| Team | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | GD | |
| 1 | West Bromwich Albion | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 13 | 28 | 16 |
| 2 | Newcastle United | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 9 | 27 | 12 |
| 3 | Leicester City | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 27 | 6 |
| 4 | Cardiff City | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 30 | 15 | 26 | 15 |
| 5 | Bristol City | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 25 | 4 |
A win for City today will take the Bluebirds top, a draw would be enough to go 2nd. This ahead of Newcastle playing at Sheff Utd on Monday. For once I'll be wanting the Blades to win, and I don't say that very often.
Forest come to the Cardiff City Stadium unbeaten away from home this season. They have not scored on their last three visits to the capital and their last victory against City at Ninian Park was in 1976.
Kick off is at 5:00pm and the match is live on BBC2 TV across the UK.
