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Next Game: Ipswich Town vs. Stoke City - Wednesday, December 10 at 7.45pm in Championship
| Current League Standings | P | GD | PTS | |
| 6 | Queens Park Rangers | 20 | -3 | 31 |
| 7 | Stoke City | 19 | 8 | 30 |
| 8 | Southampton | 20 | 6 | 30 |
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