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Bristol City welcome promotion-chasing Burnley on Saturday having lost just one of their last 10 matches (W4 D5) - a 2-1 defeat to Sheffield United in their most recent game at Ashton Gate.

The Clarets have only suffered defeat once in 12 games (W5 D6) and are just four points off the automatic promotion spots ahead of this weekend's Championship action.

• Bristol City have lost each of their last six league games against Burnley, as many defeats as across their prior 21 meetings with the Clarets combined.

• Burnley have won each of their last three away league games against Bristol City, scoring 2+ goals in each of those visits to Ashton Gate.

• Burnley have only conceded six goals in 15 Championship matches this season, the joint fewest by a team in their first 15 matches in a Championship campaign (since 2004-05) along with QPR in 2010-11.

• Bristol City’s Nahki Wells has scored four goals in his last five Championship appearances, only one fewer than he scored in his previous 24 games combined (5).

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Preston are looking to end a run of five Championship games without a win (D3 L2) when they welcome Derby to Deepdale on Saturday afternoon.

The Rams have lost just once in their last seven (W2 D4) but have struggled away from Pride Park. However, they did pick up their first win on the road at Coventry in their last away game.

• Preston North End have won just two of their last 18 league games against Derby County (D5 L11), failing to score in eight of their last 10 matches against the Rams.

• Derby County have lost just one of their last nine away league games against Preston North End (W5 D3) despite failing to score on three of their last four visits to Deepdale.

• Since the start of April, only Coventry City (13) have lost more Championship matches than Preston North End (12).

• Derby manager Paul Warne ended a 17-game winless away run in the Championship with a 2-1 win over Coventry in their last away game. Warne last won consecutive Championship away games in March 2021 with Rotherham United.

• Derby County's Ebou Adams has made 60 tackles in the Championship this season, six more than any other player.

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Goalkeeper James Trafford was an unused sub for England in their 3-0 win in Greece and 5-0 thrashing of Republic of Ireland in the Nations League at Wembley on Sunday.

Trafford's Clarets team-mate Josh Cullen played 76 minutes in midfield for the Republic of Ireland against the Three Lions, as well as the whole game in a 1-0 win at home to Finland on Thursday.

England won Group B2 to secure promotion to League A, while Ireland finished third and now face a play-off in March next year to decide whether they stay in League B or are relegated to League C.

Right-back Connor Roberts was part of the Wales squad that secured an incredible return to the Nations League's top tier and played the entirety of their 0-0 draw in Turkey. He was also a last-minute sub in the 4-1 win over Iceland.

Elsewhere, midfielder Hannibal Mejbri played 26 minutes for Tunisia in a 3-2 win against Madagascar in their Africa Cup of Nations qualifier but didn't feature in the 1-0 defeat at home to Gambia.

In the same competition, Andreas Hountondji played eight minutes for Benin in their 1-1 draw with Nigeria and 11 minutes of a goalless encounter against Libya.

Jeremy Sarmiento, who is on loan from Brighton, came on for the last 22 minutes of Ecuador's 4-0 World Cup qualifier victory over Bolivia but wasn't in the squad for the 1-0 win in Colombia.

Fourth-placed Burnley travel to Bristol City in the Championship on Saturday looking to continue their quest for an instant return to the Premier League.

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Preston North End's Ali McCann helped Northern Ireland secure promotion to League B of the Nations League after winning Group C3.

McCann played the whole game in central midfield in a 2-0 win at home to Belarus and was substituted after 76 minutes of the 2-2 draw in Luxembourg.

His Lilywhites team-mate Stefan Teitur Thordarson also played twice for Iceland as they missed out on a promotion play-off spot in Group B4.

Thordarson played 68 minutes in midfield in their 2-0 win in Montenegro on Saturday and came on at half-time in a 4-1 defeat in Wales on Tuesday night.

Victory for Iceland in Cardiff would have seen them finish in second place and enter the play-offs for promotion to League A.

They will instead now face a play-off in March next year to determine whether they remain in League B or are relegated to League C.

Preston are 20th in the Championship and welcome Derby County to Deepdale on Saturday afternoon as they look to end a run of five games without a win.