w/c 15th May 2021

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w/c 15th May 2021

Postby Garawa » Fri May 14, 2021 8:16 pm

Saturday 15th
BLACKPOOL: Blackpool ended the season with 37 goals conceded, the leanest defence in the division. Their 23 games in the second half of the season saw them lose only 3 times, topping the table by 2 points over Peterborough.

BRISTOL ROVERS: Rovers lost their last 5 matches and 10 of their final 12. They scored 40 goals in League 1, the fewest amount in the division, and failed to score in half of all their league matches, the most in the division.

Sunday 16th
BURTON ALBION: Burton's final 22 games saw them win 12 of them after their opening 24 league matches registered just 3. Burton's win over the Gills at Priestfield (their first away win of the season) was 1 of those 3 and it started a run of 8 wins from the subsequent 12 away games.

CHARLTON ATHETIC: Charlton won 12 away league games, 11 with a clean sheet, and kept 12 away clean sheets in all (the joint highest total in League 1). When winning away from home, Charlton scored 23 goals and conceded just 1 helping them to go unbeaten in their final 10 away games.

Monday 17th
CREWE ALEXANDRA: Crewe ended the season unbeaten in their final 5 games, their best run since going 10 games unbeaten from game 15 - a run that ended with a 4-1 loss to the Gills at Priestfield.

Tuesday 18th
DONCASTER ROVERS: Doncaster took 25 leads in League 1, 13 fewer than Hull who had the most, but when they took a lead, they stayed ahead for longest at an average of 50.1 minutes per lead. Despite this, Doncaster ended the 2nd half of the season 23rd and lost their final 5 home games.

Wednesday 19th
FLEETWOOD TOWN: In the 23 home games played at Highbury Stadium, 43 goals were scored by Fleetwood and their opponents, the joint lowest total. After scoring 25 goals in their opening 14 league games, they then failed to score in 10 of the subsequent 16 league games, scoring just 8 goals.

Thursday 20th
HULL CITY: Hull won the league despite being 3rd over the first 23 games of the season and 3rd over the last 23. Hull neither were top of the home league table nor away table. They lost their final league match after winning 11 and drawing 3 of the 14 league games before it.

Friday 21st
IPSWICH TOWN: 38 of the 552 League 1 games ended 0-0 and Ipswich accounted for 9 of them. They failed to score in 6 successive league matches towards the end of the season (9 in 12 games) and the 92 goals scored in their 46 league matches is the lowest total this season.
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