Di Matteo sacked as Huddersfield continue to lead. Lets take a look how things stand as the Championship takes a weekend break.
Champions League winner Roberto Di Matteo was sacked by Aston Villa following their third defeat of the season and are now 15 points behind current leaders Huddersfield.
The Villans have currently entrusted the team in the hands of Steve Clarke and in Day 12 will face at the Villa Park, Wolves.
Meantime at the top of the table surprisingly Huddersfield leads the pack and their next match will be at home to 9° place Sheffield Wed.. A match the Terriers need to get all three points to avoid being overtaken by second place Norwich who host bottom place Rotherham.
Interested parties to both these teams games are Newcastle who after a shaky start seem to have found their form with two successive wins over the same Norwich and Rotherham and their game against Brentford just 3 points behind, will be a test for Benitez side if they can aim for the top flights.
Brighton, Bristol City and Birmingham will for sure await the Magpies result as the follow in the table but all three must take all points against Preston, Cardiff and Nottingham Forest respectively.
In the middle of the table a group of teams among which Wolves and Leeds will be all out to collect as much points as possible in a bid to be among those who can play the play-offs.
In the relegation zone, critical is the situation of clubs like Blackburn Rovers and Cardiff whilst Derby and Nottingham Forest have to play better if they want to avoid being swallowed in the battle for relegation.
