3 points vital to Cardiff's promotion hopes

Last updated : 15 March 2009 By Michael Morris
As you can see from the table below, Cardiff are 15 points behind Wolves and 12 behind Birmingham City. We have four games in hand on both of them.

PldHomeAwayOverallPtsEP
WDLFAWDLFAWDLFA
1Wolverhampton Wanderers 3912533921103631262289704774+23
2Birmingham City 3913332513785211920118463271+14
3Reading 3712443914665252118109643564+29
4Sheffield United 389553021874251617129553763+18
5Burnley 38115436236572329171011595261+7
6Preston North End 39143331183610223217913535060+3
7Cardiff City 35114229124104202015146493259+17
8Swansea City 389923720495182313187554357+12
9Bristol City 3879326198382121151211474057+7
10Ipswich Town 3867523198572824141212514354+8


We will play two of those games in hand in the next 4 days. Today at Ashton Gate against Bristol City and at home to Watford on Wednesday evening.

Draws and defeats are not an option now if we want to challenge for automatic promotion.