EFL English Championship League 2024/2025

[notblox1]

Expected win for Watford and Reading managed to get a draw with both teams scoring like I predicted, but my betting ticket was ruined by Wycombe win against Blackburn.
Cardiff lost at home against Nottingham that makes my sucees rate 50% for today, and it could be better.
One more match should be played tommorow Huddersfield vs Brentford and I expect to see away win but there are some injured players in both teams,
however Brentford has top goalscorer in league Toney and he is available for this match, so just to make it safer my bet will be asian handicap Away win.

[Pulsar77]

One more match should be played tommorow Huddersfield vs Brentford and I expect to see away win but there are some injured players in both teams,
however Brentford has top goalscorer in league Toney and he is available for this match, so just to make it safer my bet will be asian handicap Away win.

And Brentford lost points again. Huddersfield scored too early and tried to defend their goal to the end. Brentford managed to equalize the score but didn't make a comeback. They won only one time in their last 5 games which caused them to get so much away from Watford.

[notblox1]

There is no rest time for EFL Championship and we have new round 40 withmany matches played today.
Situation on table have not been change a lot, Norwich is still on top followed by Watford and Swansea dropped to play-off zone with Brentford, Barnsley and Reading.

Middlesbrough - Watford
Blackburn - Bournemouth
Coventry - Bristol City
Luton - Barnsley
Nottingham - QPR
Reading - Derby
Rotherham - Wycombe
Stoke - Millwall
Swansea - Preston
Sheffield Wed - Cardiff
Brentford - Birmingham
Norwich - Huddersfield

Middlesbrough vs Watford is first match for today and looking at their previous h2h matches we can see that Boro won only one time in their last ten matches.
Watford is fighting to keep direct promotion and they wait for possible Norwich uipset to steal the title from them while Boro still have some hopes for play-off spot.
Watford is in superb form for months and lost only two times in last 15 matches, but Boro should not be underestimated and they are solid at home ground so I would not exclude a draw result here.
My bet: Watford win draw no bet.

Stoke vs Millwall is the match to bet on if you are looking for a draw result and under 2.5 goals and you can even combine that in one bet.
Millwall manager is ex stoke boss so he will be extra motivated not to lose this match and win from counter attacks if possible.
I expect to see low scoring match and this will be my main bet.
My bet: Under 2.5 goals; Draw (low stakes)

Swansea vs Preston
Swansea bus is going downhill with breaks not working and Preston have new coach that can try to upset them one more time after they managed to get 1:1 draw against strong Norwich with goal score in extra time, and same thing happened to Swansea when they lost against Birmingham.
Swansea is better team here but Preston may use their own positive momentum and new coach Frankie McAvoy in their own favor.
I don't expect to see many goals here so under 2.5 goals may be goo bet.
My bet: Under 2.5 goals

[notblox1]

Watford got only draw result even after they have been mush better team but they got one goal in their net in second half for 1:1 final result, and my bet got voided that means I received my stake back because I played draw no bet and said that draw is possible.
I expected Preston to surprise Swanseay again with low scoring match and that is exactly what happened, and Millwall was my miss yesterday but I said that their manager would be super motivated as he was ex Stoke boss

We have two matches left forthis round:

Norwich vs Huddersfield
Table eader Norwich is waiting for Huddersfield who is trying to escape relegation danger zone and they will have to do it without some important players striker Koroma.
Watford is second place and only five points less than, so Norwich must get serious again and start to win after two last draw matches with Preston and Blackburn, and they need to be more concentrated not allowing more goals in extra time.
I expectto see Norwich win with  more than one goal difference, and in case it is with one goal I get my money back.
My bet: Norwich Home win -1 Asian handicap

Brentford vs Birmingham is one more match between top and bottom teams and Birmingham is fighting for their lives in 21st place.
I like Brentford and they have best attack in league with Toney but their defence is very bad and they can concede goals from anyone, and they have 3 draws in a row.
I am not ready to risk anything with this odds on home win but I would ratter bet on draw at halftime with lower stakes.
My bet: Draw at HT;  Birmingham Away win +1 Asian Handicap (lower stakes)

Good luck!

[ILuckyGuyI]

Brentford vs Birmingham is one more match between top and bottom teams and Birmingham is fighting for their lives in 21st place.
I like Brentford and they have best attack in league with Toney but their defence is very bad and they can concede goals from anyone, and they have 3 draws in a row.
I am not ready to risk anything with this odds on home win but I would ratter bet on draw at halftime with lower stakes.
My bet: Draw at HT;  Birmingham Away win +1 Asian Handicap (lower stakes)

Good luck!

Brentford got only one win in their last 5 games and got draws for 3 games. But it is obvious that there is a huge power difference between them and Birmingham. On the other hand, Birmingham are fighting for staying in the Championship. Brentford have still a chance to catch up with Watford and take the 2nd place back but it's not very high. Birmingham beat Brentford home with a 1-0 score in this season. I think this time Brentford will be the winning side. But in my opinion, it's very likely that it could be a win with 1-goal difference.

[ampere]

Middlesbrough 1 - 1 Watford
Blackburn 0 - 2 Bournemouth
Coventry 2 - 1 Bristol City
Luton 1 - 2 Barnsley
Nottingham 3 - 1 QPR
Reading 3 - 1 Derby
Rotherham 0 - 3 Wycombe
Stoke 1 - 2 Millwall
Swansea 0 - 1 Preston
Sheffield Wed 5 - 0 Cardiff
Brentford 0 - 0 Birmingham
 Norwich 7 - 0 Huddersfield

Above are the results  of the game week 40 round; Norwich won dominantly to retain and maintain their first position with 8 points ahead of second placed watford who drew their tie against Middleborough. With Bournemouth and Reading winning too in race for a play off spot. What do you think the final top 8 would look like come season end?

[notblox1]

Round 41 is back for EFL Championship and we have one match Watford vs Reading playing today while rest of them are scheduled for tomorrow.
It's interesting play-off battle but I think nobody can touch Norwich who demolished Huddersfield with seven goals in last round.

Watford - Reading
Millwall - Swansea
Barnsley - Middlesbrough
Birmingham - Stoke
Bournemouth - Coventry
Bristol City - Nottingham
Cardiff - Blackburn
Derby - Norwich
Huddersfield -Rotherham
Preston -Brentford
QPR -Sheffield Wed
Wycombe - Luton

Watford vs Reading is important match for both teams and especially Reading if they still want to keep their spot in play-off, and Watford to keep spot for direct promotion.
This will not be easy game but preasure will be on Reading to win that will give Watford and striker Joao more space for counter attacks.
Watford have one of the best defences in league and they have 95% scoring rate at home ground and 70% leading at halftime, so if they win at HT they will probably win the match.
Reading won in first match against Watford in 2020 but this might be time for payback and Watford win at home.
My bets: 1st Half Watford win; 1st Half Watford draw no bet; Home win

Good luck!

[judas]

Watford vs Reading is important match for both teams and especially Reading if they still want to keep their spot in play-off, and Watford to keep spot for direct promotion.
This will not be easy game but preasure will be on Reading to win that will give Watford and striker Joao more space for counter attacks.
Watford have one of the best defences in league and they have 95% scoring rate at home ground and 70% leading at halftime, so if they win at HT they will probably win the match.
Reading won in first match against Watford in 2020 but this might be time for payback and Watford win at home.
My bets: 1st Half Watford win; 1st Half Watford draw no bet; Home win

Watford are taking revenge on Reading right now with a 2-0 lead.    Ismaila Sarr scored 2 goals in 2 minutes and they've got already the psychological advantage in the first 15 minutes of the match. With this great form, Watford may even promote the Premier League as the champions, who knows.

[Joca97]

Watford vs Reading is important match for both teams and especially Reading if they still want to keep their spot in play-off, and Watford to keep spot for direct promotion.
This will not be easy game but preasure will be on Reading to win that will give Watford and striker Joao more space for counter attacks.
Watford have one of the best defences in league and they have 95% scoring rate at home ground and 70% leading at halftime, so if they win at HT they will probably win the match.
Reading won in first match against Watford in 2020 but this might be time for payback and Watford win at home.
My bets: 1st Half Watford win; 1st Half Watford draw no bet; Home win

Watford are taking revenge on Reading right now with a 2-0 lead.    Ismaila Sarr scored 2 goals in 2 minutes and they've got already the psychological advantage in the first 15 minutes of the match. With this great form, Watford may even promote the Premier League as the champions, who knows.

Watford won 2-0 and now is o most there to go to the premier league while reading with todays loss are in trouble of falling out of that play off spot and have more games played. This is really bad for reading. They holded well the entire season and will probobly get nothing in the end.

[judas]

Watford vs Reading is important match for both teams and especially Reading if they still want to keep their spot in play-off, and Watford to keep spot for direct promotion.
This will not be easy game but preasure will be on Reading to win that will give Watford and striker Joao more space for counter attacks.
Watford have one of the best defences in league and they have 95% scoring rate at home ground and 70% leading at halftime, so if they win at HT they will probably win the match.
Reading won in first match against Watford in 2020 but this might be time for payback and Watford win at home.
My bets: 1st Half Watford win; 1st Half Watford draw no bet; Home win

Watford are taking revenge on Reading right now with a 2-0 lead.    Ismaila Sarr scored 2 goals in 2 minutes and they've got already the psychological advantage in the first 15 minutes of the match. With this great form, Watford may even promote the Premier League as the champions, who knows.

Watford won 2-0 and now is o most there to go to the premier league while reading with todays loss are in trouble of falling out of that play off spot and have more games played. This is really bad for reading. They holded well the entire season and will probobly get nothing in the end.

Reading's job is quite hard on even clinging to the playoffs. Bournemouth have played two games less than Reading and they are only 1 point behind. They can really take Reading's place and promote to the playoffs.

[notblox1]

All bets I made for Watford vs Reading was like I predicted so let's continue insame style with more bets for today.
Going to take more risks today so adjust your stakes accoordingly.

Millwall vs Swansea is first match for today in EFL and I am leaning towards home team after I saw lineups for both teams.
With win today Millwall can got really close to play-off zone and maybe qualify for Premier League with other big clubs, and that would be huge success for them in this season.
They are draw kings with 16 total draws in league but none in last 8 matches and they are going with wins over Stoke, Rotherham and Middlesbrough in last 3 matches showing great form.
On the oposite side is falling Swansea with terrible form and 3 lost matches and if they continue like this they will drop out from play-offs soon.
I expect to see low scoring match and possible draw as final outcom, maybe 1:1.
My bets: Under 2.5 goals; Double Chance 1X

Derby vs Norwich is one match I would look to bet against Norwich.
First they trashed Huddersfield with seven goals last round, they are comfortable in first place and their h2h matches with Derby is not so greatand they won only one time in last nine matches.
Derby with Wayne Rooney in charge will be moer motivated here to take the scalp and I belive they can get a draw or lose with only one goal difference at most.
Lower stakes for this bet, but I believe Derby can score for sure and Norwich may rest some players becasue they play with Watford in ten days and few other top ranked teams.
My bets: Both teams to score; Draw at halftime

Preston vs Brentford
I think it's time for Bretnford to win after four draws and they should be more motivated than Preston and interesting stats showing that both teams are much more scoring in second half.
My bet: Away win

[ILuckyGuyI]

Preston vs Brentford
I think it's time for Bretnford to win after four draws and they should be more motivated than Preston and interesting stats showing that both teams are much more scoring in second half.
My bet: Away win

Brentford really needed this win after 4 games of bad form. They totally demolished Preston 5-0. But they lost many points that it caused them to get away from the 2nd spot. It looks like they will promote to the playoffs but not be able to promote directly to the EPL.

[notblox1]

That was interesting round but I expected more surprises to happen and instead favorites mostly won their matches.
Norwich and Watford have now assured their places at play-offs, but they will probably qualify for automatic Premier League promotion.
Eight points separate them and they have to play five more matches including Norwich vs Watford with maximum 15 points to win each, and play-off spots are  more interesting with more than four teams competing for four spots, with Brentford leading the group after winning easily last match.

[notblox1]

This midweek we have few matches in EFL Championship and 3 of them will be played today:

Huddersfield vs Bournemouth
Sheffield Wed vs Swansea
Rotherham vs QPR

Huddersfield vs Bournemouth is my pick of the day for today in Championship, and I am thinking that Bournemouth will win and both teams to score.
Huddersfield is solid at home ground but they are missing few players and Bournemouth will be more motivated with securing play-offs and chance for Premier League promotion.
H2H matches are on Bournemouth side as well as odds and Bournemouth should win and take 3 points because they have to play next match against Norwich.
Junior Stanislas should be back for htis match and he will start the match as substitute.
My bet: Away win; Both teams to score.

Sheffield Wed vs Swansea
I am not sure how Swansea will react after they won last time and we can't and if their downfall is stopped or not, and Sheffield is fighting for their survival.
It's not easy to predict Swansea matches but odds are tempting to try once again.
My bet: Away win draw no bet.

[ampere]

Sheffield Wed vs Swansea
I am not sure how Swansea will react after they won last time and we can't and if their downfall is stopped or not, and Sheffield is fighting for their survival.
It's not easy to predict Swansea matches but odds are tempting to try once again.
My bet: Away win draw no bet.

In the end, the scoreline was Sheffield Wed 0 vs 2 Swansea. It was a good away victory for Swansea; a win that positions them well for the playoff positions and also takes them to the 3rd position on 75 points; 7 points behind 2nd place Watford team. Theres still plenty to play for!

[ILuckyGuyI]

Sheffield Wed vs Swansea
I am not sure how Swansea will react after they won last time and we can't and if their downfall is stopped or not, and Sheffield is fighting for their survival.
It's not easy to predict Swansea matches but odds are tempting to try once again.
My bet: Away win draw no bet.

Swansea got their second consecutive win with a 2-0 score. They are 7 points behind Watford now and they still have a chance to catch up with Watford. But it is not very likely in my opinion. Swansea and Brentford will most likely qualify for the playoffs and most probably one of them will promote to the EPL.

[notblox1]

Rotherham vs Coventry is one match for EFL championship today and it's battle for survival in the league.
Coventry have several defenders missing and injured and both teams are not in great form but Rotherham managed to win last round and they two matches less than Coventry.
Draw is probable result here but I think Rotherham have slight advantage this time and may win because they have better attackers and only one injured player today.
Stats show that both team mostly have 0:0 result at halftime.
My bet: Draw at half time; first half 0 goals.

[ILuckyGuyI]

Rotherham vs Coventry is one match for EFL championship today and it's battle for survival in the league.
Coventry have several defenders missing and injured and both teams are not in great form but Rotherham managed to win last round and they two matches less than Coventry.
Draw is probable result here but I think Rotherham have slight advantage this time and may win because they have better attackers and only one injured player today.
Stats show that both team mostly have 0:0 result at halftime.
My bet: Draw at half time; first half 0 goals.

Nice bet, man and congrats! The first half ended 0-0 and Coventry managed to win the game 1-0 with the goal they scored in the 70th minute. They deserved to be the winner here by having a much better performance.

[ampere]

Rotherham vs Coventry is one match for EFL championship today and it's battle for survival in the league.
Coventry have several defenders missing and injured and both teams are not in great form but Rotherham managed to win last round and they two matches less than Coventry.
Draw is probable result here but I think Rotherham have slight advantage this time and may win because they have better attackers and only one injured player today.
Stats show that both team mostly have 0:0 result at halftime.
My bet: Draw at half time; first half 0 goals.

Rotherham 0  vs 1 Coventry The tie ended with Coventry going home with the three points in what was a close game; the win means Coventry are 6 points off the relegation spots with more work to do. Rotherham United meanwhile has to up their games to avoid relegation to league 1; they are currently in the 18th position

[notblox1]

EFL Championship round 42 is back with two matches played today, and we are going to find some picks for betting.

Blackburn - Derby
Reading - Cardiff
Brentford - Millwall
Luton - Watford
Middlesbrough - QPR
Nottingham - Huddersfield
Sheffield Wed - Bristol City
Stoke - Preston
Swansea - Wycombe
Norwich - Bournemouth
Rotherham - Birmingham
Coventry - Barnsley

Reading vs Cardiff
I can't bealive Reading managed to slip below play-off zone but they had lot of draws and only one win in last six matches against Derby.
Cardiff is in similar form and they have nothing much to fight for, unlike Reading who can still hope to jump in play-off train in last moments before train leaves the station.
Reading played 4 matches with Cardiff in 2020 with two wins and two draws so they know each other very well from FA cup and league matches.
Some players are missing for both teams but Cardiff is more affected, and I don't see Reading losing today, but draw is possible.
Reading often times scores first and leading at home in halftime so that may be nice bet also.
My bets: Reading draw no bet; Reading win 1st half (and asian handicap 0)