| Team | P | Home | Away | Pts | Goal Diff | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | ||||
| Wigan | 44 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 36 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 31 | 9 | 96 | 42 |
| Crewe | 44 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 28 | 18 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 47 | 21 | 84 | 36 |
| Cardiff | 43 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 33 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 34 | 20 | 79 | 27 |
| QPR | 44 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 38 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 30 | 26 | 79 | 23 |
| Oldham | 44 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 35 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 28 | 19 | 78 | 26 |
| Bristol City | 43 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 39 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 36 | 31 | 77 | 29 |
| Tranmere | 44 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 35 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 25 | 32 | 74 | 6 |
Wigan have alrady been crowned champions and the 3 - 1 win over Oldham today looks to have ended any hope of automatic promotion that Ian Dowie may have had. Oldham need two wins with Crewe having two loses and a 10 goal difference overturned. Cardiff and QPR would have to drop points as well.
Tranmere in 7th place have not given up on a play off place. If Cardiff win at Bristol City then Tranmere will only be three points behind Bristol with both teams having two games to play.
There is still a long way to go in this race. Lets take a look at some of the possibilities.
A win for Cardiff at Bristol City tonight will guarantee that Bristol cannot make second place. Also a Cardiff win would mean that along with Crewe we are the only two teams who can control their own destiny by winning their remaining games to go up.
A draw between Bristol and Cardiff would mean it's still mathematically possible for Bristol to finish second but other results and a swing in goal difference would need to go in their favour. Cardiff would still be able to go up automatically but it would rely on Crewe not winning on Saturday.
Cardiff could still lose and go up automatically, the combination of results gets very complicated. City would have to win their last two games. Crewe lose at QPR, then QPR lose or draw their last game, Bristol would also have to drop points as well.
We won't know for sure if it will go to the last game until the games on Saturday have been played. What is certain though is that Cardiff really need to win to keep themselves in with a better than average chance. If we do not win tonight and Crewe win at QPR then the play offs are the best we can hope for.
After watching the 0 - 2 at Peterborough and the 0 - 3 at home to Colchester it's time for Cardiff City to put in the performance of their lives, in fact three such performaces.
Bank Holiday Monday results
| Barnsley | 1 | Crewe | 2 |
| Ince og 33 | Sorvel 34 Hulse 62 | ||
Attend: 9,396 | Half-time: 1-1 | ||
| Blackpool | 3 | Mansfield | 3 |
| Blinkhorn 30 , 43 Taylor 90 | Clarke 13 Larkin 46 White 86 | ||
Attend: 6,173 | Half-time: 2-1 | ||
| Cheltenham | 1 | Peterborough | 1 |
| Duff 86 | Clarke 64 | ||
Attend: 4,809 | Half-time: 0-0 | ||
| Chesterfield | 0 | Brentford | 2 |
| Antoine-Curier 36 , 55 | |||
Attend: 3,296 | Half-time: 0-1 | ||
| Colchester | 0 | Luton | 5 |
| Howard 14 , 45 , 90 Griffiths 21 Nicholls pen 43 | |||
Attend: 3,967 | Half-time: 0-4 | ||
| Port Vale | 1 | Wycombe | 1 |
| Littlejohn 5 | Harris 57 | ||
Attend: 3,590 | Half-time: 1-0 | ||
| QPR | 2 | Notts County | 0 |
| Furlong 16 Langley 90 | |||
Attend: 13,585 | Half-time: 1-0 | ||
| Stockport | 2 | Huddersfield | 1 |
| Daly 79 Wilbraham 81 | Booth 3 | ||
Attend: 7,159 | Half-time: 0-1 | ||
| Tranmere | 4 | Northampton | 0 |
| Nicholson pen 59 Haworth 60 Anderson 90 Hay 90 | |||
Attend: 7,348 | Half-time: 0-0 | ||
| Wigan | 3 | Oldham | 1 |
| Roberts 9 , 80 Bullard 71 | Andrews 1 | ||
Attend: 12,783 | Half-time: 1-1 | ||