Adam Armstrong has had a busy first 10 minutes at The Valley.

He lines up an effort from outside the box, but lashes over. Charlton goalkeeper Thomas Kaminski was never troubled.

Bristol City's Emil Riis tries a cheeky little backheel in the box but it's not fast enough to sneak past Swansea's defence.

The Robins appear to be finding the spaces rather easily though.

Swansea will need to keep on their toes if they don't want this scoreline to be as harsh a read as their last outing against Ipswich Town.

Tony Brown
West Brom's all-time record scorer on BBC Radio WM

Mikey Johnston has done well there, won the ball back, it was poor play from Coventry.

He spotted Heggebo on the run and all he has to do is get his foot behind it and place it, he was in the right place and the right time.

A great start for Albion!

It's another could have and should have moment for Charlton.

An inviting cross is floated into the box by Tom Fellows, but Adam Armstrong can only balloon his header over the bar.

Dafydd Pritchard
BBC Sport Wales at Ashton Gate

Apparently prospective new Swansea boss Vitor Matos is not here yet and he's already missed a goal, Rob Dickie heading Bristol City in front from a corner in the fourth minute.

Defensive set-pieces on the menu when the former Liverpool development coach takes his first training session with the Swans, then.

Coventry have got West Brom hemmed in - the visitors just can't get the ball clear properly.

A long throw has been defended, as has a corner - the home side are swarming all over them but goalkeeper Josh Griffiths is yet to be tested.

A huge chance for Southampton goes begging.

After some excellent work from Adam Armstrong, who pulls the ball back into the area, Caspar Jander sends an effort wide from close range.

There was traffic ahead of him, but he really should have got that on target.

Steve Ogrizovic
Ex-Coventry City goalkeeper on BBC CWR

It's difficult for van Ewijk to get the distance on his long-throws that he normally does in these conditions.

There's a lack of towels around the ground as well.

Sonny Carey has been quick to call Southampton goalkeeper Gavin Bazunu into action.

The effort from a tight angle is easily dealt with.

And the positive start from the hosts leads to a corner, but no real threat comes from the set-piece.

Bright start for Bristol City.

The ball is cut across to Anis Mehmeti, who weaves his way into the box to get a clear sight at goal and fires off a shot.

It's not too far off but slices just wide of the goal.

It's a grey, murky day in the Midlands - one of those where it doesn't feel like we have full daylight, oh and it's chucking it down as well.

Just to help with the visibility, we had some pyrotechnics ahead of kick off so we have some thick smoke still hanging in the air!

It’s been 14 years since Charlton and Southampton met in a league game.

And back in 2011 it was a League One meeting that Saints won 2-0. Since then these two sides have yo-yoed the divisions.

Saints have managed to soar to the Premier League a few times – and even got themselves into Europe for a while there - while Charlton have bounced between the second and third tiers.

While Southampton crashed back into the Championship this term and Charlton came back up from League One, it’s the Addicks that have come to grips with life back in the second tier quicker. They are ninth in the table and nine places above the Saints at the start of this game.

The early kick-offs are afoot.

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Coventry are without Haji Wright for this one as he's returned from USA duty with a thigh injury while Brandon Thomas-Asante, fresh from making his first international start for Ghana, is on the bench having been in Japan and South Korea.

Into the starting line-up come Josh Eccles and Ellis Simms.

Also among the substitutes is Jack Rudoni who is back after a two-month injury lay-off.

Ryan Mason makes four changes to his West Brom side from the one which beat Oxford a fortnight ago.

In come George Campbell, Chris Mepham, Jayson Molumby and Aune Heggebo.

Callum Styles, Alfie Gilchrist, Ousmane Diakite and Josh Maja are on the bench.

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At the start of October these two sides were 2nd and 4th respectively and separated by only two points.

Fast-forward another seven games and suddenly there's a 13-point gap with Coventry leaving West Brom eating dust.

In fact, Opta this week fired up another one of their computer thingies to predict the final Championship table with the Sky Blues given an 84.2% chance of winning automatic promotion - just for the record the next highest Is Middlesbrough on 30.8% - you see how dominant the leaders have been.

Eight of the past nine teams with as many as Coventry's 34 points at this stage of the season have gone up automatically (Watford are the exception when finishing 6th in 2008).

So, stop the season now and we'll all find something else to do shall we?

Well, maybe not, given how West Brom's early-season form has nosedived, albeit they are still only four points shy of the top six.

The Baggies chances of automatic promotion are 2.1% - a play-off place is a 15.5% shot.

What does all this mean? Probably that some statisticians have received a pre-Christmas bonus and we have something to talk about.

Fortunately we can spend more of our time talking about actual football - the boffins and their computer may be right, they may be wrong, but let's at least have some fun watching...

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Charlton boss Nathan Jones has shuffled his side after the defeat they suffered at Wrexham before the international break.

Onel Hernandez, Rob Apter, Miles Leaburn and Greg Docherty all come in.

Charlton: Kaminski, Ramsay, Jones, Gillesphey, Apter, Coventry, Carey, Docherty, Hernandez, Leaburn, Campbell.

Substitutes: Anderson, Berry, Fullah, Gough, Knibbs, Laqeretabua, Mannion, Olaofe, Rankin-Costello.

There is just the one change for Southampton following their last outing, with Cameron Bragg coming in as Flynn Downes drops to the bench.

Southampton: Bazunu, Stephens, Wood-Gordon, Harwood-Bellis, Manning, Jander, Bragg, Fellows, Scienza, Armstrong, Azaz.

Substitutes: Aribo, Downes, Downs, Edwards, Fraser, McCarthy, Quarshie, Robinson, Welington.

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