Leicester City and Cardiff City will be keen to take sole control of the pole position in the Championship with victories this weekend.
Leicester and Cardiff flying high; Ipswich down at the bottom
Both Leicester City and Cardiff City will be keen to take sole control of the pole position in the Championship with victories over Crystal Palace and Burnley respectively.
The two clubs are level on 25 points heading into the 13th round of matches this weekend, with the Foxes ahead on goal difference.
Both clubs are at home on Saturday, and both have yet to drop a point in front of their own supporters.
Leicester are unbeaten in seven matches and will hope to get the better of
Palace, who are four points behind them in fourth.
Cardiff will entertain a
Burnley side that are 10th in the standings with 17 points from 12 matches.
Middlesbrough, Blackburn Rovers and
Wolverhampton Wanderers all will be hoping for a slip-up from the top two.
Boro host struggling
Bolton Wanderers at the Riverside Stadium, Rovers host
Watford while Wolves entertain a
Charlton Athletic side who are just four points above the relegation zone.
Huddersfield Town, who are level on 20 points with Wolves and Blackburn and two points behind Boro, are at
Millwall in 19th.
Leeds United too play on Saturday and Neil Warnock's side will hope to get the better of relegation candidates
Birmingham City at Elland Road and increase their points tally to 22.
At the other end of the table, bottom club
Ipswich Town, who have picked up just seven points so far this season, are at home to
Sheffield Wednesday.
Wednesday, who lost 1-0 at Blackburn in midweek, are two points ahead of Ipswich in 23rd place.
Peterborough United are third from bottom in the table, level on points with Wednesday, and will entertain
Derby County at home on Saturday.
Bristol City will hope to recover from their 4-3 home defeat to Burnley in midweek with victory over
Hull City, who are ninth with 19 points.
City, on the other hand, are just two points above the relegation zone.
In other games on Saturday,
Barnsley will host
Nottingham Forest and
Brighton are away at
Blackpool.
