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Championship Opta Facts – February 8-9

Written By maxtv on Thursday, 7 February 2013 | 20:45


Watford v Crystal Palace
Watford ended a run of six games without a victory against Palace with a 3-2 triumph at Selhurst Park on the opening day of this season.
Matej Vydra scored his first ever goal for the Hornets in the 90th minute of that game to clinch victory, he has scored 19 goals from just 37 shots in the Championship this season.
Palace are winless in seven away league games, drawing three and losing four.
The Eagles have only managed one clean sheet in their last 10 league games combined.
Matej Vydra has scored 11 goals in his last eight league games.

Blackburn Rovers v Ipswich Town
Five of the last seven clashes between Blackburn and Ipswich (all competitions) have ended level, with the other two both being won by the odd goal.
Ipswich have won none and lost three (5D) of their last eight league meetings with Rovers, last beating them back in November 1993 thanks to a goal from Eddie Youds.
Jordan Rhodes has scored seven goals in his last six league games and is responsible for each of Rovers' last five league goals.
Ipswich have not conceded a first-half goal in any of their last four league games.
Mick McCarthy's side ended a run of four without a win (D2 L2) with victory against Middlesbrough (4-0) last time out.
Rovers have won three and lost just one of their last six league games (D2).

Blackpool v Millwall
Since their relegation from the Premier League, Blackpool have remained unbeaten against Millwall (W2 D1), including a 2-0 victory at the New Den back in August.
None of the last six meetings between the Tangerines and the Lions at Bloomfield Road have ended level, though the last four have all been won by the odd goal.
Millwall have gone 351 minutes of league football without a goal.
Tom Ince has scored three goals in his last two appearances for Blackpool.
Each of Blackpool's last four league games have ended 2-1, with the Seasiders winning one and losing three of those.
The Lancashire side have scored only one first-half goal in their last eight league games combined.

Bolton Wanderers v Burnley
Burnley have not won any of their last five games at the home of their fierce rivals (D2 L3), and last won there back in March 1985.
Only one of the last nine clashes between Bolton and Burnley has gone over 2.5 goals (all competitions), while both sides have scored only once in the last five.
Bolton's last three goals in the league have come from the penalty spot. They have not scored from open play since December 29 v Birmingham.
After four games out, Clarets striker Charlie Austin scored in the first minute of his return at Peterborough last week.
Bolton have won only one of their last seven league games (D2 L4).
After a run of four wins in five (1L), Burnley are without a win in two (1D 1L).

Bristol City v Nottingham Forest
The last three meetings between Forest and City have seen just two goals netted in total - one apiece.
Forest are unbeaten in 14 trips to Ashton Gate in all competitions (W6 D8), though six of the last seven meetings there have ended drawn.
City managed their first and so far only clean sheet of the season in their last home game; a 2-0 victory over high-flying Watford.
Forest have lost their last two league games; they have not lost three in a row all season.
New Forest manager Billy Davies lead the Tricky Trees to the play-offs in his last season with the club (2010/11).
The Robins have won three of their last four home league games, losing the other.

Charlton Athletic v Birmingham City
The Blues are winless in four trips to the Valley, drawing two, losing two and failing even to net in each of their last two trips.
Overall, however, Birmingham are unbeaten in three against the Addicks. The Blues have won one and drawn two of these games.
The Blues have now gone 15 league games in a row without keeping a clean sheet.
Lee Clark's side have, however, scored in 14 of their last 16 league outings.
Charlton's last four league games have all ended 2-1, with the Addicks on the right side of the scoreline twice in that run.
The Addicks have only managed two clean sheets on home soil all season, and are without a shutout in five at the Valley.

Huddersfield Town v Cardiff City
The last four meetings between the Terriers and the Red Dragons in all competitions have all ended in home wins, with the Welsh side victorious in three of those games.
Cardiff have won their last five away league games, already the longest run of its kind in the Championship this term.
The Welsh side have found the net in all 14 away games since a 0-0 draw at Brighton in their opening away game of the season.
Cardiff's last eight league goals have all been netted by different players.
The Terriers have only scored five goals in their last nine league games combined, and never more than once in a match in that run.
All five of those goals have come after the half-time break; Huddersfield have not scored in the first-half since December 8, and that was an own goal.

Middlesbrough v Barnsley
Barnsley are without a win in five trips to Teeside in the league (D2 L3), last winning there in April 1992.
Promotion chasing Middlesbrough have lost their last four league games, scoring two and conceding 10.
‘Boro are the only Championship side to have scored in every home game this season, however.
Chris Dagnall has scored four goals in his last five appearances (all comps) for Barnsley.
Jason Scotland, meanwhile, has netted two goals in just 48 minutes of league action for the Tykes so far this season.
Middlesbrough have failed to score in their last two league games, after scoring in 24 of their first 27 outings.

Peterborough United v Leicester City
The Foxes have only won one of their five previous league trips to London Road, claiming a 2-1 victory there in April 2010.
Indeed, that Leicester victory is the only one of the last 10 meetings between the Posh and the Foxes that has ended in an away win.
Leicester have won their last five league games; with victory here they will become the first team in the Championship this term to record six successive victories.
Posh have found the net in each of their last 10 league games, the longest current run in the second tier.
The Foxes have kept three successive clean sheets on the road in the Championship.
Between them, strikers Dave Nugent (three) and Chris Wood (five) have scored eight goals in Leicester's last five games.

Sheffield Wednesday v Derby County
The Owls are without a victory in seven league meetings with Derby, losing five and drawing two.
At Hillsborough, Derby have won two and lost none of their last four trips in all competitions, not tasting defeat there since November 2005.
Wednesday have only lost one of 10 games with Reda Johnson (injured for this game) in the team, but have lost 14 of 20 without him in the team.
Jamie Ward has scored on three of his last four league appearances for the Rams.
Derby have only kept two clean sheets in their last 14 league games.
Dave Jones' side have only lost one of their last nine league games, winning six and drawing two.

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Leeds United
The last four league meetings between Wolves and Leeds have all ended 1-0, with Wolves winning three of those and Leeds claiming one victory.
None of the last seven clashes between Wolves and the Whites have seen over 2.5 goals, with just eight goals netted in total over those games.
Wolves are without a win in seven league games, two short of their longest run without a victory this season.
Leeds are one of two teams (with Bristol City) without an away clean sheet this season.
Wolves have only scored one first-half goal in their last seven league games combined.
The last five games involving Leeds United have been 0-0 at half-time (league only).

Brighton and Hove Albion v Hull City
There has only been one goal netted in the last three meetings between Brighton and Hull combined; both games last season ended 0-0 and Hull won the reverse fixture 1-0.
The Tigers have not won at the home of Brighton since August 1965, losing 13 and drawing five of 18 league games since that victory.
Hull have failed even to score on 10 of their last 13 league trips to the home of the Seagulls.
The Tigers are unbeaten in seven away league games, the joint-longest run in the division all term.
David Lopez has scored four goals in his last seven league appearances, with three of those goals coming from the penalty spot.
The Seagulls have only won two of their last 10 league games, drawing five and losing three.
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