With The 6 Nations Egg Chasing Season finishing today (Wales beat Italy in Cardiff), Cardiff City's weekend home game hosting Watford is being played tomorrow leaving the club and fans looking at other Championship results and it could barely have gone better as all five teams below The Bluebirds conspired to draw so hardly make up any ground.
Sheffield United and Doncaster in 7th and 8th had to share the spoils in a South Yorkshire derby, The Blades garbbing an 88th minute equaliser for the perfect result from a Cardiff viewpoint. Blackpool in 9th fought back for a home 2-2 draw with Crystal Palace also thanks to a late equaliser but those home points dropped still harm them. And another draw which helped City saw Middlesbrough in 10th held 1-1 at home by Reading, the side recently flying up the table but recent draws have now held them back and in 13th spot.
On paper, it's up to Cardiff to lose their play-off spot as they've now at least 2 points clear of all play-off chasers with 2 games in hand and a vastly superior goal difference seemingly worth another point. However fans won't need reminding how City messed up at the tail end of last season from a similar situation. Don't let lightning strike twice boys.
| Team | P | GD | PTS | |
| 1 | Newcastle | 37 | 43 | 77 |
| 2 | West Brom | 38 | 34 | 75 |
| 3 | Nottm Forest | 38 | 21 | 67 |
| 4 | Swansea | 38 | 6 | 61 |
| 5 | Leicester | 36 | 11 | 60 |
| 6 | Cardiff | 36 | 14 | 55 |
| 7 | Sheff Utd | 38 | 3 | 53 |
| 8 | Doncaster | 38 | 4 | 52 |
| 9 | Blackpool | 38 | 6 | 51 |
| 10 | Middlesbrough | 38 | 7 | 50 |
| 11 | Coventry | 37 | -7 | 50 |
| 12 | Barnsley | 37 | -10 | 49 |
| 13 | Reading | 36 | -3 | 48 |
| 14 | Preston | 38 | -8 | 48 |
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