Championship Fixtures 25th September 2010 Part 2

Coventry City v Preston North End
Coventry have a good chance of keeping their unbeaten home record intact when they host Preston North End, who might consider changing their name to Preston Bottom End if they don’t start picking up some more points soon – although to be fair they’re not quite bottom as they do have one more point than Portsmouth, the only team they’ve beaten.
Coventry striker Freddy Eastwood has a knee injury and is expected to be out for eight weeks.
Craig Morgan has been on the bench for Preston’s last two games but Paul Parry has played at least part of the match every week since building up his match fitness sufficiently to return to Championship football.

Derby County v Crystal Palace
Derby have not won a single home match this season while Crystal Palace haven’t picked up any points at all in away fixtures, or scored any goals. Something’s got to give.
Gareth Roberts could miss out for Derby again as the club continue to monitor his ankle problem. Robbie Savage could return to the starting line-up after being on the bench last week.
Andy Dorman should start for Crystal Palace. Lewis Price could be in goal against the side which released him at the end of last season but he probably won’t be.

Leeds United v Sheffield United
Leeds failed to win their last two games so they’ll be eager to get back on track against Sheffield United Sheff Utd manager Gary Speed takes on the team with which has career began. The last time Leeds beat Sheff Utd, Gary scored. For Leeds, that is.
Sanchez Watt will hope to be back in the starting line-up after being a substitute for the last two matches. Loan goalkeeper Jason Brown is likely to be on the bench no matter what. He should be playing but it must be nice to have a change of bench occasionally, it helps keep life interesting.
Ched Evans should keep his place in Sheff Utd’s starting line-up after scoring the winner last weekend.

Norwich City v Hull City
This time last season, I’m not sure Norwich were even in the play-off places but they went on to win League One by some distance. This season has started much better for the Canaries, who are in fourth place. But not for much longer if Hull have any say in it… although the last time Hull beat Norwich, Hull manager Nigel Pearson was Year 3 at most while Norwich manager Paul Lambert was in nappies. Not to mention that Hull’s last away win was 18 months ago.
Norwich midfielder Andrew Crofts will be doing his best to ensure Hull’s run of games without an away win doesn’t end tomorrow.