Championship roundup: Cardiff City, Fulham both pick up important wins

Champ roundup: Cardiff continue charge
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Cardiff City continue their charge towards the Premier League with a 3-1 victory over Burton Albion, while Fulham also triumph in Saturday's Championship action.

Cardiff City continued their charge towards the Premier League with a 3-1 victory over struggling Burton Albion in Wales on Saturday afternoon.

Neil Warnock's side currently sit second in the Championship table on 79 points - just three points behind league leaders Wolverhampton Wanderers, who face playoff hopefuls Middlesbrough in the late kickoff.

The Welsh outfit have now won each of their last eight Championship fixtures, and are unbeaten in the league since losing at Queens Park Rangers on New Year's Day.

Fulham, meanwhile, remain in third position in the division courtesy of a 2-0 success over Norwich City, with Stefan Johansen and Tom Cairney both on the scoresheet in the second period.

Elsewhere, Barnsley, who sit just outside the bottom three, could not hold onto a 2-1 lead against Bristol City as they were forced to share the points, while Brentford and Sheffield United played out a 1-1 draw in a match that saw Ryan Woods and Jamal Blackman receive red cards following an altercation in the second period.

Leeds United eased the pressure on under-fire head coach Paul Heckingbottom with a 2-1 win over lowly Bolton Wanderers, which was a result that moved the Whites up to 12th position.

Sheffield Wednesday were the big winners on the afternoon, however, with a 4-1 success over Preston North End at Hillsborough moving the Owls 11 points clear of the relegation zone.

Results in full: Barnsley 2-2 Bristol City, Brentford 1-1 Sheffield United, Cardiff City 3-1 Burton Albion, Leeds United 2-1 Bolton Wanderers, Norwich City 0-2 Fulham, Sheffield Wednesday 4-1 Preston North End

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TeamPWDLFAGDPTS
1Wolverhampton WanderersWolves40268673363786
2Cardiff CityCardiff39248762332980
3Fulham402112770412975
4Aston Villa402110964372773
5Derby CountyDerby391714857381965
6Middlesbrough401891356391763
7Bristol City4016141056451162
8Millwall4016141050391162
9Sheffield UnitedSheff Utd40188145345862
10Preston North EndPreston401515104942760
11Brentford401513125647958
12Ipswich TownIpswich40158174951-253
13Leeds UnitedLeeds40158175256-453
14Norwich CityNorwich401313144250-852
15Queens Park RangersQPR401311164957-850
16Sheffield WednesdaySheff Weds401114154854-647
17Nottingham ForestNott'm Forest39137194356-1346
18Hull City40914175561-641
19Reading40912194560-1539
20Bolton WanderersBolton40912193459-2539
21Birmingham CityBirmingham40116233057-2739
22Barnsley39713193958-1934
23Sunderland40613214372-2931
24Burton Albion40710232971-4231

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