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  1. Pick of the stats: Swansea City v Norwich Citypublished at 11:00 BST

    The Swansea City and Norwich City club crests side by side

    Swansea City could be off the top of the table by the time they meet Norwich City on Saturday (12:30 BST).

    A victory for West Ham over QPR on Friday night (20:00 BST) would send the Hammers to the summit at the expense of the Swans.

    • Swansea City have won their past three home league matches against Norwich City since a 1-0 defeat in the 2022-23 season under Russell Martin.

    • Norwich have won just one of their past seven league games against Swansea, a 5-1 home victory in January 2025.

    • Swansea have picked up 17 points in their eight Championship matches this season (W5 D2 L1), their best start to a season since 2019-20, when they also had 17 points.

    • No side has conceded more goals in the Championship this season than Norwich (17), who have lost both of their past two games 4-3 against Middlesbrough and Bolton. They are the first side in the top four tiers to lose consecutive league games despite scoring three goals since Newcastle in December 2012, while no side has lost three on the bounce when scoring at least three times.

    • This season in the Championship, Norwich's Ben Chrisene is one of only two defenders in the competition to record more than 20 tackles (21) and more than 30 possession duel wins (33), alongside West Brom's Callum Styles.

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  2. Shaw, Cohen, Matos, Robins & Nuno up for September awardpublished at 08:23 BST

    Side by side images of Lincoln City head coaches Chris Cohen and Tom Shaw, Swansea's Vitor Matos, Mark Robins and Stoke City and West Ham United boss Nuno Espirito Santo coaching their respectives sides from the touchlineImage source, Getty Images

    Lincoln City head coaches Chris Cohen and Tom Shaw, Swansea's Vitor Matos, Mark Robins of Stoke City and West Ham United boss Nuno Espirito Santo have been nominated for September's Championship manager of the month award.

    Cohen and Shaw oversaw a run of eight points from five games for newly-promoted Lincoln last month, including away wins at Preston and Bristol City.

    Matos won August's award and is in the running again as Swansea took 10 points in September to move to the top of the Championship table.

    Stoke City recovered from losing their opening three games of the season under Robins to go unbeaten last month with four wins from their five outings and move up to seventh place.

    West Ham boss Nuno's side rattled in 18 goals in their five matches in September with only Millwall preventing them from taking three points in a 2-2 draw at The Den.

    The winner will be announced at 06:00 BST on Friday, 9 October.