How the relegation picture now looks for Cardiff City, Derby County, Hull City and Stoke City

Another weekend of drama has played out at the wrong end of the Championship table for Cardiff City. Unfortunately for manager Omer Riza and Bluebirds supporters, yesterday's 1-0 defeat at the hands of relegation rivals Stoke City has struck a hammerblow to their safety chances. A late own goal consigned the home side to defeat at Cardiff City Stadium in a game they desperately needed to win.

With four matches of the season remaining, things now look extremely bleak for Riza and Co. They sit in 22nd place, still in the bottom three with just four games of the campaign to go. League One football looks a real possibility now.



Conversely, the Potters now move five points clear of the drop. Sign up to our daily Cardiff City newsletter here Elsewhere at the bottom, Portsmouth and Derby County played out a 2-2 draw - with the Rams conceding a late equaliser - which has just kept Cardiff in touching distance of safety. And rock-bottom Plymouth have given themselves an unlikely lifeline after stunning Sheffield United at home.

This is how the relegation picture now looks...

. Results (selected) Plymouth 2-1 Sheffield United Cardiff City 0-1 Stoke City Luton Town 0-1 Blackburn Portsmouth 2-2 Derby County Sheffield Wednesday 0-1 Oxford United Hull City play Monday evening WHATSAPP: Join the Cardiff City breaking news and top stories WhatsApp community How the table now looks 18th: Stoke City - P42 W11 D14 L17 GF43 GA54 GD-11 PTS 47 19th: Portsmouth - P42 W12 D10 L20 GF50 GA66 GD-16 PTS 46 20th: Hull City - P41 W11 D11 L19 GF40 GA49 GD-9 PTS 44 21st: Derby County - P42 W11 D10 L21 GF44 GA54 GD-10 PTS 43 22nd: Cardiff City - P42 W9 D15 L18 GF45 GA66 GD-21 PTS 42 23rd: Luton Town - P42 W10 D10 L22 GF37 GA63 GD-26 PTS 40 24th: Plymouth - P42 W9 D13 L20 GF44 GA82 GD-38 PTS 40 Fixtures left 18th: Stoke City - Sheffield Wednesday (h), Leeds United (a), Sheffield United (h), Derby County (a) 19th: Portsmouth - Norwich (a), Watford (h), Sheffield Wednesday (a), Hull City (h) 20th: Hull City - Coventry City (h), Swansea (a), Preston (h), Derby (h), Portsmouth (a) 21st: Derby County - Luton (h), West Brom (a), Hull (a), Stoke (h) 22nd: Cardiff City - Sheffield United (a), Oxford (h), West Brom (h), Norwich (a) 23rd: Luton Town - Derby (a), Bristol City (h), Coventry (h), West Brom (a) 24th: Plymouth - Middlesbrough (a), Coventry (h), Preston (a), Leeds (h) What has Riza said? "We've got four massive games now, massive as they have been for the last nine, 10, 11, 12 games. We have a mountain to climb.

"We still have four games left and 12 points to play for, albeit it really tough games. "But you've got to do it. It's as simple as that.

If we don't the writing will be on the wall.".