League Championship Rankings - 4/21

Here are the latest rankings through matches of 4/19:

Team	MOV	SOS	SRS
Queens Park Rangers	0.905	-0.029	0.875
Reading	0.619	0.020	0.639
Cardiff City	0.571	-0.005	0.566
Norwich City	0.452	0.007	0.459
Swansea City	0.429	0.015	0.444
Millwall	0.286	0.029	0.315
Nottingham Forest	0.238	0.039	0.277
Watford	0.262	-0.007	0.255
Leeds United	0.238	-0.029	0.209
Hull City	0.143	-0.001	0.142
Burnley	0.071	-0.013	0.058
Leicester City	0.048	-0.001	0.047
Ipswich Town	0.048	-0.009	0.038
Coventry City	-0.071	0.001	-0.071
Bristol City	-0.143	0.013	-0.129
Portsmouth	-0.143	-0.003	-0.146
Derby County	-0.167	-0.023	-0.189
Middlesbrough	-0.214	-0.002	-0.216
Barnsley	-0.262	0.020	-0.242
Doncaster Rovers	-0.548	0.029	-0.519
Preston North End	-0.500	-0.030	-0.530
Crystal Palace	-0.548	0.000	-0.548
Sheffield United	-0.786	-0.015	-0.800
Scunthorpe United	-0.929	-0.004	-0.933

Reading is the hottest team in the Championship at the moment.  They are on a 12-match unbeaten streak in league competition with 9 wins and 3 draws over that span.  Compared to last week, Burnley saw the most improvement improving by 0.079 points and moving up two spots to 11th overall.  Portsmouth is the biggest loser, dropping 0.060 points and two spots to 16th place.

League Championship Projection 4/13

Based on the latest round of matches completed 4/12, here are my latest projections for the Championship:

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA		GD	Pts
1	Queens Park Rangers	46	26	15	5	73	31		42	93
2	Norwich City	46	23	15	8	79	57		22	84
3	Cardiff City	46	24	11	11	78	53		25	83
4	Reading	46	22	16	8	80	51		29	82
5	Swansea City	46	23	9	14	65	44		21	78
6	Millwall	46	19	15	12	62	46		16	72
7	Nottingham Forest	46	18	17	11	61	48		13	71
8	Leeds United	46	18	16	12	84	76		8	70
9	Hull City	46	17	17	12	50	45		5	68
10	Watford	46	17	15	14	80	68		12	66
11	Leicester City	46	17	12	17	70	69		1	63
12	Burnley	46	15	17	14	64	63		1	62
13	Portsmouth	46	16	13	17	58	61		-3	61
14	Bristol City	46	16	13	17	59	65		-6	61
15	Ipswich Town	46	16	11	19	61	61		0	59
16	Middlesbrough	46	15	13	18	63	69		-6	58
17	Barnsley	46	14	13	19	56	68		-12	55
18	Coventry City	46	14	12	20	54	59		-5	54
19	Derby County	46	13	11	22	58	69		-11	50
20	Doncaster Rovers	46	12	13	21	57	79		-22	49
21	Crystal Palace	46	12	12	22	46	69		-23	48
22	Preston North End	46	8	14	24	53	79		-26	38
23	Sheffield United	46	9	10	27	39	74		-35	37
24	Scunthorpe United	46	11	4	31	40	86		-46	37

The biggest winner was Hull City who moved up two spots to ninth.  I projected they would draw at Watford and lose at Swansea.  Instead they beat the Hornets and drew against the Swans, picking up three points in their projection.

The biggest loser was Portsmouth who dropped three spots to 13th.  Their latest projection of 61 points is 5 points worse than previous.  They have been struggling against the bottom-half of the table managing a draw against Preston and losing to Coventry.

No change in the playoff zone with the same matchups as before.  Again I am predicting that Reading will beat Cardiff in the playoff final.