Pick of the stats: Birmingham City v Wolves

Birmingham City welcome Wolves for the first West Midlands derby between the two sides for eight years on Sunday (12:30 BST kick-off). Blues are unbeaten in their opening four Championship games, albeit just one of those was a victory, while they have drawn the other three. Wolves suffered their first defeat of the season on Tuesday night, going down 4-2 at West Ham but Cesar Peixoto's side remain near the top of the table in fourth position at this early stage of the campaign before the weekend's action begins. This will be the first season in which Birmingham City and Wolverhampton Wanderers will face in the league since 2017-18, when Wolves completed a Championship double over their rivals. Wolves are looking to win three successive league games against Birmingham City for the first time since December 1999. They have also won their past three league visits to St Andrew's. Birmingham are unbeaten in nine league games (W4 D5), their longest run in the Championship since February 2020 (10). Wolves have won just one of their previous 23 away league outings (D6 L16), losing 4-2 at West Ham last time out. Wolves' Jose Sa is without a clean sheet in any of his past nine league starts – he is one of two goalkeepers to concede over two goals more than expected according to Opta's expected goals on target model (2.1) in the Championship this season alongside Burnley's Max Weiss (3.4).