EFL English Championship League 2023/2024

[buwaytress]

wasn't aware of this topic, where only you two discussing Championship

It's not only me and buwaytress talking, but we are most active and I am trying to post predictions each round for picks I play myself.
There was Sportsbet sponsored competition before but I had to cancel it because of my personal life stuff.

I don't mind you posted something about League Two, but please try to stay on topic, Championship league.
Thank you.

Hey casper! Yeah, I actually used to follow Championship quite a lot (I say used to because this season I've toned down on a lot of sports). And I guess, like you, it's a few teams I follow to be honest, to try and get an idea of who's coming to the better league.

Plus, so many personalities who are now either approaching the sunset of their playing careers or starting new careers as managers (and that's always somewhat nice for me to continue following).

League Two? That's actually almost beyond my knowledge but I happen to have some close connection with Leyton Orient and IIRC it is one team someone at SB follows

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[notblox1]

Championship is coming back this weekend and first match is played in Friday, Hull City vs West Brom.
This looks like interesting bet for me, it is more risky but I think West Brom should win this match and odds are correct.
H2H matches are fully on West Brom side and they are in better form than Hull City, but both teams are missing few players.
Hull has one good striker Estupinan and they can score a goal, but overall quality is more on West Brom side.
My Bet: West Brom win; West Brom (0).

You can find this match for betting on Sportsbet website:
https://sportsbet.io/sports/event/soccer/england/championship/hull-city-v-west-bromwich-albion-63fb44e5f0ecc7403c4816ec

Do you see any other interesting betting options in Championship this weekend?

[buwaytress]

^ Nah nothing for me this week. I'm only semi-confident of Blades and Burnley but for their price (collectively 22/10), I'd rather stay away and just enjoy the firefight as Beyer makes his case for Kompany so his loan becomes permanent (which apparently happens if they gain promotion).

No good news for Reading as they might get a penalty of 6 points if Peterborough are successful in their litigation so they might end up being just above relegation zone if that happens.

Seems like a lot of drama 3rd place and below but shame it's hard to get coverage!

[notblox1]

^ Nah nothing for me this week. I'm only semi-confident of Blades and Burnley but for their price (collectively 22/10), I'd rather stay away and just enjoy the firefight as Beyer makes his case for Kompany so his loan becomes permanent (which apparently happens if they gain promotion).

I played only one ticket mix for this weekend and I lost my bet, but I didn't have much time for posting my predictions in forum.
Burnley slowed down and didn't win against Blackpool, something I didn't expect, but they missed so many chances and they dominated the game.
Middlesbrough was on my ticket and they easily won, they are now very close to take over second place from Sheffield Utd, but let's see what happens in nextfew rounds.

[Juggy777]

^ Nah nothing for me this week. I'm only semi-confident of Blades and Burnley but for their price (collectively 22/10), I'd rather stay away and just enjoy the firefight as Beyer makes his case for Kompany so his loan becomes permanent (which apparently happens if they gain promotion).

I played only one ticket mix for this weekend and I lost my bet, but I didn't have much time for posting my predictions in forum.
Burnley slowed down and didn't win against Blackpool, something I didn't expect, but they missed so many chances and they dominated the game.
Middlesbrough was on my ticket and they easily won, they are now very close to take over second place from Sheffield Utd, but let's see what happens in nextfew rounds.

@buwaytress you were right to skip wagering and Burnley definitely looks like that they’ll win the promotion race this season, and I too won’t be surprised if they decide to use the option to buy him. @notblox1 you definitely picked a winning team but I guess it just wasn’t Burnley’s lucky day because they definitely deserved to win but in the end they failed to seal all the points, however I’m glad that at least you won your wager on Middlesbrough.

[buwaytress]

I played only one ticket mix for this weekend and I lost my bet, but I didn't have much time for posting my predictions in forum.
Burnley slowed down and didn't win against Blackpool, something I didn't expect, but they missed so many chances and they dominated the game.
Middlesbrough was on my ticket and they easily won, they are now very close to take over second place from Sheffield Utd, but let's see what happens in nextfew rounds.

@buwaytress you were right to skip wagering and Burnley definitely looks like that they’ll win the promotion race this season, and I too won’t be surprised if they decide to use the option to buy him. @notblox1 you definitely picked a winning team but I guess it just wasn’t Burnley’s lucky day because they definitely deserved to win but in the end they failed to seal all the points, however I’m glad that at least you won your wager on Middlesbrough.

Yeah, smart not to lose money, did lose out on other predictions (BSFL comes to mind) but for once, a week where my biggest money is either won or still alive on accas, largely thanks to Liverpool.

Burnley will still ensure Kompany has a triumphant return to the big league, but Blades has been making me pay dearly for banking on them.

Hopefully the next round when I go back to spamming them they remember they are top of the league.

[notblox1]

Burnley will still ensure Kompany has a triumphant return to the big league, but Blades has been making me pay dearly for banking on them.

Hopefully the next round when I go back to spamming them they remember they are top of the league.

Kompany was mixing his squad and resting some players for more important matches, but point difference is big enough and I don't think they can lose first place position.
For me most interesting thing is fight for second place that secures direct promotion to Premier League, and playoff positions that are changing a lot.

There are three matches played tomorrow, so no time to rest a lot for some teams.
Sheffield Utd has a good chance to win three points against Reading who is missing several players for this match.
I think Bristol City can win a point of three against bottom Huddersfield that is in terrible form now.

Huddersfield - Bristol City
Reading - Sheffield Utd
West Brom - Wigan
https://sportsbet.io/sports/soccer/england/championship/matches

[buwaytress]

I opted to skip Blades even though I'm confident of them winning. Funny that just because odds aren't 2/1 I'm ignoring them. Would normally add a leg or two from these games to accas I got, but let's just say I'm giving this week's games a purge from my system (but to be fair, it's really because of European cups!).

I do think over 2 goals on all three games are a solid acca though...

[notblox1]

I opted to skip Blades even though I'm confident of them winning. Funny that just because odds aren't 2/1 I'm ignoring them. Would normally add a leg or two from these games to accas I got, but let's just say I'm giving this week's games a purge from my system (but to be fair, it's really because of European cups!).

I was busy and I didn't have time to place many bets but I always try to add picks from Championship.
One more win for Sheffield Utd and I was right about Bristol City winning a point against Huddersfield.
Now last three teams in Championship have exactly the same points and they can easily drop in lower league with Blackpool and Wigan.

[notblox1]

We are back for one more week of Championship, and today Stoke is playing against Blackburn.
Bookmakers made Stoke favorite in this match but Blacburn is in fantastic form and they lost only one match from last twelve in all competitions.
Bad news for Blackburn is many injured and missing players for their team, but I don't think they can lose this match.
Stoke doesn't have big motivation, they can't go in playoff zone and it's hard for them to go in relegation zone.
Blackburn win makes them more secure in playoff zone and they can try to attack second place.

My Bet: X2 double chance; Blackburn (0) AH
https://sportsbet.io/sports/event/soccer/england/championship/stoke-city-v-blackburn-rovers-64048285e7ca961899f0c651



My bet is more risky with great boosted odds on Sportsbet

[buwaytress]

Pretty damned good odds, I'd have gone with that as well but I'm on a Championship fast at the moment, trying to claw back elsewhere and back to upsets -- which doesn't really happen in this league with the odds that interest me.

Too bad you didn't win. Would have had blanks today as well, misses from my usual fav Boro (even if Burnley and Blades did take 3 points).

[notblox1]

Too bad you didn't win. Would have had blanks today as well, misses from my usual fav Boro (even if Burnley and Blades did take 3 points).

It was risky bet and I expected bigger return, but Stoke was much better in first half and scored two goals.
I expected more from Blackburn and Brereton who returned from injury, but like I said they had many other missing players for this match.
Sheffield Utd also lost their match against Luton, and Middlesbrough is now only four points behind them, so fight for second place is not over yet.

One match left for tomorrow is Norwich vs Sunderland.
To make it short I think that Norwich is going to win and they need points to get in playoff zone.
Both teams are missing some players but Norwich is in better form right now and odds are not bad at all.
My Bet: Norwich win.

[buwaytress]

One match left for tomorrow is Norwich vs Sunderland.
To make it short I think that Norwich is going to win and they need points to get in playoff zone.
Both teams are missing some players but Norwich is in better form right now and odds are not bad at all.
My Bet: Norwich win.

Would have been the bet I'd be on too, sorry you didn't make this one either. Teemu managed to get himself a card, and now stretches his drought to 24 games without a goal.

I'd have totally backed him to be among top scorers at the start of the season -- he usually benefits from the yo-yo of EPL promotion/relegation but it appears the clock has truly run out on this guy...

[notblox1]

Would have been the bet I'd be on too, sorry you didn't make this one either. Teemu managed to get himself a card, and now stretches his drought to 24 games without a goal.

It was bad run of weekend bets for me, and I managed to pick all the wrong matches
I will try to be better in few days because there is new Championship round this midweek, but this is league of extraordinary unexpected results
My favorite thing is trying to find good bets on underdog teams, and I don't find them always.

[notblox1]

We have six matches starting tomorrow in Championship, and I noticed one pick I like very much.
Middlesbrough vs Stoke, two teams in good form but I have to give advantage to home team.
Middlesbrough have best goalscorer in league Apkom and if they want to go back in Premier League directly they need to win here.
They have good record against Stoke, and even better at Riverside Stadium.
Odds on home win are decent and I am taking that.
My Bet: Middlesbrough win
https://sportsbet.io/sports/event/soccer/england/championship/middlesbrough-fc-v-stoke-city-640cb8068e2401289c01b85d

Wigan vs Coventry looks interesting and I think everything is pointing towards away win, but safer bet is asian handicap Coventry (0).
There are missing players from both teams so I don't want to risk with straight away win.

[notblox1]

My run of bad results continues, Middlesbrough and Coventry both played only draw in their matches, and I expected to see more from them.
Coventry was much closer to victory and they played better but few minutes before end Wigan score equalizer.

I am not giving up and I have two predictions for tomorrow on Norwich and Burnley.
Huddersfield is last place on table with lot of missing players fot this match, and Norwich need points for playoff spot.
Hull is missing many player for match with Burnley and only way they can get points from this match is if Burnley allows them.
My Bet: Norwich and Burnley win
https://sportsbet.io/sports/soccer/england/championship/matches

[notblox1]

Championship Round 38 is starting with most matches played tomorrow and one in Sunday.
Burnley is firmly holding first place with 13 points more than Sheffield Utd, but battle for second place and playoff spots is very interesting.
There is no match for Burnley this weekend because they are playing historic match in FA Cup against Man City.

Good bet for me this weekend is on Millwal to win against Huddersfield, both team need points for different reasons, but Millwal is much better team and they have very good strikers.
I wanted to bet on Middlesbrough against Preston, but they don't have good history with this team and both of them are in good form, so I am skipping this one.


 

[buwaytress]

Blades got the short end of the stick in their FA Cup tie, I still hope they provide a valuable upset for me, but I'm not counting on it -- just hope it doesn't derail their other (more realistic) fight for promotion.

It would be pretty special if they somehow win the cup (which brings Europa) while failing to make it out of the Championship, huh? They can afford to lose 2 more games, of course, and still Boro need to win everything else, so I know it's an unlikely scenario but I'd take a bet on those odds

[notblox1]

Blades got the short end of the stick in their FA Cup tie, I still hope they provide a valuable upset for me, but I'm not counting on it -- just hope it doesn't derail their other (more realistic) fight for promotion.

I don't expect they can do anything against Manchester City but looking at previous matches this teams had, many times it was narrow win by Man City.
Burnley have best defense in Championship, Sheffield Utd is right behind them with few more goals conceded, but if Haaland plays for City maybe we can expect to see goal fest

It would be pretty special if they somehow win the cup (which brings Europa) while failing to make it out of the Championship, huh? They can afford to lose 2 more games, of course, and still Boro need to win everything else, so I know it's an unlikely scenario but I'd take a bet on those odds

Sheffield better focus on keeping second place in Championship or Middlesbrough will take it away from them because of FA Cup distraction.
I just checking schedule for Middlesbrough and it's going to be bumpy ride ahead, in next rounds they play with Huddersfield, Burnley, Bristol City, Norwich, Hull, Luton, Rotherham and Coventry.
Sheffield is going to paly with Norwich, Wigan, Burnley, Cardiff, West Brom, Preston, Huddersfield and Birmingham.

[notblox1]

International break is over and we are finally getting back to regular season EFL Championship with Round 39.
There are only seven more rounds before play offs and things are getting very interesting for promotion and relegation.

Twelve matches are played this weekend and one of them is starting tomorrow Burnley vs Sunderland.
Burnley is safely cruising Championship in first place with big point advantage but I think they will try to secure this with early with another win.
They are better team than Sunderland and H2H matches are on their side, but they need to take this game seriously.
Sunderland is solid team but they are not in good form, winning only one from last five matches.
I can't see anything other than home win here, and odds are not that bad, Burnley shuld make a comeback after bad defeat from Man City in FA Cup.

My Bet: Burnley win
https://sportsbet.io/sports/event/soccer/england/championship/burnley-fc-v-sunderland-afc-6419eb156796e337afdfa2dc

I will post more predictions tomorrow, but you can tell me if you see anything interesting for betting this weekend.