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Blackburn v Norwich

Blackburn are winless in their last four league games against Norwich (D1 L3), conceding at least two goals on each occasion.
Norwich have won both of their last two league games away at Ewood Park (2-1 in February 2015 and 4-1 in August 2016) – they had only won one of 17 such trips beforehand (D4 L12).
Blackburn have won just one of their last six Championship fixtures (W1 D3 L2).
Norwich are unbeaten in their last nine away league games (W5 D4), they last went 10 in a row without defeat on the road in August 2015 (12 games).
Since losing his first league meeting with Norwich as a manager in November 2006 (1-0 with West Brom), Blackburn boss Tony Mowbray has gone five without defeat against the Canaries in the Championship (W3 D2).
Norwich striker Teemu Pukki has been directly involved in 16 goals in 21 appearances in all competitions this season (13 goals, 3 assists).

Wigan have only lost one of their last eight league games against Birmingham (W4 D3), a 1-3 defeat in January 2015.
Birmingham’s last league win at the DW Stadium was back in December 2009 in what was a Premier League fixture, drawing two and losing two of the four such matches since.
There have been more penalties scored in games involving Wigan this season than any other Championship team (4 scored, 4 conceded).
Birmingham have found the back of the net in each of their last seven away league games – they last scored in eight consecutively in October 2015.
Wigan have lost their last two league games by a single goal to nil – they haven’t lost three in a row without scoring since December 2016.
Birmingham forwards Che Adams and Lukas Jutkiewicz have both netted 10 league goals this season; the first campaign that the Blues have had two or more score 10+ in a season since 2011-12 (Marlon King, Chris Burke, Nikola Zigic).

This will be the first second-tier meeting between Stoke City and Millwall since the 2005-06 campaign, when the Potters did the double over the Lions (2-1 at home, 1-0 away).
Millwall have only won one of their last nine league visits to Stoke (D1 L7), a 1-0 victory in November 2002 thanks to a Steven Reid winner in a match which current boss Neil Harris featured for the Lions.
Stoke haven’t suffered defeat in league competition since October (0-1 v Birmingham), since then they’ve won three and drawn six.
Millwall are winless in seven games, losing four and drawing three. The Lions are conceding over two goals per game during this run (2.14).
Millwall last won an away Championship game back in April versus Bolton, losing nine and drawing four since then.
Stoke’s Joe Allen has scored in consecutive league appearances, he hasn’t found the net in three successive games since October 2016 in the Premier League.

Odds correct at 1200 GMT (20/12/18)