Here is our pre-match stat pack ahead of this weekend's action:
Huddersfield Town v Barnsley
- Huddersfield Town have won just one of their last five league games against Barnsley (D1 L3), though that victory did come in their last meeting with the Tykes in April 2022.
- Barnsley have lost four of their last five away league games against Huddersfield Town (W1), failing to score more than one goal in any of those matches.
- After losing to Birmingham 1-0 in midweek, Huddersfield Town will be looking to avoid suffering five successive defeats in England’s third tier for the first time since January 1993.
- Barnsley have lost just one of their last eight League One matches (W4 D3), a run which has seen the Tykes score 2+ goals on six separate occasions.
Peterborough United v Stevenage
- Peterborough United have lost just one of their previous four Football League games against Stevenage (W2 D1), winning this exact fixture 3-1 last season.
- In all competitions, Stevenage have won two of their last four meetings with Peterborough (D1 L1), both such wins coming in 2022-23 in the League Cup (1-0) and EFL Trophy (2-1).
- Peterborough United have failed to win any of their last three league games (D1 L2), last enduring a longer run between January and February earlier this year (five matches).
- Stevenage have failed to win any of their last 12 away league games (D7 L5) and have failed to score in any of their last three such outings.
Bolton Wanderers v Shrewsbury Town
- Bolton Wanderers have lost just one of their last 13 league games against Shrewsbury Town (W10 D2), scoring in each of those matches.
- Shrewsbury Town have failed to win any of their last seven away league games against Bolton (D2 L5), scoring more than one goal in just one of those matches.
- Bolton Wanderers have won each of their last three league games and will be looking to record four in a row for the first time since January.
- Shrewsbury Town have failed to win any of their last eight away league games (D3 L5), losing each of the last four in succession whilst netting just one goal in total.
Burton Albion v Bristol Rovers
- Burton Albion have won each of their last three league games against Bristol Rovers, including their last meeting at the Pirelli Stadium in a 4-1 win in October 2023.
- Bristol Rovers have one just one of their eight away league games against Burton Albion (D1 L6), a 4-0 win in August 2022.
- Burton Albion have won just two of their last 22 league games (D6 L14), a run which has seen the Brewers concede 2+ goals in 14 separate matches.
- Bristol Rovers have lost their last three away league games and will be looking to avoid recording four in succession for the first time since August 2021.
Charlton Athletic v Birmingham City
- Charlton Athletic have won just two of their last seven league games against Birmingham City (D2 L3), scoring more than one goal in just one of those matches.
- Birmingham City have lost just one of their last six away league games against Charlton Athletic (W2 D3), scoring exactly once on each of their last three visits to the Valley.
- After losing just one of their opening six League One games this season (W4 D1), Charlton Athletic have now lost three in succession and will be looking to avoid recording four in a row for the first time since August 2023.
- Birmingham are the only side to have won all of their away games in League One this season (3/3). Only in 1984-85 in the second tier have the Blues ever won their first four away matches of a Football League campaign.
Exeter City v Cambridge United
- Just one of the last 16 Football League games between Exeter City and Cambridge United has finished as a draw, though that came in the last meeting in January (0-0).
- Cambridge United are winless across their last six away Football League games against Exeter City (D1 L5), failing to score in each of those matches.
- Exeter City have alternated between winning and losing across their last five home league games (W3 L2), winning their last such match 2-0 against Stevenage.
- Cambridge United have failed to win any of their last 14 league games (D4 L10) and remain one of just two sides yet to win in League One this campaign, alongside Burton Albion.
Lincoln City v Leyton Orient
- Lincoln City are unbeaten across their last five Football League games against Leyton Orient (W2 D3), winning both matches 1-0 between the two sides last season.
- Leyton Orient have won just one of their last six away Football League games against Lincoln City (D3 L2), a 4-3 victory at Sincil Bank in October 2004.
- Lincoln City have lost just three of their last 28 league games (W16 D9), though each of those defeats have come on home soil at Sincil Bank.
- Leyton Orient have won just two of their last nine league games (D2 L5), though both of those victories have come on their travels this season (4-1 vs Stockport County & 1-0 vs Reading).
Mansfield Town v Blackpool
- Mansfield Town are unbeaten across their last five league games against Blackpool (W3 D2), winning the last meeting between the two sides 1-0 in January 2017.
- After losing just one of their first 14 away Football League games against Mansfield Town between 1977 and 2000, Blackpool have since lost both of their last two visits to Field Mill.
- Mansfield Town have won each of their last four league games and will be looking to record five in succession at this level for the first time since April 1976.
- In League One this season, no player has recorded more assists (4) or has created more chances (31) than Blackpool’s Lee Evans, whilst his team have also struck the joint-most goals in the division (17).
Rotherham United v Reading
- Rotherham United have won just one of their last 10 league games against Reading (D3 L6), keeping just one clean sheet during that time.
- Reading have lost just one of their last five away league games against Rotherham United (W2 D2), though that sole defeat did come in their last such match during a 4-0 defeat in August 2022.
- Rotherham United have won just two of their opening nine League One games this season (D4 L3), failing to score in four of those outings.
- Reading have won each of their last two league games and will be looking to record three in succession for the first time since August 2022 in the Championship.
Stockport County v Wigan Athletic
- After losing each of their first eight Football League games against Wigan Athletic between 1978 and 1982, Stockport County have since lost just one of their last six meetings with the Latics (W3 D2).
- Wigan Athletic have only once lost an away league game against Stockport County (W4 D2), a 3-0 defeat in February 1993.
- After winning 11 of their 12 league games between March and August 2023, Stockport County have now won just one of their last five (D3 L1), though that sole victory did come last time out against Shrewsbury town (2-0).
- In League One this season, no side has kept more clean sheets than Wigan Athletic (6), whilst their total of five goals conceded is also the joint-fewest in the division.
Wrexham v Northampton Town
- Wrexham have failed to win any of their last three Football League games against Northampton Town (D1 L2), a streak following a run of seven wins from their eight prior matches against this opposition.
- Northampton Town have lost four of their last five away Football League games against Wrexham (W1), though did win 1-0 on their last visit to the Racecourse Ground in February 2006.
- Wrexham are the only side with a 100% home win rate remaining in League One this season. It’s the Red Dragons’ longest home winning run from the start of a Football League season since 1975-76, when they won their first six.
- Northampton Town have lost each of their last two league games and will be looking to avoid losing three in succession for the first time since September 2023.
Wycombe Wanderers v Crawley Town
- This will be just the seventh Football League game between Wycombe Wanderers and Crawley Town, with the Chairboys winning each of the last two meetings during the 2017-18 season.
- Crawley Town have failed to win any of their last six league games (D1 L5) and will be looking to avoid recording four consecutive league defeats for the first time since March 2023.
- Wycombe Wanderers are unbeaten across their last six league games (W4 D2), scoring exactly two goals in each of those outings.
- Crawley Town have conceded just three away goals in League One this season, the joint-fewest in the competition alongside Birmingham City and Stockport County. In that time they’ve faced just 31 shots in total – the second-fewest behind Birmingham.