Thursday, January 19, 2012

Championship Opta Facts - 21st-23rd January


Barnsley v Millwall

Only one of the last eight clashes between the Tykes and the Lions have been won by the away team, with the visitors failing even to score in each of the last three.
Millwall are without a win in four at Oakwell (D1 L3), with their last victory there coming way back in May 1994.
Barnsley are the only Championship side to have scored more first-half goals (20) than second-half goals (17) this season.
Millwall have been ahead in fewer games than any other second tier side this campaign (9).
The Lions have only scored one goal in their last seven league games combined.
Barnsley have gone nine games without a clean sheet, the longest current run of its kind in the Championship.

Birmingham v Watford

There were three goals in the final 10 minutes of the reverse fixture between Birmingham and Watford this season, a game that finished 2-2.
Watford have lost their last four trips to St Andrews (excl. penalties), including their last two 2-3.
Birmingham are yet to lose at St Andrews in the league this season and are the only unbeaten home team in the Championship.
The Hornets have only won two of their last nine league games.
Watford have won just twice this season on the road and only four sides have picked up fewer points away from home than they have (11).

Blackpool v Crystal Palace

Blackpool defender Alex Baptiste has netted in two of the last three clashes between the Tangerines and the Eagles.
Palace are without a win in eight league trips to the home of Blackpool, with their last win in the league at Bloomfield Road coming in October 1924.
Blackpool have netted just 2% of their goals in the opening 15 minutes this season, a league-low.
24% of the goals the Eagles have scored have come in the first quarter-hour, a league-high proportion.
Crystal Palace have not been able to score more than one goal in any of their last 15 Championship games.

Bristol City v Doncaster

Rovers have only won one of their last 10 trips to Ashton Gate, but that was a 5-2 drubbing in March 2010.
Only two of the last 14 meetings between City and Doncaster have been won by the visitors.
Bristol City are the only side in the second tier yet to net from a corner this term.
City haven't scored a first-half goal in any of their last seven league games.
Doncaster Rovers haven't a clean sheet away from home in the Championship all season.

Burnley v Derby

Burnley have won four and drawn one of their last five meetings with the Rams.
Theo Robinson has netted for Derby in their last two encounters with the Clarets, but has ended up on the losing side on both occasions.
The Clarets have netted a league-high nine goals from corners this season.
Just 15% of the goals Burnley have conceded this season have come from set pieces, a league-low.
Derby are the only team in the Championship yet to score in the closing 15 minutes of a game this season.
Should Derby win this match, they'll set the longest winning run in the Championship this season (five games).

Cardiff v Portsmouth

Portsmouth's last two goals against Cardiff have been scored by Kanu, with one of them being the winning goal in the 2008 FA Cup final.
The Bluebirds have remained unbeaten against Pompey in the three clashes between the sides in all competitions since that FA Cup showdown.
Portsmouth have scored a league-high 41% of their goals from set pieces this campaign.
Cardiff have only lost one of their last 14 league games, a 2-3 defeat at home to promotion rivals Middlesbrough in December.
The Bluebirds have won five of their last six at the Cardiff City Stadium, losing the other.

Coventry v Middlesbrough

None of the last nine clashes between the Sky Blues and 'Boro have been won by the away side, with the home side winning four and five ending in draws.
New 'Boro signing Lucas Jutkiewicz has netted in the last two meetings between these sides, but those goals came during his spell at former club Coventry.
Having won just two of their opening 11 league games at the Ricoh Arena, Coventry have won their last two in a row.
The Sky Blues have also kept clean sheets in their last two home games, but those have been their only two shutouts in their last 15 in the league.
Middlesbrough have lost their last two league games without finding the net.

Leeds v Ipswich

Ipswich are unbeaten in four trips to Elland Road, though three of them have finished in draws.
Overall, the Tractor Boys are unbeaten in nine against Leeds, winning five and drawing four.
Leeds have scored a league-high eight goals from free kick situations this season.
Ipswich have lost 18 points from winning positions this campaign, the most of all second-tier sides.
Leeds' last eight league goals have been scored in the final half-hour of games.
Ipswich are without a win in five league games, the longest current run of its kind in the Championship.

Peterborough v Brighton

Brighton have won their last three against the Posh, netting eight and conceding just one.
The Seagulls are also unbeaten in eight trips to London Road in all competitions, with their last defeat there coming in August 1995.
Posh have gained a league-high 17 points from losing scenarios this term.
The Seagulls have lost their last three away league games, failing even to find the net.
There have only been seven goals scored in the last five league games involving Peterborough; the previous five had seen 18.

Reading v Hull

Both sides have found the net in eight of the last nine clashes between the Royals and the Tigers.
Hull have netted exactly one goal in each of their last eight encounters with Reading.
Only 7.4% of Hull's goals have come from set pieces this campaign, a league-low.
The Royals have scored a league-high 79% of their goals in the second-half.
Reading have won their last four home league games.
It has now been 15 league games since Hull's last draw.

West Ham v Nottingham Forest

The Hammers have won their last three clashes with Forest, netting 10 goals in the process.
Three of the last four clashes between the sides at Upton Park have finished in 3-2 wins for the East Londoners.
A league-high 22% of the goals the Hammers have conceded this season have come from corners.
The Hammers have scored exactly once in each of their last five league games.
Forest have failed to score in eight of their last nine league games.

Southampton v Leicester

None of the last eight meetings between the Saints (six wins) and the Foxes (two wins) have ended in draws.
Leicester are without a win in seven trips to the home of Southampton in all competitions, failing even to score in six of those trips (including their last five).
Indeed, Leicester have endured 515 minutes of football since they last scored an away goal at Southampton.
The Foxes have found the net at least once in each of their last 10 league games.
Southampton have only won two of their last seven league games, drawing two and losing three.