I really can't wait for the last ten games of this Championship season - it's shaping up to be an absolute stormer.
Big news this week (aside from Cardiff
unveiling another slightly less disastrous badge) was Ian Holloway's (inevitable) sacking at Millwall.
| Position |
Team |
Played |
Won |
Drawn |
Lost |
Goals For |
Goals Against |
Goal Difference |
Points |
| 1 |
Bournemouth |
36 |
19 |
9 |
8 |
74 |
39 |
35 |
66 |
| 2 |
Derby |
36 |
19 |
9 |
8 |
68 |
39 |
29 |
66 |
| 3 |
Watford |
36 |
20 |
6 |
10 |
72 |
44 |
28 |
66 |
| 4 |
Middlesbrough |
36 |
19 |
9 |
8 |
54 |
26 |
28 |
66 |
| 5 |
Norwich |
36 |
19 |
8 |
9 |
70 |
39 |
31 |
65 |
| 6 |
Brentford |
36 |
19 |
5 |
12 |
58 |
46 |
12 |
62 |
| 7 |
Ipswich |
36 |
17 |
10 |
9 |
56 |
39 |
17 |
61 |
| 8 |
Wolves |
36 |
16 |
10 |
10 |
50 |
44 |
6 |
58 |
| 9 |
Nott'm Forest |
36 |
14 |
11 |
11 |
59 |
51 |
8 |
53 |
| 10 |
Blackburn |
36 |
13 |
12 |
11 |
46 |
45 |
1 |
51 |
| 11 |
Sheffield Weds |
36 |
12 |
13 |
11 |
32 |
34 |
-2 |
49 |
| 12 |
Charlton |
36 |
11 |
15 |
10 |
41 |
45 |
-4 |
48 |
| 13 |
Leeds |
36 |
13 |
8 |
15 |
39 |
46 |
-7 |
47 |
| 14 |
Birmingham |
36 |
11 |
13 |
12 |
42 |
52 |
-10 |
46 |
| 15 |
Cardiff |
36 |
11 |
11 |
14 |
43 |
48 |
-5 |
44 |
| 16 |
Reading |
36 |
12 |
8 |
16 |
39 |
54 |
-15 |
44 |
| 17 |
Huddersfield |
36 |
11 |
9 |
16 |
45 |
62 |
-17 |
42 |
| 18 |
Bolton |
36 |
11 |
8 |
17 |
43 |
55 |
-12 |
41 |
| 19 |
Brighton |
36 |
9 |
13 |
14 |
41 |
45 |
-4 |
40 |
| 20 |
Rotherham |
36 |
9 |
13 |
14 |
37 |
53 |
-16 |
40 |
| 21 |
Fulham |
36 |
11 |
6 |
19 |
47 |
64 |
-17 |
39 |
| 22 |
Wigan |
36 |
7 |
10 |
19 |
32 |
48 |
-16 |
31 |
| 23 |
Millwall |
36 |
7 |
10 |
19 |
31 |
60 |
-29 |
31 |
| 24 |
Blackpool |
36 |
4 |
10 |
22 |
29 |
70 |
-41 |
22 |
I wrote last week how Millwall (and Holloway) could consider themselves a little unlucky to be in the relegation zone, particularly when there are far better candidates sitting outside - yes I mean you Charlton and Leeds.
But even so, Millwall have not been a good team this year, getting just a 42.8% share of shots on target per game. They've done ok in the overall shot share at 50%, but failing to get them on target is a real millstone.
| Position |
Team |
Shots for total |
Shots against total |
Corsi/TSR |
shots on target for total |
shots on target against total |
Shots on target share |
Shooting % For |
Save % |
PDO |
| 14 |
Birmingham |
488 |
568 |
0.462 |
156 |
183 |
0.46 |
26.91 |
71.59 |
98.5 |
| 10 |
Blackburn |
554 |
498 |
0.527 |
171 |
172 |
0.499 |
26.9 |
73.83 |
100.73 |
| 24 |
Blackpool |
398 |
611 |
0.395 |
125 |
195 |
0.391 |
23.19 |
64.09 |
87.28 |
| 18 |
Bolton |
458 |
553 |
0.453 |
156 |
187 |
0.455 |
27.57 |
70.59 |
98.16 |
| 1 |
Bournemouth |
591 |
436 |
0.576 |
214 |
131 |
0.62 |
34.57 |
70.23 |
104.8 |
| 6 |
Brentford |
525 |
511 |
0.507 |
194 |
176 |
0.524 |
29.91 |
73.85 |
103.76 |
| 19 |
Brighton |
535 |
466 |
0.535 |
157 |
138 |
0.532 |
26.11 |
67.38 |
93.49 |
| 15 |
Cardiff |
451 |
500 |
0.474 |
137 |
147 |
0.482 |
31.38 |
67.35 |
98.73 |
| 12 |
Charlton |
376 |
564 |
0.4 |
129 |
171 |
0.43 |
31.8 |
73.69 |
105.49 |
| 2 |
Derby |
484 |
454 |
0.516 |
169 |
148 |
0.533 |
40.25 |
73.65 |
113.89 |
| 21 |
Fulham |
470 |
563 |
0.455 |
146 |
189 |
0.436 |
32.18 |
66.14 |
98.32 |
| 17 |
Huddersfield |
522 |
516 |
0.503 |
183 |
175 |
0.511 |
24.59 |
64.56 |
89.15 |
| 7 |
Ipswich |
536 |
487 |
0.524 |
189 |
139 |
0.576 |
29.63 |
71.94 |
101.57 |
| 13 |
Leeds |
424 |
555 |
0.433 |
123 |
170 |
0.42 |
31.7 |
72.95 |
104.65 |
| 4 |
Middlesbrough |
545 |
397 |
0.579 |
177 |
114 |
0.608 |
30.5 |
77.2 |
107.7 |
| 23 |
Millwall |
470 |
477 |
0.496 |
127 |
170 |
0.428 |
24.4 |
64.71 |
89.11 |
| 5 |
Norwich |
583 |
349 |
0.626 |
199 |
122 |
0.62 |
35.19 |
68.02 |
103.21 |
| 9 |
Nott'm Forest |
532 |
483 |
0.524 |
162 |
156 |
0.509 |
36.42 |
67.32 |
103.73 |
| 16 |
Reading |
467 |
461 |
0.503 |
148 |
162 |
0.477 |
26.36 |
66.68 |
93.03 |
| 20 |
Rotherham |
489 |
499 |
0.495 |
158 |
161 |
0.495 |
23.42 |
67.07 |
90.5 |
| 11 |
Sheffield Weds |
481 |
442 |
0.521 |
129 |
135 |
0.489 |
24.81 |
74.82 |
99.62 |
| 3 |
Watford |
526 |
515 |
0.505 |
197 |
168 |
0.54 |
36.55 |
73.82 |
110.37 |
| 22 |
Wigan |
439 |
424 |
0.509 |
118 |
141 |
0.456 |
27.13 |
65.96 |
93.09 |
| 8 |
Wolves |
475 |
490 |
0.492 |
150 |
164 |
0.478 |
33.34 |
73.17 |
106.51 |
So Holloway has left the Den and I saw some Blackpool fans on twitter even (half-jokingly I suspect) wondering if he could be persuaded to come back to Bloomfield Road.
Sadly, I don't think even Ian Holloway's magic can save the Seasiders from the Oyston treatment.