Midweek Division 1 Round Up

Crewe sit one place below City but are 5 points behind. Crewe head a group of 8 teams all hoping to avoid the last releagtion place. Derby are in 22nd place with 38 points and only 6 points cover the places upto Crewe. With Wimbledon all but relegated, Bradford fighting for their lives but still 8 points from a safe position it looks like the third team for the drop will come from

Derby, Gillingham, Burnley, Walsall, Rotherham, Forest, Watford or Crewe

Crewe are struggling of late with 6 defeats in the last 9 games. Their only win a shock result at the JJB against Wigan. Cardiff do not want to be beaten this weekend and get dragged into a battle at the bottom. We are 11 points clear of the drop zone and should be OK but a win this Saturday would ease any fears. (The play offs are 8 points ahead of us - just in case we win all our games).

There were wins this week for Norwich and WBA and they hold a 10 point lead in the automatic promotion places. West Ham are 3rd and with only 9 games left to play will probably have to settle for the play offs.

Coventry scored 4 at home last night to beat Preston and Ipswich picked up a good win at Walsall to keep their play off hopes alive.

Midweek results

Wednesday 17 March
Coventry	4	Preston	1
Gudjonsson 2 , 27 Doyle 8 McSheffrey 11		Fuller 48
Attend: 13,142		Half-time: 4-0


Nottm Forest	1	Burnley	1
Taylor 80		Chaplow 15
Attend: 26,885		Half-time: 0-1


West Ham	4	Crewe	2
Harewood 6 , 20 Reo-Coker 35 McAnuff 41		Jones 61 , 72
Attend: 31,158		Half-time: 4-0


Tuesday 16 March
Cardiff	2	Reading	3
Earnshaw 42 Bullock 72		Ingimarsson 39 Kitson 45 Morgan 90
Attend: 14,051		Half-time: 1-2


Norwich	3	Gillingham	0
Pouton 63 Mulryne 65 McVeigh 67
Attend: 23,198		Half-time: 0-0


Rotherham	1	Sheff Utd	1
Monkhouse 52		Lester pen 48
Attend: 9,793		Half-time: 0-0


Sunderland	1	Stoke	1
Byfield 69		Svard 13
Attend: 24,510		Half-time: 0-1


Walsall	1	Ipswich	3
Andrews 88		Bent 48 , 59 , 90
Attend: 6,562		Half-time: 0-0


Watford	2	Derby	1
Helguson 19 Mahon 53		Peschisolido 10
Attend: 13,931		Half-time: 1-1


West Brom	2	Wigan	1
Hughes 77 Gaardsoe 90		Liddell pen 73
Attend: 26,215		Half-time: 0-0

Trending on the boards

1	Norwich City	36	14	3	2	33	13	6	7	4	24	17	20	10	6	57	30	70	+27
2	West Brom	37	11	5	3	29	14	9	5	4	24	18	20	10	7	53	32	70	+21

3	West Ham United	37	9	6	4	34	19	6	9	3	21	17	15	15	7	55	36	60	+19
4	Sheffield United	36	9	4	4	30	19	8	4	7	23	23	17	8	11	53	42	59	+11
5	Wigan Athletic	36	9	6	3	23	13	6	7	5	26	24	15	13	8	49	37	58	+12
6	Reading	37	9	5	4	25	21	7	4	8	22	28	16	9	12	47	49	57	-2

7	Sunderland	34	9	7	1	24	11	6	4	7	23	24	15	11	8	47	35	56	+12
8	Millwall	35	9	6	2	21	10	6	5	7	23	24	15	11	9	44	34	56	+10
9	Ipswich Town	37	10	2	6	40	29	6	6	7	27	32	16	8	13	67	61	56	+6
10	Coventry City	37	7	8	4	26	18	7	5	6	26	22	14	13	10	52	40	55	+12
11	Preston North End	37	10	4	4	34	20	4	6	9	20	30	14	10	13	54	50	52	+4
12	Stoke City	36	9	6	3	30	19	5	4	9	20	28	14	10	12	50	47	52	+3
13	Crystal Palace	36	6	7	5	27	24	8	2	8	30	29	14	9	13	57	53	51	+4
14	Cardiff City	36	8	5	6	35	21	5	5	7	22	26	13	10	13	57	47	49	+10
15	Crewe Alexandra	36	9	2	6	25	18	3	6	10	21	34	12	8	16	46	52	44	-6
16	Watford	37	7	7	5	26	24	4	3	11	16	28	11	10	16	42	52	43	-10
17	Nottingham Forest	37	6	7	6	28	23	4	5	9	18	25	10	12	15	46	48	42	-2
18	Rotherham United	36	6	7	5	24	21	4	5	9	17	28	10	12	14	41	49	42	-8
19	Walsall	37	7	6	6	25	26	3	5	10	13	24	10	11	16	38	50	41	-12
20	Burnley	37	7	6	5	28	22	2	8	9	20	39	9	14	14	48	61	41	-13
21	Gillingham	35	8	1	8	19	22	3	7	8	16	27	11	8	16	35	49	41	-14

22	Derby County	36	7	5	6	25	27	2	6	10	12	29	9	11	16	37	56	38	-19
23	Bradford City	37	5	3	11	18	27	4	3	11	13	25	9	6	22	31	52	33	-21
24	Wimbledon	35	2	3	12	14	30	3	0	15	14	42	5	3	27	28	72	18	-44