THE RESULTS THAT MATTER:
Cardiff City 1-1 Stoke City
Birmingham City 0-1 Blackpool
Burnley 1-2 QPR
Coventry City 2-1 Reading
Wigan Athletic 2-1 Millwall
Bristol City 2-1 Rotherham United
Despite Wigan picking up a good win against Millwall, it's almost impossible for them to overtake Cardiff now, because they are six points behind them with only two games remaining and have a vastly inferior goal difference.
Blackpool are keeping themselves in with a shout, that's two wins out of three matches since Mick McCarthy's sacking. A 1-0 win over Birmingham City keeps tentative hopes alive for the division's 23rd-placed side. They, too, have only two matches remaining and are three points adrift of Huddersfield, the team occupying that final safe spot at the moment. Although the Terriers - like Cardiff and Rotherham - have a game in hand over the three sides in the relegation zone.
Reading struggled without their talisman Andy Carroll, who was serving a ban for a red card he picked up in their last game, and the Royals slumped to defeat at Coventry. It's not looking good for the Berkshire club, all things considered, with the team now having gone 11 games without a win as things begin to look ominous for them.
Cardiff gained a point on Rotherham and as a result moved level with them on 46 points. The Millers were hit with a sucker punch in the 91st minute as Andreas Weimann scored an injury-time winner for Bristol City. Rotherham are winless in five matches now and are still being hauled back into this relegation picture.
QPR, like Cardiff, took four points from their two games last week and took a major step forward towards safety. Chris Martin's 87th-minute strike sealed victory for the west London club over champions-elect Burnley in yet another surprising result against the top-placed club. It puts the R's four points above the drop zone now with two to play.
The Table:
18th - QPR - P 44 PTS 47
19th - Rotherham - P 43 PTS 46
20th - Cardiff - P43 PTS 46
21st - Huddersfield - P43 PTS 44
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22nd - Reading - P44 PTS 43
23rd - Blackpool - P44 PTS 41
24th - Wigan - P44 PTS 40
Next rounds of fixtures
Thursday
Rotherham v Cardiff
Friday
Blackpool v Millwall
Saturday
Reading v Wigan
Stoke City v QPR
Sunday
Cardiff v Huddersfield
Monday
Rotherham v Middlesbrough
UPDATED:
READING MINUS 6PTS
WIGAN MINUS 3PTS
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