LFW Weekend Championship Preview
Thursday, 5th Nov 2009 21:37

LFW looks ahead to the forthcoming weekends action in the Coca Cola Championship.

Welcome back to LFW Championship Preview, which, like last week, starts on a Friday night as the Skt cameras travel to Pride Park for Derby's clash with Coventry. The home side are in right in the middle of a wretched run of form and are without a win in four and last weekend, became the first side in the Championship beaten by Ipswich as the Tractor Boys recorded their first win of the season. Coventry's form isn't great either, without a win in five games, with three defeats amongst that lot. Both sides will be looking at the match as a great chance to get 3 points and maybe kick start their seasons.

Moving onto Saturday and the Sky cameras will be moving from Derby, across the border to Wales and this one certainly won't be one for the purists as Swansea take on bitter rivals, Cardiff at the Liberty Stadium. Paulo Sousa's side will be full of confidence, going into the game boasting an impressive unbeaten run, stretching to 9 games. The Bluebirds themselves are unbeaten in six and currently 3rd in the table, but I am sure that current form will go out of the window come 12.45 on Saturday lunchtime. Jumping ahead slightly, to Monday night and there is the Yorkshire Derby between Barnsley and Sheffield United at Oakwell. At the time of writing, I am not sure if this is being televised but is sure to be a cracking encounter all the same with both sides level on points and in the wrong half of the division.

Staying at the wrong end and second to bottom, Peterborough, face the long trip to the North East to take on leaders, Newcastle which surprisingly for many, is NOT live on the telly this time around? As mentioned earlier, Ipswich now have a league victory on the board but it wasn't enough to lift them from the foot of the table - although they will fancy their chances to leapfrog Saturday's opponents as they travel to Reading, who have yet to record a home success this season and currently sit 21st in the table. After last week's success at Middlesbrough, Plymouth will be looking to build on their 1-0 win up there with a home game against Doncaster, who's fans will have to make the long old poke to Home Park this week.

At the top end, second placed West Brom have a tough looking trip to the Walkers Stadium to take on fourth placed and very much in form, Leicester in what looks like one of the games of the day. Fifth placed Bristol City travel to the much improved, Nottingham Forest and in 6th, QPR travel to Sheffield Wednesday and LFW Preview of the game will be online soon...

Just outside the play off spots and Gordon Strachan's, Middlesbrough, travel to South London to take on Crystal Palace. Watford v Preston and Blackpool v Scunthorpe, also look like fixtures that could well be pleasing to the eye.

Friday, 6 November 2009

Derby v Coventry, 19:45

Saturday, 7 November 2009

Blackpool v Scunthorpe, 15:00
Crystal Palace v Middlesbrough, 15:00
Leicester v West Brom, 15:00
Newcastle v Peterborough, 15:00
Nottm Forest v Bristol City, 15:00
Plymouth v Doncaster, 15:00
Reading v Ipswich, 15:00
Sheff Wed v QPR, 15:00
Swansea v Cardiff, 12:45
Watford v Preston, 15:00

Monday, 9 November 2009

Barnsley v Sheff Utd, 19:45