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EFL essential stats: Bristol City's late troubles come at a price

BOLTON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 02: Aden Flint of Bristol City looks on during the Sky Bet Championship match between Bolton Wanderers and Bristol City at Macro

We take a look at the top stats and facts from the weekend's action in the Sky Bet Championship, League One and League Two.

Robins' late troubles

The last nine goals Bristol City have conceded in the Championship have come in the 70th minute or later - costing them a total of six points.

They have let leads of 3-0 (home v Sunderland) and 2-0 (at Leeds) slip in the final 20 minutes in their last two games. They have also lost by a 1-0 scoreline against Norwich (January 13) and at Bolton (February 2) thanks to goals conceded in the final 20 minutes, as well as conceding after 72 & 85 minutes of their 5-0 defeat at Aston Villa on New Year's Day.

Goals conceded final 20 mins since Jan 1 - England's top 4 divisions:

Team Goals conceded
Bristol City 9
Burton 6
Cambridge 6
Colchester 6
Crewe 6
Walsall 6

In fact, in all five of Bristol City's league defeats by a single goal this season, they have conceded in the 70th minute or later.

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Highlights of the Sky Bet Championship match between Leeds United and Bristol City

Goal-shy Forest

Nottingham Forest have failed to score in eight of their last nine Championship games. Their only goals in last 825 minutes of Championship football came in their 2-0 win at leaders Wolves on January 20. They have failed to score in four successive games on two separate occasions inside the last two months - their longest goal droughts since December 2011.

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Highlights of the Sky Bet Championship match between Burton and Nottingham Forest

Boro's Warnock hoodoo

Cardiff's 1-0 win over Middlesbrough maintained their manager Neil Warnock's 100 per cent home record against said opposition. He has won all eight games against Boro with seven different clubs - Notts County, Sheffield United, Crystal Palace, QPR, Leeds, Rotherham and Cardiff.

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Highlights of the Sky Bet Championship match between Cardiff and Middlesbrough

Fulham's hot-streak

Fulham have won their last seven home league games - their best run since May-October 2000 (eight games), which coincided with promotion to the Premier League. If they win their next home game (against Wolves on February 24), it will be their longest run of consecutive home wins in the top two divisions in a single season since January-May 1959, which coincided with their previous promotion to the top tier.

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Highlights of the Sky Bet Championship match between Fulham and Aston Villa

League One

Rotherham's current run of 13 League One games unbeaten is the joint-sixth longest run in their history. The last time they went 13 or more league games without defeat resulted in promotion to the Championship in 2013-14. In addition, their current run of six successive wins is their best sequence since April-August 2008.

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Highlights of the Sky Bet League One game between Shrewsbury and Rotherham

League Two

Swindon's January signing Marc Richards has scored seven goals in his last seven appearances for the club. Those goals have all come since Jan 27 - two more goals than any other player in England's top four divisions during that period (next is Sergio Aguero with five). Richards has already scored as many league goals in 2018 as he did in 2017.

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Highlights of the Sky Bet League Two match between Swindon and Port Vale
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