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 | ||||||
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| CARDIFF CITY | (0) 1 | HUDDERSFIELD TOWN | (0) 0 | |||
| Hudson 90+1 | ||||||
Saturday 18th August 2012
| npower Championship | ||||||
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| 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 |
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| CRYSTAL PALACE | (2) 2 | WATFORD | (1) 3 | 17,109 | ||
| Garvan 13 (pen), 29 | Taylor 22 Abdi 88 Vydra 90+4 |
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| DERBY COUNTY | (2) 2 | SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY | (1) 2 | 27,437 | ||
| Tyson 11 Buxton 27 |
O'Grady 39 Johnson 90 |
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| 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 |
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| MILLWALL | (0) 0 | BLACKPOOL | (1) 2 | |||
| Ince 32, 60 | ||||||
| NOTTINGHAM FOREST | (0) 1 | BRISTOL CITY | (0) 0 | 21,575 | ||
| Guédioura 71 | ||||||
League table:
| Home | Away | Overall | |||||||||||||||||
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| # | Team | Pl | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | GD |
| 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 |