Barnsley, Doncaster, Milton Keynes and this weekend's opponents Cardiff are the only clubs still without a win in the EFL this season.

However, on closer examination it can be seen that Cardiff are no pushovers, particularly at The Cardiff City Stadium where they have come from a goal down to draw their three league games. A 98th minute effort from Rubin Colwill earned them a point against Wrexham in their first game back in The Championship. Two weeks later they were 1-2 down after seven minutes against Sheffield United but a Cian Ashford goal ensured that the points were shared. When Stoke visited on September 8th it was Perry Ng who struck on the stroke of half time to level the scores.

They have struggled away from home - losing to QPR, Portsmouth and Bolton and drawing 2-2 at Derby. The Bolton defeat was particularly hard to take. In a game in which they had 17 shots at goal of which 10 were on target they were eventually undone by a 90th minute Thierry Gale header.

Manager Brian Barry-Murphy is pretty relaxed about the situation and points to the number of chances his team are creating. In seven league games, the Bluebirds have registered 121 shots, at an average of 6.4 efforts on target per 90 minutes - the most of any team in the division. Only league leaders West Ham and Norwich City have a higher rate of expected goals - a metric used to measure chance quality - than Cardiff.

Unfortunately, when it comes to taking chances, they are the most wasteful team in The Championship. They are underperforming their expected goals by 5.7 which explains why they are hovering just above the bottom three. Chief culprit is last season's top scorer Yousef Salech who has only scored once in the league so far. Statistics tell us that no player in The Championship has missed more big chances this campaign than the 24-year-old.

Barry-Murphy remains confident: "His movement in the box was perfect and the delivery, which we have been working on for some time, was perfect. If he keeps getting in those positions, it's inevitable that he will score the goals to fire us to victories."

Cardiff will see plenty of the ball on Saturday. They had the most possession in League One last season and have continued that in the Championship. With Nathan Jones generally happy to give up the ball, there is little sign of that pattern changing on Saturday. For all their control of the ball, Cardiff are yet to keep a clean sheet and have conceded four more goals than Charlton who will look to soak up pressure and score on the break.

Our team has gone nearly five hours without a goal since Tyreece Campbell's equaliser at West Brom and we are now joint lowest scorers (6) in the division - along with Lincoln, Derby and Preston. There is little reason to believe that Saturday's opponents will be any easier than were QPR or Portsmouth and, although it might leave us disappointed, another draw might well not be a bad result.

Nathan Jones is looking forward to a "home" game:

"I always love going back to God’s country anyway! Going across the bridge, it is a bonus now that you don’t have to pay! We know it is going to be a difficult game. I love going back to Wales to see family, Cardiff is one of my favourite cities. We will be in and out because of the early kick off and the travel time. All I am concerned with is coming back with the points."