Cardiff City Football Club

• Nickname:Bluebirds
• Founded:1889
• Manager:Malky Mackay

• Ground:Cardiff City stadium
• Capacity:26,828

Cardiff close on Championship leaders

19 Oct 2010 - 22:19:47

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Cardiff City moved to within two points of Championship leaders QPR following a 2-1 victory on the road at Coventry City.

QPR were held to a goalless draw by a battling Swansea, while the Bluebirds picked up three points courtesy of a Peter Whittingham penalty and 87th minute winner from Jay Bothroyd.

Watford are up to third place in the table after they edged out Ipswich Town 2-1 at Vicarage Road.

Stephen McGinn and Marvin Sordell were on the mark for the in-form Hornets.

Burnley's 3-0 victory over Barnsley resulted in the Clarets moving up to fourth place.

Two goals from Chris Eagles - the second from the penalty spot - maintained the upward momentum of Brian Laws' side.

Sven-Goran Eriksson secured his first win as Leicester City manager after the Foxes edged out Leeds United 2-1 at Elland Road.

Steven Howard and on-loan defender Kyle Naughton were the scorers for the Swede in his second game at the helm.

Reading slipped up after going down 1-0 at bottom of the table Bristol City following a first-half winner from Danny Haynes.

Portsmouth continue to climb the table after a 1-0 win over Millwall at the New Den was secured courtesy of a second-half penalty from Liam Lawrence.

Managerless Middlesbrough failed to respond to Monday's departure of Gordon Strachan after going down 1-0 to Nottingham Forest at the City Ground.

They now find themselves level on points with Crystal Palace in the final relegation place after the Eagles were 2-1 winners at Norwich City.

Sheffield United edged out Hull City after Mark Yeates settled a tight encounter at the KC Stadium.

Derby County and Scunthorpe United got the better of Doncaster Rovers and Preston respectively following 3-2 thrillers.