFAWDLFAWDLFAPtsGD 1 Cardiff City 19 9 0 0 20 5 3 2 5 17 20 12 2 5 37 25 38 +12 2 Crystal Palace 19 6 2 1 24 12 5 2 3 12 12 11 4 4 36 24 37 +12 3 Middlesbrough 20 7 1 2 21 12 4 1 5 13 15 11 2 7 34 27 35 +7 4 Leicester City 19 7 1 1 20 6 3 2 5 11 11 10 3 6 31 17 33 +14 5 Millwall 19 5 1 3 16 12 4 4 2 17 14 9 5 5 33 26 32 +7 6 Hull City 19 6 1 3 16 11 4 1 4 11 13 10 2 7 27 24 32 +3 7 Brighton & Hove Albion 19 4 4 2 15 7 4 3 2 12 9 8 7 4 27 16 31 +11 8 Watford 19 4 2 3 10 8 5 1 4 23 19 9 3 7 33 27 30 +6 9 Nottingham Forest 19 4 3 2 10 9 3 5 2 17 15 7 8 4 27 24 29 +3 10 Blackburn Rovers 19 5 1 4 10 10 2 6 1 17 14 7 7 5 27 24 28 +3 11 Huddersfield Town 19 4 2 3 12 11 4 2 4 12 16 8 4 7 24 27 28 -3 12 Derby County 19 5 4 1 22 12 2 2 5 7 15 7 6 6 29 27 27 +2 13 Charlton Athletic 19 3 3 4 13 15 4 3 2 13 9 7 6 6 26 24 27 +2 14 Burnley 19 5 2 2 17 11 3 1 6 15 22 8 3 8 32 33 27 -1 15 Leeds United 19 5 2 3 14 16 2 3 4 12 14 7 5 7 26 30 26 -4 16 Blackpool 19 3 5 2 21 15 3 2 4 10 13 6 7 6 31 28 25 +3 17 Bolton Wanderers 19 4 4 1 14 10 2 3 5 13 18 6 7 6 27 28 25 -1 18 Birmingham City 20 4 2 4 12 15 2 4 4 14 17 6 6 8 26 32 24 -6 19 Wolverhampton W'drs. 19 3 4 3 15 14 3 0 6 9 12 6 4 9 24 26 22 -2 20 Barnsley 19 2 4 4 8 13 2 1 6 10 15 4 5 10 18 28 17 -10 21 Ipswich Town 19 2 3 5 12 17 2 2 5 5 23 4 5 10 17 40 17 -23 22 Bristol City 19 2 2 5 19 21 2 1 7 9 16 4 3 12 28 37 15 -9 23 Sheffield Wednesday 19 3 1 6 12 20 1 2 6 10 16 4 3 12 22 36 15 -14 24 Peterborough United 19 2 0 7 11 16 2 1 7 9 16 4 1 14 20 32 13 -12Source: Cardiff City Online
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