Coventry City are the only unbeaten team left in the top four leagues in England and look imperious in the Championship.

Frank Lampard's side - who can reclaim top spot from Middlesbrough if they beat Blackburn on Saturday - have scored 27 goals this season, which is at least 12 more than any other in the second tier. They also look rock solid at the back, with only two sides in the league conceding fewer than their total of seven.

There were four draws in their opening six games, but in the last three before the international break they put three past Birmingham, four past Millwall and five past Sheffield Wednesday.

Beaten in last season's play-off semi-finals, the Sky Blues are looking like automatic-promotion contenders in the early stages of this campaign.

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