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Pick of the stats: Ipswich v Southampton

If the opening weekend is anything to go by, you don't want to turn this one off early.

Kieran McKenna's Ipswich grabbed a point in the Championship curtain-raiser at Birmingham last Friday with George Hirst's 95th-minute penalty ensuring a 1-1 draw.

Will Still's Saints were trailing 1-0 at home to another newly-promoted side, Wrexham, until the 90th minute when Ryan Manning curled home a sublime free-kick to level it, and Manning then laid on a dramatic winner for Jack Stephens in the sixth minute of stoppage time.

This fixture was a Premier League one last season, but this time the three points might prove pivotal in deciding which, if either, of the clubs make it back to the top-flight this season.