Story byWest Bromwich Albion are on course for their worst away run for 135 years, while Portsmouth host Southampton in the south coast derby []Ben Ashton - BBC Sport EnglandFri, January 23, 2026 at 8:40 AM UTC·7 min readWith all the January transfer window talk, it is sometimes easy to forget that football matches are indeed actually won and lost on that green thing. The chaotic and unpredictable EFL continues to deliver for better or worse depending on your allegiances. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementWith West Bromwich Albion on a downward spiral, Liam Manning back in work at Huddersfield and the small matter of the first south coast derby in a league fixture at Fratton Park for more than 14 years, this weekend promises to be no different. Here are five key things to look out for across the Championship, League One and League Two over the next couple of days. Unwanted records tumbling for BaggiesWest Brom won three of their first four away games in the Championship this season - but have since lost 10 in a row []It has been a very tough start to life in The Hawthorns hotseat for new West Bromwich Albion head coach Eric Ramsay - two games, two defeats. If there was an air of respectability about the 3-2 loss to Middlesbrough, there certainly was not in the 5-0 thrashing by Norwich on Tuesday night - the club's biggest-ever home defeat outside the top flight. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementAnd now the job for Ramsay in his first away game is to try and get a league point on the road at Derby County on Friday night (20:00 GMT), something they have not managed for 113 days since a 1-0 win at Norwich on 1 October. It has been 10 straight away defeats for the Baggies, who have conceded 20 goals and scored just seven during their worst away league run since 1927. Albion did end their dismal away run in all competitions with the 2-2 draw at Swansea in the FA Cup third round before winning on penalties earlier this month. But the last time they lost 11 consecutive away league games came 135 years ago in 1891 - a record they will equal if they suffer defeat at Pride Park. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementLong-awaited derby daysThe south coast derby has only been contested twice in 14 years []If you like a bit of needle, look no further than two spicy derbies in the Championship this weekend. Millwall host south east London neighbours Charlton Athletic on Saturday (12:30 GMT), while Portsmouth take on Southampton the following day (12:00 GMT) in one of England's most bitter rivalries. Another added incentive to these two games is that both sets of raucous home supporters at The Den and Fratton Park have been forced to wait a while for this day to come around. Charlton and Millwall played out a 1-1 draw in the reverse fixture at The Valley, but it has been more than five years since the Lions faced the Addicks on home soil - where arguably the atmosphere is more hostile than it is five miles east - in a game that ended 2-1 to Millwall in November 2019. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementAs for Pompey, not since December 2011 have they been able to give their south coast foes a warm welcome in a league fixture. The two sides served up a drab goalless draw at St Mary's four months ago, while Saints thrashed Portsmouth 4-0 in the most recent meeting at Fratton Park in the League Cup in September 2019. But you get the feeling with Pompey embroiled in a relegation scrap and Southampton picking up just one win in eight games (D3 L4), this might just have more of an edge to it and perhaps the makings of a classic… of sorts. Stags enjoying mini-revivalMansfield have won four league games in a row for the first time since October 2024 []Within a few weeks of shedding old antlers, stags start to grow new, larger horns. There is a somewhat poetic symmetry with that fact and Mansfield Town's recent revival. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementFive weeks ago, Nigel Clough's side were staring down the barrel in the League One relegation zo.