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Birmingham v Brentford

Following a run of four straight victories over Brentford, Birmingham City are winless in their last four league games against the Bees, losing three and drawing the reverse fixture earlier this season.
Brentford are looking to win three straight away matches at Birmingham in all competitions for the first time since December 1990.
Birmingham have lost just one of their last six Championship games (W4 D1 L1) and are looking to win three in a row for the first time since a four-game streak in October.
Birmingham have kept a clean sheet in their last two league games – they last recorded three consecutive shutouts in April 2018.
Brentford’s Neal Maupay netted his 15th league goal of the season last time out; the last Bees player to score more in a Championship campaign was Andre Gray (17 in 2014-15, incl. play-offs).
Brentford have picked up four points from their last two games, as many as they did in their previous 10 combined.

Middlesbrough have scored at least two goals in five of their last six league games against Ipswich (12 goals total), winning four and drawing two.
Ipswich town last won at the Riverside back in any competition back in August 2010 (D2 L4 since), running out 3-1 winners thanks to goals from Tommy Smith, Tamas Priskin and Jon Stead.
Middlesbrough have lost three of their last five games in the Championship (W1 D1) – their previous three defeats in the competition came over a run of 26 games.
Ipswich have lost five of their last six away league games, failing to score in each defeat (D1).
After keeping 11 clean sheets in their first 17 league games this season, Middlesbrough have registered just one shutout in their last seven.
This will be the first ever managerial meeting between Middlesbrough’s Tony Pulis and Ipswich’s Paul Lambert outside of the Premier League; Pulis has only lost one of their previous six encounters (W3 D2).

Queens Park Rangers have won three of their last four league games against Reading (L1), including a 1-0 victory at the Madejski earlier this season.
Reading have only lost three of their last 15 games in all competitions at Loftus Road (W5 D7).
QPR have won their last three Championship games – they last won four in a row back in January 2014, a season in which they were promoted via the Championship playoffs.
Reading are winless in eight league games, losing four and drawing four. They haven’t suffered three consecutive defeats since the opening three games this term.
Pawel Wszolek is the first QPR player to score in three consecutive league appearances at Loftus Road since Tjaronn Chery in April 2016 (5 in a row).
Reading’s John Swift has attempted the most shots without scoring a goal in the Championship this season (34 shots).

Charlton will be visiting Oakwell in the league for the first time since August 2013, with the Addicks coming from two goals down to draw 2-2.
Barnsley are without a win in their last three home league games against Charlton (D2 L1), including a 6-0 drubbing in April 2013.
Barnsley are yet to lose at Oakwell in League One this season (P11 W6 D5 L0), one of three sides yet to lose on home soil in the competition this season (also Luton and Sunderland).
Charlton’s 2-1 defeat at Coventry last time out ended their three-game winning streak in League One, last losing back-to-back matches in the division in October.
Charlton have scored more goals in the opening 15 minutes of their League One games this season (eight) than any other team.

Odds correct at 1520 GMT (28/12/18)