Take a look at all the standout pre-match stat packs ahead of this weekend's Sky Bet Championship schedule:
Coventry City v Oxford United
Coventry have only played Oxford at home in the league five times in history, winning four out of five times (L1).
Oxford won 1-0 on their most recent trip to Coventry back in March 2019. There’s only been 11 meetings between the two sides in football league history with Coventry edging it with six wins to Oxfords four (one draw).
Including their final two games of last season, Coventry have now lost three consecutive Championship matches. A defeat here would equal their longest losing streak in league competition under Mark Robins (suffered four straight losses on four previous occasions).
Since the start of the 2012-13 campaign, only two promoted sides have won their opening two matches of a Championship season (Charlton in 2019-20 and Ipswich in 2023-24). Oxford won 2-0 in their opener against Norwich last week.
Ellis Simms has scored five goals in his last five league starts at the Coventry Building Society Arena, after failing to find the net in each of his first nine such starts for the Sky Blues.
Derby County v Middlesbrough
In the past 10 league meetings between Derby and Middlesbrough, there have been three wins apiece and four draws. The Rams are unbeaten in their last four home games against Boro (W2 D2).
Middlesbrough have only scored once in their last three away league games against Derby, the goal coming in a 2-1 loss at Pride Park back in 2021 under Neil Warnock.
Derby were beaten by Blackburn in their season opener, while they last suffered defeats in their first two games of a league campaign in 2020-21 (0-2 v Reading and 1-2 v Luton in the Championship).
Middlesbrough have only lost one of their last 13 matches in the Championship (W8 D4), with that lone defeat coming against last season’s play-off finalists Leeds United (3-4 in April).
Should Emmanuel Latte Lath find the net for Middlesbrough in this match, he’ll establish a new Championship record for most consecutive appearances scored in (8). He’s scored in each of his last seven games in the competition, netting nine times in the process.
Portsmouth v Luton Town
Portsmouth have won eight of their last nine home league games against Luton (D1), keeping a clean sheet in each of the last five.
Luton have not won a league game against Portsmouth at Fratton Park since September 1975, a 2-0 win in the second tier under manager Harry Haslam.
Portsmouth haven’t lost their opening home game of a league campaign since 2013-14 (1-4 v Oxford), winning six and drawing four of their last 10 home openers.
Luton have lost each of their last six away league matches, although all of those were against Premier League opposition. Away from home in the Championship, they’re unbeaten in their last 12 trips (W6 D6).
Callum Lang scored a brace against Leeds in Portsmouth’s season opener, which is already more than he netted in his previous Championship campaign in 2022-23 (one goal in 35 appearances for Wigan).
West Bromwich Albion v Leeds United
West Brom’s 1-0 victory against Leeds at the Hawthorns in December 2023 was their first win over the Whites in seven league meetings (D2 L4).
Leeds have only won once in their last five away league games against West Brom (D1 L3). Their last victory at the Hawthorns was a memorable 5-0 win in December 2020 under Marcelo Bielsa.
Since the start of last season, West Brom have kept more clean sheets in home games than any other team in the Championship (12 – excluding play-offs).
Leeds are winless in their last three league matches (D1 L2 – excluding play-offs), while they’ve never previously gone four without a win in the Championship under Daniel Farke.
West Brom were one of only four opponents that Leeds failed to beat in the Championship regular season in 2023-24 (D1 L1), while only against Southampton (0) did Daniel Farke’s side pick up fewer points (1).
Bristol City v Millwall
Bristol City are winless in seven of their last eight home league encounters against Millwall (W1 D3 L4) including their most recent clash, a 1-0 defeat at home on New Year’s Day this year.
Millwall have won four of their last five league visits to Ashton Gate, and have only lost three of their last 16 meetings with Bristol City overall in the league (W8 D5).
Bristol City are unbeaten in their last five home games in the Championship (W4 D1), although they’ve only won their opening home match of a league campaign in one of the previous six seasons (D3 L2).
Millwall’s defeat to Watford last week ended a five-game winning streak in the Championship, while they haven’t lost their opening two games of a second tier campaign since 2013-14 (0-1 v Yeovil, 0-3 v Ipswich).
Duncan Watmore netted a brace for Millwall against Watford last time out, and could already equal his return from last season in the Championship for the Lions (three in 34 appearances).
Burnley v Cardiff City
Burnley are unbeaten at home against Cardiff in their last 16 league games (W8 D8), a run stretching back to December 1990.
Cardiff have only scored two goals in their last five league games against Burnley, while their last victory at Turf Moor came all the way back in in 1988 in a 2-1 win under Frank Burrows.
Following their 4-1 win at Luton Town on the opening weekend, Burnley are aiming to win their opening two league games of a season for the first time since 2006-07 (2-0 v QPR, 1-0 v Leicester City).
Cardiff have lost each of their last three games in the Championship, while they last suffered four defeats in a row in February 2023 under Dean Whitehead (1) and Sabri Lamouchi (3).
Josh Brownhill has scored in back-to-back Championship appearances and could score in three in a row in the competition for the first time.
Norwich City v Blackburn Rovers
Norwich are winless in their last three home league games against Blackburn (D1 L2). Their last home victory against Rovers coming in April 2019 under Daniel Farke (2-1).
Blackburn last failed to score in the league against Norwich at Carrow Road back in February 1993 (0-0), scoring 20 goals across their last 12 visits to the Canaries.
Norwich were beaten by newly-promoted Oxford in their season opener, while the last time they lost their opening two matches of a second tier campaign was in 1997-98 under Mike Walker (0-2 v Wolves, 1-4 v Nottingham Forest).
Blackburn won their final game of 2023-24 (v Leicester) and their opener in 2024-25 (4-2 v Derby), and will now be aiming to win three in a row in the Championship for the first time since October 2023 (3).
Josh Sargent has netted 11 goals in his last 12 league appearances at Carrow Road (excl. play-offs), with Norwich unbeaten in all 12 matches in this run (W9 D3).
Plymouth Argyle v Hull City
Plymouth’s 1-0 win against Hull in May was their first league victory against the Tigers since August 2007, ending a four-game winless run against the Tigers (D1 L3).
Hull have won three of their last five away league games against Plymouth (L2), as many as they had in their previous 16 visits to Home Park combined (D4 L9).
Following a run of five straight home league defeats without scoring between February and April Fool’s Day under Ian Foster, Plymouth Argyle finished the Championship campaign unbeaten in three at Home Park under Neil Dewsnip (W2 D1).
Eight of Hull’s last 14 games in the Championship have ended level (W3 D3), including their season opener against Bristol City last week (1-1). Five of their last six league victories have come away from home, however.
Wayne Rooney has won just two of his 16 Championship games since the beginning of last season (D4 L10) with his sides conceding 3+ goals on five of the last six outings and failing to score in each of the last three.
Sheffield United v Queens Park Rangers
Sheffield United have failed to score in just four of their 27 home league games against QPR in their history, though one of these was in their last such match in October 2022 (0-1).
QPR are looking to win consecutive away league games against Sheffield United for the first time. However, they’ve won just 18.5% of their visits to Bramall Lane in their league history (5/27).
Sheffield United are winless in their last 10 home league matches (D3 L7, all in the Premier League), but have taken 33 of their last 39 available points in Championship home games (W11 L2).
QPR were beaten by West Brom in their season opener, while the last time they lost their opening two games of a second tier campaign was in 2018-19 – indeed, their second game that season came against Sheffield United (1-2 defeat).
Gustavo Hamer has been directly involved in nine goals in his last seven Championship appearances (four goals, five assists – excluding play-offs), and netted one of Sheffield United’s two goals in their 2-0 win at Preston North End last time out.
Swansea City v Preston North End
Swansea have lost just one of their last 22 home league games against Preston (W16 D5), winning nine of the last 10.
Preston’s only league victory at the Liberty Stadium came in a 1-0 win in April 2021 under Frankie McAvoy. They’ve lost each of their other eight visits to the ground.
Swansea could lose their opening two games of a league campaign for the first time since 2013-14 (in the Premier League), while they last did so in the Championship in 2009-10 (1-2 v Leicester, 0-3 v Middlesbrough).
Preston have now lost each of their last six games in the Championship without scoring. The last time they suffered seven straight league defeats was in October 1994 in the fourth tier (a run of seven).
Swansea attempted just five shots and didn’t land any on target against Middlesbrough on MD1. Indeed, it was their fewest shot attempts in a Championship game where they didn’t record one on target since December 2020 (four v Derby under Steve Cooper).
Watford v Stoke City
Watford have lost just one of their last seven league games against Stoke (W4 D2) stretching back to January 2018. Their last loss at home to Stoke was a 1-0 defeat in October 2017 under Marco Silva.
Stoke are winless in their last three away league games against Watford (D1 L2), having won six of their eight previous visits to Vicarage Road between 2003 and 2017.
Watford have won two of their last three Championship games (L1), as many victories as they managed in their previous 17 combined (D8 L7). They’ll also be looking to win consecutive home league games for the first time since November 2023.
Stoke are on a four-game winning streak in the Championship, and will be aiming to win five in a row in league competition for the first time since February 2008 (a run of five under Tony Pulis).
Since the start of last season, only Jamie Vardy (7) and Milutin Osmajic (5) have scored more substitute goals in the Championship than Watford’s Mileta Rajovic (4), who netted the winner off the bench against Millwall last week.
Sunderland v Sheffield Wednesday
This will be the sixth league meeting between Sunderland and Sheffield Wednesday at the Stadium of Light. The Black Cats have won three to Sheffield Wednesday’s two, though the Owls did triumph 2-0 last season.
Sheffield Wednesday have won two of their last three away league games against Sunderland (L1), having been winless in their previous nine (D3 L6).
Sunderland could win their opening two games of a second tier campaign for the first time since 1974-75, under Bob Stokoe. Indeed, if they win here, they’ll have as many wins in 2024-25 as they managed across their final 15 games of the 2023-24 campaign (2).
Josh Windass has scored in each of his last four Championship appearances, a run that includes a goal at the Stadium of Light on the final day of the 2023-24 campaign – the 30-year-old is Wednesday’s joint-top scorer in the league under manager Danny Röhl (7 – level with Iké Ugbo).
The average age of Sunderland’s starting XI in their season opener against Cardiff was 23 years and 352 days; the youngest of any Championship side on MD1.