29 Dec 2013

Wood's Foxes top the Championship

11:38 am on 29 December 2013

New Zealand striker Chris Wood's side Leicester City team are on top of the second division English Championship with a 1-0 home victory over Reading.

The Foxes are two points clear at the top from Burnley, who lost 1-0 at Middlesbrough.

All Whites vice-captain Tommy Smith's Ipswich Town are just outside the top six playoff places after a 3-0 away win at Doncaster.

Nottingham Forest's 2-0 home defeat of Queen's Park Rangers in the late game nudged Ipswich into seventh. Forest are fifth.

Blackpool and Leeds drew 1-1 and are 10th and sixth respectively

Derby drew 1-1 at Huddersfield and are fourth, while Watford thrashed 10-man visitors Millwall 4-0, to put the Lions in danger of slipping into the relegation places.

Fellow Londoners Charlton Athletic repelled Brighton and Hove Albion 3-2 to improve to 19th