Quiz time. Of the 62 groups who each completed final season and began this one within the EFL, who has received probably the most factors in 2025 up to now?

Certainly it is Coventry? Nope, not even shut. It have to be Bradford then? No. Wrexham? Afraid not.

Birmingham’s back-to-back 4-0 residence wins this previous week took them as much as 83 factors and counting this 12 months.

League One leaders Stockport are second with 78 whereas it is little previous Charlton who’re third, an additional three factors again, after their last-gasp win over West Brom at The Valley on Tuesday.

In a world the place Sunderland have bounced straight from the Championship play-offs into the highest 4 of the Premier League, is it actually past the creativeness to count on newly-promoted League One sides to be competing on the high of the second-tier?

There was a bit of warmth on Chris Davies lower than a fortnight in the past after a meek 1-0 defeat at Bristol Metropolis, a fourth defeat in 5 away video games with out scoring.

Nonetheless they head to Middlesbrough on Saturday brimming with confidence sat simply two factors exterior the play-off locations, and having scored as many targets previously two matches as they did within the earlier 11 mixed in all competitions.

The aspect in sixth they’re chasing? That might be Charlton, who reasonably edged by means of the nervy League One play-offs final 12 months however have taken to the Championship like a, erm, Addick to water, with simply three defeats of their opening 14 matches and the second greatest defence within the league with simply 11 conceded.

That document shall be examined on Saturday (15:00 GMT) as Nathan Jones heads again to his homeland to go to Wrexham, a membership he beforehand known as “a circus” earlier than backing down a bit, not that Phil Parkinson was shopping for it.

His Purple Dragons have additionally discovered their toes following promotion, shedding simply certainly one of their previous eight video games and going unbeaten in 4 at residence, inflicting a primary defeat on leaders Coventry final outing on the Racecourse to assist them sit 5 factors exterior the play-offs themselves.

Popcorn on the prepared, who can sustain with the Championship Joneses?