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  1. Pick of the stats: Lincoln City v Swansea Citypublished at 15:37 BST 17 September

    The Lincoln City and Swansea City club crests side by side

    After starting their return to the Championship with two successive defeats, Lincoln City take a five-game unbeaten run into their home meeting with Swansea City on Saturday (15:00 BST).

    The Imps have also kept four clean sheets in those five matches but Swansea did put three past struggling Burnley last weekend.

    • This will be the first league meeting between Lincoln City and Swansea City since April 2005, when the Imps won 1-0 in League Two.

    • Swansea have lost 10 of their past 12 away league games at Lincoln City (W1 D1), including all four in the 21st Century.

    • Lincoln City have won each of their past two league games, both 1-0 against Preston and Bristol City; the last newly promoted side to win three successive Championship games without conceding was Hull City in January 2022.

    • Although Swansea have only lost one of their past 10 league matches (W6 D3), that was their last away game, a 1-3 defeat at Southampton.

    • Swansea lead the Championship this season in high turnovers (65) and shot ending high turnovers (14), while only Norwich (103) have recorded more pressed sequences than the Swans (102).

  2. Pick of the stats: Cardiff City v Charlton Athleticpublished at 12:17 BST 17 September

    The Cardiff City and Charlton Athletic club crests side by side

    Cardiff City and Charlton Athletic will hope to rediscover the winning habit when they meet on Saturday (12:30 BST).

    The Bluebirds are yet to win a league game since returning to the second tier this season while Charlton's early form has deserted them with no victory from their past four outings

    • Each of the past three league matches between Cardiff City and Charlton Athletic have been drawn, with this the first since a 0-0 stalemate in June 2020.

    • Charlton have lost five of their past six away league games at Welsh clubs (D1), although their last win was at Cardiff in March 2015 (2-1).

    • Along with Burnley, Cardiff are one of two sides yet to win a game in the Championship this season (P7 W0 D4 L3). Only in 1964-65 (11), 1989-90 (8), and 2018-19 (8) have the Bluebirds ever failed to win their first 8+ games of a league campaign.

    • Charlton are winless in four league games (D3 L1), failing to score in their past three – the Addicks' longest scoreless streak since March 2023 (4 in a row).

    • Only Millwall (58.5%) have won a higher proportion of their aerial duels in the Championship so far this season than Charlton (54.8%), while only Lincoln (1,907) have attempted fewer passes than the Addicks (2,190).