2015–16 Football League Championship: Match Day 5

Championship 2015-16
Day	Fri/Sat
Date	28/29 August 2015
Total matches	12
Total goals	34
Current League	2015-16
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Blackburn Rovers and Bolton Wanderers both remain without a win so far this season after an uninspiring goalless north-west derby at Ewood Park.

Chris Wood fired in a superb late winner to give Leeds their first win of the season at Derby.

Nick Blackman scored twice as Reading registered their first Championship win of the season away at Brentford.

First-half headers from Ben Mee and Michael Keane handed Burnley victory over Bristol City at Ashton Gate.

Tjaronn Chery's late winner ensured Queens Park Rangers left Huddersfield Town with all three points.

Goals from Abel Hernandez and Curtis Davies ensured Hull maintained their 100% record at the KC Stadium this season as they beat Preston.

Brighton beat Ipswich Town in a five-goal thriller to leapfrog the Tractor Boys and go top of the Championship.

Birmingham continued their unbeaten start to the season with victory over Championship newcomers MK Dons.

Cardiff City collected their first Championship away win of the season at Nottingham Forest to move into the top six.

Ben Pringle scored against his old club as Fulham claimed their first league victory of the season against bottom of the table Rotherham.

Middlesbrough withstood a second-half fight-back from Sheffield Wednesday to claim a deserved Championship win.

Wolves sealed their first home league win of the season and put an end to Charlton Athletic's unbeaten start thanks to Adam Le Fondre's late goal.

Friday 28th August 2015

Friday 28th August 2015 19:45	Blackburn Rovers	0–0	Bolton Wanderers	Ewood Park, Lancashire Attendance: 14,632 Referee: Paul Tierney
		Report	Dervite

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Saturday 29th August 2015

Saturday 29th August 2015 12:05	Derby County	1–2	Leeds United	The iPro Stadium, Derby Attendance: 29,386 Referee: Darren Bond
	Martin  48'	Report	Adeyemi  43' Wood  88'

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Saturday 29th August 2015 15:00	Brentford	1–3	Reading	Griffin Park, Brentford Attendance: 10,206 Referee: Andy Madley
	Vibe  67'	Report	Sá  17' Blackman  32', 90' (Pen)

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Saturday 29th August 2015 15:00	Bristol City	1–2	Burnley	Ashton Gate, Bristol Attendance: 15,002 Referee: Mike Dean
	Kodjia  90'	Report	Mee  34' Keane  40'

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Saturday 29th August 2015 15:00	Huddersfield Town	0–1	Queens Park	John Smith's Stadium, Huddersfield Attendance: 11,189 Referee: Kevin Wright
		Report	Chery  84'

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Saturday 29th August 2015 15:00	Hull City	2–0	Preston NE	KC Stadium, Hull Attendance: 16,949 Referee: Fred Graham
	Hernández  37' Davies  82'	Report

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Saturday 29th August 2015 15:00	Ipswich Town	2–3	Brightion	Portman Road, Ipswich Attendance: 21,034 Referee: Keith Hill
	Sears  54' McGoldrick  65' (pen)	Report	Lua Lua  10' Hemed  12', 67'

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Saturday 29th August 2015 15:00	MK Dons	0–2	Birmingham City	Stadium:mk, Milton Keynes Attendance: 14,626 Referee: Robert Atkin
		Report	Gleeson  57' Maghoma  79'

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Saturday 29th August 2015 15:00	Nottm Forest	1–2	Cardiff City	The City Ground, Nottingham Attendance: 18,762 Referee: Oliver Langford
	Antonio  86'	Report	Jones  23' Mason  49'

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Saturday 29th August 2015 15:00	Rotherham United	1–3	Fulham	New York Stadium, Rotherham Attendance: 8,839 Referee: Geoff Eltringham
	Clarke-Harris  72'	Report	Pringle  7' McCormack  16' (pen) Woodrow  90'

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Saturday 29th August 2015 15:00	Sheff Wed	1–3	Middlesbrough	Hillsborough, Sheffield Attendance: 20,976 Referee: Mark Heywood
	Matias  64'	Report	Reach  42' Fabbrini  67' Stuani  86'

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Saturday 29th August 2015 15:00	Wolves	2–1	Charlton Athletic	Molineux, Wolverhampton Attendance: 19,583 Referee: Chris Kavanagh
	Edwards  65' Le Fondre  85'	Report	Berg Gudmundsson  55'

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League table after Match day 5

2015–16 Football League Championship table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Brighton & Hove Albion	5	4	0	1	8	4	+4	12	Promotion to the Premier League
2	Hull City	5	3	1	1	8	4	+4	10
3	Ipswich Town	5	3	1	1	10	7	+3	10	Qualification to the Championship Play-offs
4	Queens Park Rangers	5	3	1	1	10	8	+2	10
5	Cardiff City	5	2	3	0	8	5	+3	9
6	Middlesbrough	5	2	2	1	7	3	+4	8
7	Birmingham City	4	2	2	0	7	4	+3	8
8	Charlton Athletic	5	2	2	1	6	4	+2	8
9	Burnley	5	2	2	1	6	6	0	8
10	Leeds United	5	1	4	0	6	5	+1	7
11	Milton Keynes Dons	5	2	1	2	5	4	+1	7
12	Wolverhampton Wanderers	5	2	1	2	7	8	−1	7
13	Reading	5	1	3	1	5	4	+1	6
14	Fulham	5	1	2	2	7	7	0	5
15	Sheffield Wednesday	5	1	2	2	6	7	−1	5
16	Nottingham Forest	5	1	2	2	4	5	−1	5
17	Preston North End	5	1	2	2	2	4	−2	5
18	Brentford	4	1	1	2	7	8	−1	4
19	Derby County	5	0	4	1	4	5	−1	4
20	Bristol City	5	1	1	3	6	10	−4	4
21	Blackburn Rovers	5	0	3	2	3	5	−2	3
22	Huddersfield Town	5	0	3	2	3	6	−3	3	Relegation to the Football League One
23	Bolton Wanderers	5	0	3	2	1	5	−4	3
24	Rotherham United	5	0	1	4	5	13	−8	1

Updated to games played on 28 August 2015
Source: [ Statto.com]
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round; (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament

See also

• Football League Championship

External links

• Championship fixtures and results at BBC