Ipswich Town favourites in Coca Cola Championships

Ipswich Town are the new leaders in the Coca-Cola Championship and are now favoured by Ladbrokes (2/1) to return to the Premiership as Champions.Joe Royle's side had Finnish striker Shefki Kuqi to thank as his close range effort in the first half helped sink lowly Brighton 1-0 at Portman Road.The Tractor Boys travel to Crewe next week and are still available at 5/2 with VCBetWigan went into the weekend as top dogs, but lost their place at the summit after drawing 1-1 away at fellow promotion hopefuls Reading. The Latics were given the ideal start when Alan Mahon struck after 26 minutes, but their joy proved short lived when Lloyd Owusu restored parity with a bullet header on the stroke of half time.Having been odds on for the title a couple of weeks ago, Paul Jewell's side are now as big as 9/4 with the likes of VC Bet, Bet 365 and Ladbrokes.Reading remain fourth in the table and are out to 14/1 with Ladbrokes.Elsewhere, third placed Sunderland won 1-0 away at Stoke - Michael Bridges getting the all-important goal - and are now a best of just 10/3 to go up as league winners, while West Ham are on show at 14's after coming from two goals down to sink in-form Watford 3-2 at Upton Park.