Championship Fixtures 18th September 2010 Part 2

Ipswich Town v Cardiff City
Both these teams were unbeaten only a few days ago but matches against high-flying Queen’s Park Rangers and desperate Leicester City respectively put an end to all that.
Troy Brown has a chance of starting for Ipswich but if he doesn’t, he should be on the bench.
Jason Koumas will hope to keep his place in the starting line-up. If he doesn’t, Darcy Blake and Adam Matthews could be in line to replace him after being on the bench for Cardiff’s midweek defeat. Aaron Wildig is also likely to be in the squad.
Star striker Craig Bellamy could return to the side but must first pass a late fitness test on his knee.

Leicester City v Queen’s Park Rangers
Leicester ended Cardiff City’s unbeaten run midweek and QPR are the next team in their sights as they hope to build on their first win and climb the table.
Andy King certainly deserves to start for Leicester after scoring three in his last two matches. He scored both goals in Leicester’s 2-1 win over Cardiff.

Middlesbrough v Reading
It probably isn’t correct to refer to Middlesbrough as the favourites for promotion although they do still have eight months to prove me wrong. Reading will tell them it’s perfectly possible to have a bad start to the season and finish not far from the play-offs. Not that the play-offs will really be good enough for Boro.
But Reading are no pushover – they have only conceded three goals in away matches this season.
Jason Steele played well for Boro in Tuesday’s 1-0 defeat to Burnley but Middlesbrough still have the option of calling on the far more experienced Danny Coyne. Rhys Williams, however, is likely to be out for at least another two months.
Reading haven’t given their Welsh strikers much of a chance this season and a 3-0 victory in their previous game might not encourage the manager to make any changes. But let’s not forget Simon Church scored against Liverpool last season while Hal Robson-Kanu scored two penalties in the Carling Cup defeat to Northampton Town.