Championship Catch-up: Swans soaring, Burnley win and Eckert saga ends

Swansea deservedly lead the way, Burnley get a win and Tonda Eckert saga finally ends as Southampton beat Portsmouth; Andy Hinchcliffe picks out the key stories in The Championship Catch-up; a Sky Sports column focusing on the second tier.

Welcome to The Championship Catch-up, a new Sky Sports column in which Andy Hinchcliffe rounds up some of the key stories from the second tier. This week:

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Swansea have been stronger than we thought they'd be this season. It seems that less is more with them because last season Zan Vipotnik scored 23 goals and really carried the team.

This season, he's only scored a couple of goals and hasn't played that many games. They've shown now, again, that without a star striker they over-rely on for goals, they're more of a team, both defensively and importantly going forward as well.

You look at them from back to front, they've got one of the best goalkeepers in the division and one of the most stubborn, strongest defences in the division. If you're going to be successful, certainly in the Championship, that really does help.

Source: Sky Sports