IT probably shouldn’t have been much of a surprise that Town’s poor run of form ended as October turned into November.

The Blues just don’t seem to do Octobers these days. Looking back over the last few years, Town last won a match in the 10th month of the year on 18th October 2011 when they beat Portsmouth (remember them?) 1-0 at home.

It seems bizarre that four Octobers on, three of them under Mick McCarthy’s management, the Blues are yet to repeat that victory. This year was typical, Town recording three draws and two defeats.

But whatever the reason behind the Blues’ annual autumn malaise, they seem to get well and truly over it soon after the clocks change with November appearing to be Town’s season-defining month in recent years.

Since picking up precisely no points during November 2011, Town recorded 10 from 18 in McCarthy’s first month in charge a year later to spark that seemingly doomed season into life.

In 2013/14 they amassed seven from 12 and last year a very impressive 13 from 15 as they burst into the play-off zone where they remained for the rest of the season.

Having once again failed to stage an October revolution form-wise this season, the Blues desperately needed November to yield its usual haul of points and so far it’s gone very much to plan.

Two games, six points and seven goals, three of them in the 5-2 win at Rotherham last time out for previously misfiring frontman Daryl Murphy, who is enjoying a terrific month all-round having helped the Republic of Ireland to reach Euro 2016 earlier in the week.

Can Town, who are now only four points from the top six, continue in the same vein in the final two games of November, starting with Saturday’s home match against Wolves?

At the end of last season the teams met at Molineux as they battled to secure places in the play-offs. Few teams gave the Blues a tougher game and they did well to claim a hard-fought 1-1 draw.

Ultimately, Town boss McCarthy’s former club failed to make the top six, ending the season in seventh behind both the Blues in sixth and fifth-placed Brentford by mere goal difference.

But despite missing out on the top six by that frustratingly narrow margin, Wolves will have viewed their first season back in the Championship as a success.

And given that performance against the Blues at Molineux, I for one expected them to be one of the challengers for automatic promotion this season. However, so far it’s not really worked out that way.

The Midlanders are currently 14th on 19 points, five fewer than the 10th-placed Blues, having been consistent only in their inconsistency up to now.

Their last eight games illustrate the point. Two 3-0 wins were followed by three defeats, then a victory, a loss and finally a 0-0 home draw with third-placed Burnley prior to the international break.

Similarly, their away form for the season reads, played eight, won three, drawn one and lost four, goals for 11, goals against 11.

Given the up and down nature of their campaign so far Saturday’s game is a difficult one to predict but hopefully Town’s November indomitability will be enough to see them to a third successive win.

The month then ends with a live-on-Sky game at Charlton, who currently bear all the hallmarks of a side destined for relegation.

The Addicks are on their fifth manager in less than two years with the latest name chalked on the door of the boss’s office that of Karel Fraeye, albeit on an ‘interim’ basis (although quite how that differs from their ‘permanent’ appointments is a moot point).

Charlton are currently third-bottom with their fans becoming increasingly fractious and the Blues would appear to be in with a very good chance of picking up what would be a fourth successive win at the Valley.

I think most fans would be happy enough with four points from the next two games which should see the Blues end the month at least a couple of points closer to the play-off places.

But six out of six is far from beyond Town’s reach. After all, we are in November, not October.