The final countdown

08 April 2013 01:19
City require eight points for promotion and eleven for the title.

Those targets are based on both Hull and Watford winning all their games.

So for example Cardiff will be promoted whatever happens if they win three of their remaining six games. But that could be reduced to winning just two games if Watford draw or lose just one of their matches,

Cardiff now have three home games in a week starting with Barnsley tomorrow. Promotion to the top flight is tantalisingly close.

The remaining fixtures for the top three are:

City Fixtures Cardiff v Barnsley - Tue 9 Apr 19:45Cardiff v Nottm Forest - Sat 13 Apr 15:00Cardiff v Charlton - Tue 16 Apr 19:45Burnley v Cardiff - Sat 20 Apr 12:45Cardiff v Bolton - Sat 27 Apr 15:00Hull v Cardiff - Sat 4 May 12:45Hull Fixtures Ipswich v Hull - Sat 13 Apr 15:00Wolves v Hull - Tue 16 Apr 19:45Hull v Bristol City - Fri 19 Apr 19:45Barnsley v Hull - Sat 27 Apr 15:00Hull v Cardiff - Sat 4 May 12:45Watford Fixtures Peterborough v Watford - Sat 13 Apr 15:00Millwall v Watford - Tue 16 Apr 19:45Watford v Blackburn - Sat 20 Apr 15:00Leicester v Watford - Fri 26 Apr 19:45Watford v Leeds United - Sat 4 May 12:45

Current League table:

     #TeamPlWDLFAWDLFAWDLFAPtsGD 1 Cardiff City 40 14 3 2 32 13 10 4 7 32 27 24 7 9 64 40 79 +24 2 Hull City 41 13 2 6 33 20 10 3 7 24 26 23 5 13 57 46 74 +11 3 Watford 41 10 5 6 36 25 11 3 6 40 26 21 8 12 76 51 71 +25 4 Crystal Palace 41 12 7 2 47 27 6 5 9 20 27 18 12 11 67 54 66 +13 5 Nottingham Forest 41 10 7 4 35 25 6 8 6 25 27 16 15 10 60 52 63 +8 6 Brighton & Hove Albion 41 9 9 3 31 16 6 8 6 26 25 15 17 9 57 41 62 +16 7 Leicester City 41 12 3 5 40 17 5 6 10 20 21 17 9 15 60 38 60 +22 8 Bolton Wanderers 41 13 5 3 33 17 3 7 10 27 36 16 12 13 60 53 60 +7 9 Middlesbrough 41 12 2 6 35 23 5 2 14 22 39 17 4 20 57 62 55 -5 10 Derby County 41 10 7 4 39 21 4 5 11 20 35 14 12 15 59 56 54 +3 11 Burnley 41 8 7 6 28 21 6 5 9 29 35 14 12 15 57 56 54 +1 12 Charlton Athletic 41 6 6 9 26 32 8 6 6 25 23 14 12 15 51 55 54 -4 13 Birmingham City 41 6 8 7 27 33 7 6 7 30 30 13 14 14 57 63 53 -6 14 Ipswich Town 41 8 5 7 27 24 6 6 9 13 31 14 11 16 40 55 53 -15 15 Millwall 39 7 3 8 21 25 7 7 7 27 28 14 10 15 48 53 52 -5 16 Leeds United 41 11 3 6 26 23 3 7 11 25 38 14 10 17 51 61 52 -10 17 Blackpool 41 6 8 6 29 23 6 7 8 27 31 12 15 14 56 54 51 +2 18 Sheffield Wednesday 40 8 3 10 27 34 6 5 8 20 22 14 8 18 47 56 50 -9 19 Wolverhampton W'drs. 41 6 7 7 27 30 7 2 12 24 30 13 9 19 51 60 48 -9 20 Barnsley 40 8 4 8 23 24 5 5 10 27 36 13 9 18 50 60 48 -10 21 Huddersfield Town 41 6 9 6 23 24 6 3 11 19 44 12 12 17 42 68 48 -26 22 Blackburn Rovers 40 8 5 7 23 22 3 9 8 25 33 11 14 15 48 55 47 -7 23 Peterborough United 41 6 4 10 30 37 7 4 10 29 30 13 8 20 59 67 47 -8 24 Bristol City 41 8 4 8 38 38 3 3 15 18 36 11 7 23 56 74 40 -18

 

Source: Cardiff City Online

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