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Scores, Results & Fixtures
Results
Fixtures
Saturday 23rd February 2019
Championship
- BirminghamBirmingham City15:00BlackburnBlackburn Rovers
Saturday 2nd March 2019
Championship
- RotherhamRotherham United15:00BlackburnBlackburn Rovers
Saturday 9th March 2019
Championship
- BlackburnBlackburn Rovers12:00PrestonPreston North End
Tuesday 12th March 2019
Championship
- BlackburnBlackburn Rovers19:45WiganWigan Athletic
League Table
Championship
| Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwich | 33 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 65 | 42 | 23 | 63 | ||
| 2 | Sheff Utd | 33 | 18 | 7 | 8 | 58 | 34 | 24 | 61 | ||
| 3 | Leeds | 32 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 53 | 36 | 17 | 61 | ||
| 4 | West Brom | 33 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 67 | 42 | 25 | 60 | ||
| 5 | Middlesbrough | 32 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 36 | 24 | 12 | 54 | ||
| 6 | Bristol City | 31 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 40 | 30 | 10 | 53 | ||
| 7 | Derby | 32 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 43 | 37 | 6 | 51 | ||
| 8 | Nottm Forest | 33 | 11 | 14 | 8 | 46 | 38 | 8 | 47 | ||
| 9 | Birmingham | 32 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 49 | 40 | 9 | 46 | ||
| 10 | Aston Villa | 33 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 56 | 52 | 4 | 44 | ||
| 11 | Preston | 33 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 50 | 47 | 3 | 44 | ||
| 12 | Hull | 32 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 45 | 42 | 3 | 44 | ||
| 13 | Swansea | 32 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 42 | 39 | 3 | 44 | ||
| 14 | Blackburn | 33 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 43 | 50 | -7 | 43 | ||
| 15 | Sheff Wed | 32 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 36 | 47 | -11 | 41 | ||
| 16 | Brentford | 31 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 50 | 43 | 7 | 40 | ||
| 17 | Stoke | 33 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 34 | 41 | -7 | 40 | ||
| 18 | QPR | 32 | 11 | 6 | 15 | 41 | 50 | -9 | 39 | ||
| 19 | Millwall | 32 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 35 | 45 | -10 | 34 | ||
| 20 | Wigan | 32 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 32 | 46 | -14 | 34 | ||
| 21 | Reading | 33 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 34 | 49 | -15 | 29 | ||
| 22 | Rotherham | 33 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 33 | 53 | -20 | 29 | ||
| 23 | Bolton | 33 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 21 | 51 | -30 | 26 | ||
| 24 | Ipswich | 33 | 3 | 11 | 19 | 25 | 56 | -31 | 20 | ||
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