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Leicester City, Ipswich Town and Southampton have just nine wins between them after 11 rounds of the 2025-26 Championship season

This week's Championship action has not just deepened long-standing hangovers suffered by the three clubs relegated from the Premier League but pointed to issues more wide-reaching than simply having to adapt to life back in the second tier.

Leicester City, Ipswich Town and Southampton all succumbed to defeats in midweek, meaning that for the first time since the 2019-20 campaign, all three recently relegated sides sit outside of the top six of the Championship at this stage of the season.

As unbeaten leaders Coventry City show no signs of letting up, and second-placed Middlesbrough remain close in pursuit, Marti Cifuentes, Kieran McKenna and Will Still have plenty to ponder if they are to find a formula to claim an immediate return to the top flight with their respective sides.

The Championship is a relentless, unforgiving division. However, a run of form can quickly see a side fly up the table in next to no...