Here's our pre-match stat pack ahead of all the Boxing Day action in Sky Bet League One...
Leyton Orient v Crawley Town
- Leyton Orient have won each of their last three league games against Crawley Town without conceding a goal in the process, which is as many victories as the London side had managed across their prior 14 fixtures (D1 L10).
- Crawley Town have won three of their last four away league games against Leyton Orient (L1), scoring 2+ goals in each of those matches.
- Leyton Orient have won five of their last seven Boxing Day league matches (L2), with this their fifth in a row against a team beginning with C (Crawley x2, Colchester, Cambridge, Charlton).
- Crawley won 2-0 on Boxing Day last year against Gillingham and are looking to win consecutively on Boxing Day for the first time in the Football League.
Birmingham City v Burton Albion
- Birmingham City have failed to win any of their four league games against Burton Albion (D1 L3), drawing this exact fixture 1-1 the last time it was played in April 2018.
- Burton Albion are unbeaten across their last six league games against sides from the West Midlands (W3 D3), since a 3-1 defeat to Wolves in the Championship in March 2018.
- Birmingham have won one of their last eight league games on Boxing Day (D3 L4), winning 2-0 against Stoke City in 2018.
- Burton Albion have won eight of their 11 Football League games on Boxing Day (L3), winning each of the last two against Lincoln City in 2022 and Blackpool in 2023.
Bolton Wanderers v Barnsley
- Bolton Wanderers are unbeaten across their last 17 league games against Barnsley (W7 D10), since a 2-1 loss in August 1997.
- Barnsley have won just two of their 21 away league games against Bolton Wanderers across this fixture’s history (W11 D8), conceding 2.2 goals on average per match across that time.
- Bolton Wanderers are unbeaten across their last four Boxing Day league games (W2 D2) since losing 2-0 to Middlesbrough in 2017.
- Barnsley are unbeaten across their last seven league games on Boxing Day (W4 D3) since they lost five in a row between 2010 and 2014.
Charlton Athletic v Cambridge United
- Charlton Athletic are unbeaten across their last eight league games against Cambridge United (W4 D4), only conceding more than one goal in one of those matches.
- Cambridge United have won just one of their last nine away league games against Charlton Athletic (D5 L3), a 2-1 victory in November 1991.
- Charlton Athletic have won four of their last 17 league games on Boxing Day (D8 L5) and are winless in their last three (D2 L1).
- Cambridge United have won six of their last eight Boxing Day league matches (L2) but did lose 2-1 to Oxford United.
Exeter City v Bristol Rovers
- Exeter City have lost just two of their last 11 home league games against Bristol Rovers (W5 D4), though the Grecians haven’t kept a clean sheet in any of their last seven such matches.
- Bristol Rovers have won just one of their last six league games against Exeter City (D2 L3), though that sole victory did come in their last such match during a 1-0 success at St James Park in February earlier this year.
- Exeter City are unbeaten in their last six league games on Boxing Day (W3 D3) since losing 3-0 to Oxford United in 2015.
- Bristol Rovers won 2-1 against Portsmouth on Boxing Day last year, last winning on Boxing Day in consecutive years in 2001 vs. Leyton Orient and 2002 vs. Swansea City.
Huddersfield Town v Stockport County
- Huddersfield Town are unbeaten across their last six league games against Stockport County (W3 D3), winning 6-0 the last time this fixture was played in April 2010.
- Stockport County have failed to win any of their last five away league games against Huddersfield Town (D3 L2), since a 2-0 victory in April 2000.
- Huddersfield Town have won on Boxing Day in each of the last three years, winning more consecutively on this day between 1914 and 1924 (six in a row).
- Stockport have won one of their last 16 away Football League matches played on Boxing Day (D3 L12), a 3-2 victory at Wrexham in 1996.
Peterborough United v Mansfield Town
- Peterborough United have lost just one of their last nine league games against Mansfield Town (W6 D2), though that sole loss did come in their last such match with the Stags in December 2007 (0-2).
- Mansfield Town have failed to win any of their last 13 away league games against Peterborough United (D2 L11), failing to score in nine separate matches during that time.
- Peterborough are winless in their last four league games played on Boxing Day (D2 L2) since a 3-1 win over Bradford City in 2017.
- Mansfield Town haven’t lost any of their last seven league games on Boxing Day (W4 D3) since losing 1-0 to Morecambe in 2016.
Reading v Northampton Town
- Reading have won just two of their last seven league games against Northampton Town (D2 L3), scoring more than one goal in just one of those matches.
- Northampton Town have won just one of their last nine away league games against Reading (D4 L4), with none of those last four matches witnessing a side score more than one goal.
- Reading haven’t lost at home on Boxing Day since 2003 against Wimbledon, with the Royals going nine such matches unbeaten on home soil since then (W6 D3).
- Northampton have won two of their last 12 league matches on Boxing Day (D2 L8) and are winless in each of their last five such matches (D2 L3).
Rotherham United v Wigan Athletic
- Rotherham United have failed to win any of their last nine league games against Wigan Athletic (D4 L5), scoring just two goals across their last seven such matches.
- Wigan Athletic have lost just one of their last ten away league games against Rotherham United (W6 D3), a 3-2 defeat on Boxing Day 2016.
- Rotherham United have won five of their last eight league games on Boxing Day (D1 L2), winning 1-0 against Middlesbrough last year at the New York Stadium.
- Wigan Athletic are winless in their last seven league games on Boxing Day (D3 L4) since a 2-0 away win at Leeds United.
Shrewsbury Town v Lincoln City
- Shrewsbury Town have won two of their last three home league games against Lincoln City (L1).
- Lincoln City have won each of their last three league games against Shrewsbury Town and will be looking to win four in succession for the first time in this fixture’s history.
- Shrewsbury have lost five of their last eight league games on Boxing Day (W1 D2), losing in 2022 vs. Cambridge and 2023 vs. Lincoln.
- Lincoln City have lost five of their last six league games on Boxing Day (W1), including each of the last three in a row.
Stevenage v Wycombe Wanderers
- Stevenage won both of their league games against Wycombe Wanderers last season 1-0 and will be looking to win three in succession against the Chairboys for the first time.
- Wycombe Wanderers have failed to win any of their last four away league games against Stevenage (W3 D1), not scoring in any of their last three such matches.
- Stevenage are unbeaten in their last four league games on Boxing Day (W2 D2) since a 3-0 loss to Lincoln in 2017.
- Wycombe have lost four of their last five Boxing Day league games (W1), with their one win in that time coming against Bristol Rovers in 2022.
Wrexham v Blackpool
- Wrexham have won just four of their 28 league games against Blackpool since the pair first met in October 1983 (D8 L16).
- Blackpool produced a league double over Wrexham when these two sides last faced off in the EFL in 2004-05 and will look to win three matches in succession against the Welsh side for the first time since August 1995.
- Wrexham have lost one of their last 10 Football League matches on Boxing Day (W5 D4), a 2-0 defeat to Rochdale in 2007.
- Blackpool have lost five of their last six league games on Boxing Day (D1) since beating Hartlepool United 1-0 in 2016.