Thursday, May 5, 2011

Championship Opta Facts - 7 May


Barnsley v Millwall
The away side has netted exactly one goal in seven of the last eight clashes between these sides.
Only one of the last 10 meetings between the Tykes and the Lions has ended as a draw.
Barnsley have now gone 10 league games without a clean sheet.
Only Reading and Norwich (23) have taken more points from their last 10 games than the Lions (20).

Bristol City v Hull
Jay Simpson has already netted a brace against the Robins this season, doing so in Hull's 2-0 home win over City in December.
The Tigers have lost their last 11 league trips to Ashton Gate, and haven't won at Bristol City in the league since January 1965.
The Robins are now winless in six league games, their joint most barren run of the campaign.
The Tigers are now unbeaten in 17 away games, and haven't been beaten on the road since September (0-4 at Burnley).

Burnley v Cardiff
Burnley have only won one of their last 10 meetings with the Bluebirds, although three of the last four have been draws.
Jay Bothroyd has scored in two of his last three appearances against the Clarets.
The Clarets have gone 11 games in the league without a clean sheet.
Cardiff, who lost out on automatic promotion on Monday, have won their last three away games, conceding just once.

Crystal Palace v Nott'm Forest
The Eagles have only won one of their last six clashes with Forest at Selhurst Park, losing two and drawing three.
Palace have alternated between winning and failing to win in their last seven home games. For this to continue, they must fail to beat Forest.
The last eight games involving Forest have seen a total of 38 goals scored.
Kris Boyd has netted a brace in each of his last two league appearances.

Leicester v Ipswich
Only two of the last 17 clashes between these sides have been won by the away team.
Ipswich striker Jason Scotland netted a brace against the Foxes when these sides met in December.
The Foxes have scored and conceded in six of their last seven league games.
Yakubu has scored three goals in his last two games for Leicester.
Ipswich have scored in each of their last eight league games, but conceded in six of the last seven.

Middlesbrough v Doncaster
Middlesbrough have won all eight previous home league meetings with Doncaster, conceding just four goals in total and none in the last four.
The last two meetings between the sides have each seen a goal scored in second half injury time.
Tony Mowbray's side have only lost one of their last 11 league games.
Doncaster, on the other hand, are winless in 11 games, the longest current run in the Championship.

Norwich v Coventry
Coventry have only won one of their last 13 league visits to Norwich, although this came in their last trip in February 2009.
The Sky Blues have, however, won three of the last four encounters overall.
Norwich have sealed promotion to the Premier League with four successive wins, but have yet to win five on the bounce this season.
Coventry have conceded 54% of their goals in the first half this season, Nottingham Forest (52%) are the only other team to have conceded more before the break than after it.

Preston v Watford
None of the last eight clashes between these sides have been won by the away team.
North End are now unbeaten in 12 home meetings with the Hornets, who haven't won at Deepdale since December 1979.
PNE have only won 45% of the games they've opened the scoring in, the lowest ratio in the Championship.
Watford have only collected one point from the last 12 available on the road.

QPR v Leeds
Leeds have won five and drawn three of their last eight meetings with Rangers, and haven't lost to the R's since a 1-3 home Premiership defeat in September 1995.
The last three meetings between these two sides at Loftus Road have seen a total of four goals scored in the 80th minute or later, as well as three red cards.
The R's have only conceded five goals in the final 15 minutes of play this season, the fewest in the league.
Only Norwich (81) have scored more goals than Leeds this season in the league (79), but only the league's bottom four sides have conceded more than the Whites (69).

Reading v Derby
In his last four meetings with the Rams, Shane Long has netted a total of four goals but also been shown a red card.
The Royals have won their last four home meetings with Derby, netting 13 goals and conceding just one.
Playoff contenders Reading ended a run of 13 games without defeat with a shock 2-3 loss against Sheffield United in their last home game.
The Rams have lost all 11 of the away games they've fallen behind in this campaign.

Scunthorpe v Portsmouth
After a run of nine clashes in which the home side failed to record a victory, the home side has won the last four games involving these two sides.
The Iron were victorious when these sides last met in Scunthorpe, but the win came over 30 years ago (1-0 in January 1980).
The Iron have only held the lead in 15 games this season, but no side has won a higher proportion of the games they've been ahead in (80%) than Scunthorpe.
Pompey have scored the fewest first half goals in the Championship (15) but only six teams have netted more second half strikes than the South Coast side (37).

Swansea v Sheffield Utd
The last two meetings between these sides in Wales have seen a total of three red cards.
None of the last 12 league meetings between the Swans and the Blades have been won by the away side.
The Swans have only fallen behind in three home games this campaign, but are the only second flight side to have not claimed a point from a losing position in their own stadium.
The Blades have conceded at least two goals in each of their last seven games.