Pick of the stats: Birmingham City v QPR

[BBC] Birmingham City take a four-game unbeaten run into their home meeting with QPR on Saturday (15:00 BST). QPR ended a streak of four successive draws when beating Derby County 4-1 on Wednesday. Birmingham have not conceded in any of their past three home league games against QPR (W2 D1) since a 2-1 defeat in January 2022. After losing this fixture 1-0 last season, QPR are hoping to avoid losing back-to-back league visits to Birmingham for the first time since October 2008. With 17 points through their opening 10 Championship matches this season (W4 D5 L1), Birmingham have made their best start at this level since 2016-17. Each of QPR's past three away league games have finished in stalemate; they have not drawn four successive league fixtures on their travels since November 2010. This season in the Championship, QPR have conceded just one goal from set pieces (including penalties) – the joint-fewest in the competition, alongside Sheffield United. They also remain one of five teams in the second tier yet to concede from a corner. All the latest Birmingham City news