Championship Fixtures 28th September 2010 Part 2

Leeds United v Preston North End
Preston remain in the bottom three after finally managing their second win of the season against Coventry City. Leeds will need to win to be sure of staying in the play-off places –with ten places in with a chance of catching them, a draw probably won’t be enough.
Jason Brown and Sanchez Watt will probably be on the bench for Leeds. It would be nice if they weren’t though.
Craig Morgan has spent the last few matches on the bench but the injured player he replaced in the 36th minute at the weekend is a doubt for this match. Paul Parry is also likely to be involved after playing a part in the last five games.

Norwich City v Leicester City
Leicester will be desperate to turn things around after an embarrassing defeat by Portsmouth at the weekend left them bottom of the table. Norwich are still in the top six but they’ve lost two of their last three matches.
Andrew Crofts should play in midfield for Norwich while Andy King should be in the same position for Leicester. Both players have the distinction of having scored their club’s earliest goal in a match this season. Andrew has scored in the 42nd minute and Andy in the 51st.

Nottingham Forest v Sheffield United
Forest are unbeaten in seven matches. I know most of them were draws but two of the last three were wins so things are definitely looking up. The same can’t be said of Gary Speed’s Sheffield United, who are in 18th place.
Chris Gunter should keep his place in Forest’s defence but Robert Earnshaw misses out again with a thigh injury.
Ched Evans should start for Sheffield United.

Portsmouth v Bristol City
Portsmouth finally got their first win of the season against Leicester City and Bristol City might be a good place to continue that run. They too have won only once this season.
Christian Ribeiro will hope to keep his place in Bristol City’s defence although Lewin Nyatanga was said to be nearing a return. Brett Pitman is likely to be a substitute as he continues to get used to Championship football. James Wilson (knee) and Sam Vokes (hamstring) are both definitely out.