Two points cover 6th to 11th in the Championship
QPR sit 6th on 13 points and Millwall 11th on 11, a gap of just 2 across six places.
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Six places in the Championship table, and the whole thing is held together by 2 points. QPR are 6th with 13, Millwall are 11th with 11. Everything in between sits on the same narrow shelf.
Look at what separates them. QPR have played 8, won 3, drawn 4 and lost 1, scoring 10 and conceding 7. A goal difference of 3 and a run of 3D that has stalled them without actually hurting them. Three draws in a row is not a crisis. It is also not progress.
Millwall arrived at the same record from the opposite direction. 8 played, 3 won, 2 drawn, 3 lost. 15 scored. 15 conceded. Goal difference of 0, the only side in this cluster that has broken even. Their last five read L, W, L, D, D — and they are still 2D.
Which tells you something about the shape of this division. The teams above them are not running away. Swansea lead on 17 at 1st, West Ham and Middlesbrough are level on 15, Wolverhampton and West Brom level on 14. Nobody has put a gap between themselves and the middle.
At the top of the scoring charts, Cyle Larin has 7 for Southampton, William Lankshear has 6 for Middlesbrough, and Mohamed Toure has 5 for Norwich.
So what is 2 points worth? Two wins. That is the entire distance between a play-off place and the bottom half of the top eleven. Anyone in that block who strings together a fortnight changes their season.
The Championship returns on Friday 9 October, when West Ham host QPR. Before that, the last round of fixtures came on Sunday 20 September, with Norwich and Bolton producing 3 goals to 4.
Six clubs. Two points. One bad week and you are looking up at a different league.