Championship round up

Last Updated : 19-Aug-2012 by

Goal difference, goals scored and alphabetical means City stand in 6th place on the first League table of the season.

Top of the table are Blackpool who won 2 - 0 at Millwall. Burnley are 2nd after an impressive opening day win over rivals and recently relegated Bolton.

Two impressive comebacks saw Dave Jones' Sheffield Wednesday score in the 90th minute to draw 2 - 2 at Derby (Jones is unbeaten since taking over at Hillsborough) and Gianfranco Zola's Watford snatched a 3 - 2 win at Crystal Palace with a 95th minute strike. They were losing 2 - 1 with 3 mins of normal time remaining.

Tuesday's oponents Brighton lost 1 - 0 at Hull while relegated Wolves were beaten 1 - 0 at Leeds and Steve Keen saw his Blackburn side draw at Ipswich.

Results:

Friday 17th August 2012.

npower Championship
  CARDIFF CITY (0)  1 HUDDERSFIELD TOWN (0)  0    
  Hudson 90+1      

Saturday 18th August 2012

npower Championship
  BARNSLEY (1)  1 MIDDLESBROUGH (0)  0 12,203  
  Davies 45      
  BIRMINGHAM CITY (0)  1 CHARLTON ATHLETIC (0)  1 18,210  
  Zigic 90+4 Cort 82    
  BURNLEY (1)  2 BOLTON WANDERERS (0)  0 18,407  
  Paterson 39
Austin 57
     
  CRYSTAL PALACE (2)  2 WATFORD (1)  3 17,109  
  Garvan 13 (pen), 29 Taylor 22
Abdi 88
Vydra 90+4
   
  DERBY COUNTY (2)  2 SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY (1)  2 27,437  
  Tyson 11
Buxton 27
O'Grady 39
Johnson 90
   
  HULL CITY (0)  1 BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION (0)  0 15,794  
  Simpson 85      
  IPSWICH TOWN (0)  1 BLACKBURN ROVERS (1)  1 19,117  
  Lowe 83 (og) Kazim-Richards 21    
  LEEDS UNITED (1)  1 WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS (0)  0 23,745  
  Becchio 17      
  LEICESTER CITY (0)  2 PETERBOROUGH UNITED (0)  0 23,863  
  Morgan 51
King 75
     
  MILLWALL (0)  0 BLACKPOOL (1)  2    
    Ince 32, 60    
  NOTTINGHAM FOREST (0)  1 BRISTOL CITY (0)  0 21,575  
  Guédioura 71      

League table:

 HomeAwayOverall 
#TeamPlWDLFAWDLFAWDLFAPtsGD
1 Blackpool 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 3 +2
2 Burnley 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 3 +2
3 Leicester City 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 3 +2
4 Watford 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 3 2 3 +1
5 Barnsley 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 +1
6 Cardiff City 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 +1
7 Hull City 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 +1
8 Leeds United 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 +1
9 Nottingham Forest 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 +1
10 Derby County 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 1 0
11 Sheffield Wednesday 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 0 2 2 1 0
12 Birmingham City 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0
13 Blackburn Rovers 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0
14 Charlton Athletic 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0
15 Ipswich Town 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0
16 Crystal Palace 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 -1
17 Brighton & Hove Albion 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1
18 Bristol City 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1
19 Huddersfield Town 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1
20 Middlesbrough 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1
21 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1
22 Bolton Wanderers 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 -2
23 Millwall 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 -2
24 Peterborough United 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 -2