The Rams plough through the snow

Bet on the ChampionshipThe winter chill has hit a number of games in the Championship this weekend, with ties at Doncaster, Hull, Sheffield United, Nottingham Forest and Portsmouth all falling by the wayside.

However, there are still some exciting clashes in the second tier and with the league being so close, there could be a few teams that shoot up the table this weekend.

Derby County take on a free scoring Norwich City side, who go into this game after they drubbed local rivals Ipswich Town 4-1 at Carrow Road last time out (Derby 21/20, draw 9/4, Norwich 5/2).

Canaries striker Grant Holt was in fine form in that match as he bagged a hat-trick in the East Anglia derby.

Holt has now got seven goals in the Championship this season and will be looking to continue his prolific goalscoring form at Pride Park on Saturday.

The Rams have been in mixed form of late but still find themselves in fourth place in the league despite losing two of their last three games.

Nigel Clough welcomes key playmaker Kris Commons back to the side after the Scottish international missed the 2-1 defeat at the hands of Burnley last week.

Commons has scored 10 goals for Derby this season and will prove a threat to Norwich.

With this being a fourth against fifth game it’s going to be close but with Commons back in the side the Rams could just grab a win in this one.

In the only game to go ahead in a snow struck Yorkshire, Leeds United take on Crystal Palace at Elland Road (Leeds 8/11, draw 5/2, Palace 18/5).

The Whites are unbeaten in their last six Championship games and will be confident going into this game.

Leeds have an abundance of striking options to choose from, with Luciano Becchio, Davide Somma, Max Gradel, Billy Paynter and Ross McCormack all battling for a place in the starting eleven.

Palace, who currently sit in 22nd place in the Championship, will be heading north on the back of a resurgence after a terrible start to the season.

The Eagles have won three of their last four games – against Coventry, Doncaster and Watford.

They will believe that they can get something from Elland Road on their current form but the Whites should win this one as they look to climb back into the play-off spots.

The game at Portman Road looks set to go ahead as Ipswich Town look to use the confidence boosting win over West Brom in midweek as a springboard in the league.

However, they take on high flying Swansea City, who currently sit in third place in the Championship.

The Swans lost their last game at home 2-1 to Portsmouth but Ipswich have lost their last four games in the league including that disappointing defeat to Norwich.

Swansea are full of confidence and could compound Roy Keane’s misery on Saturday (Ipswich 17/10, draw 11/5, Swansea 6/4).

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