The Championship weekend

Last updated : 15 February 2013 By Michael Morris

Cardiff kick off the weekend's action when the face Bristol City at CCS in the 1:00pm kick off on Saturday.

The lead over 2nd placed Hull is now 8 points but City have a game in hand. Hull are also playing on Saturday when they entertain Charlton.

3rd placed Leicester ar not playing so City gat the chance open the gap over them to 14 points but only if they can overcome a Bristol City side that are trying to break out of the bottom three.

The dangerous looking Watford are away at Brimingham while Palace and Middlesbrough play each other.

Saturday fixtures are:

Cardiff v Bristol City
Birmingham v Watford
Crystal Palace v Middlesbrough
Derby v Wolves
Hull v Charlton
Ipswich v Blackpool
Nottm Forest v Bolton

Table ahead of weekend's games:

 HomeAwayOverall 
#TeamPlWDLFAWDLFAWDLFAPtsGD
1 Cardiff City 30 12 1 1 25 8 8 3 5 26 22 20 4 6 51 30 64 +21
2 Hull City 31 9 2 4 23 15 8 3 5 19 18 17 5 9 42 33 56 +9
3 Leicester City 30 11 2 2 35 12 5 3 7 17 14 16 5 9 52 26 53 +26
4 Watford 31 8 3 5 28 18 8 2 5 32 24 16 5 10 60 42 53 +18
5 Crystal Palace 31 9 5 1 35 17 5 5 6 19 22 14 10 7 54 39 52 +15
6 Middlesbrough 31 11 1 4 32 19 5 1 9 18 27 16 2 13 50 46 50 +4
7 Brighton & Hove Albion 31 6 7 3 22 14 5 6 4 21 20 11 13 7 43 34 46 +9
8 Blackburn Rovers 31 8 2 6 19 17 3 9 3 23 21 11 11 9 42 38 44 +4
9 Burnley 31 7 4 4 23 16 5 3 8 24 30 12 7 12 47 46 43 +1
10 Derby County 31 8 5 2 33 17 3 4 9 15 28 11 9 11 48 45 42 +3
11 Leeds United 31 9 2 4 20 18 3 4 9 21 30 12 6 13 41 48 42 -7
12 Millwall 31 7 2 6 20 18 4 6 6 21 25 11 8 12 41 43 41 -2
13 Nottingham Forest 31 7 4 4 21 19 3 7 6 19 25 10 11 10 40 44 41 -4
14 Blackpool 31 5 6 5 28 22 5 4 6 22 24 10 10 11 50 46 40 +4
15 Charlton Athletic 31 4 6 6 21 24 6 4 5 20 19 10 10 11 41 43 40 -2
16 Birmingham City 31 5 5 5 20 23 4 6 6 21 25 9 11 11 41 48 38 -7
17 Bolton Wanderers 30 7 5 3 23 16 2 5 8 20 28 9 10 11 43 44 37 -1
18 Huddersfield Town 31 5 7 4 19 19 4 3 8 14 32 9 10 12 33 51 37 -18
19 Sheffield Wednesday 31 5 3 8 21 28 5 3 7 17 19 10 6 15 38 47 36 -9
20 Ipswich Town 31 4 5 6 21 22 5 3 8 12 30 9 8 14 33 52 35 -19
21 Wolverhampton W'drs. 31 4 6 6 20 24 5 1 9 17 21 9 7 15 37 45 34 -8
22 Barnsley 31 4 4 7 14 19 5 3 8 22 28 9 7 15 36 47 34 -11
23 Bristol City 31 6 2 8 30 34 3 2 10 14 24 9 4 18 44 58 31 -14
24 Peterborough United 30 5 2 9 26 32 4 1 9 17 23 9 3 18 43 55 30 -12