EFL English Championship League 2024/2025

[notblox1]

Blackburn vs Reading
Bookies set Blackburn a favorite after Reading losing last match in last few minutes, but I don't trust that home team can win so easy and I see chance for nice bet.
Both teams have good strikers Brereton and Swift so I expect to see goals in this match and both teams scoring.
History is showing that Reading has better h2h and they won last two matches against Blackburn, and they are better team here.
My bets: X2 double chance; Both teams to score; over 2.5 goals.

Bournemouth vs Huddersfield
Home team is clear favorite here and they are better in previous matches with Huddersfield.
Bournemouth is in top form now and I don't see them stopping.
My bet: Home win

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[notblox1]

Reading was better team in first half but Blackburn turned things around in second half and won with two goals, something I didn't expect to see.
Bournemouth is unstoppable at the moment and they won one more match for firm first place in the table, with five points more than second placed Fulham.
Fulham still has the best attack with 33 goals and best goal scorer Mitrovic with 15 goals scored so far!
Next round 15 of Championship is starting this Friday and has some big matches like Fulham vs West Brom and Reading vs Bournemouth.

[notblox1]

Question is Fulham or West Brom going to come closer to Bournemouth on table will be answered this weekend in big clash,
and they have a chance for that because Bournemouth is having a tricky match with Reading away from home.
Round 15 EFL Championship matches are starting this Friday so you have enough time to place bets and predictions:

QPR - Nottingham
Fulham - West Brom
Bristol City - Barnsley
Derby - Blackburn
Huddersfield - Millwall
Hull - Coventry
Middlesbrough - Birmingham
Preston - Luton
Sheffield Utd - Blackpool
Stoke - Cardiff
Swansea - Peterborough
Reading - Bournemouth

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[jakdanyel]

Derby are really one of the interesting teams in this season. They are having big financial problems. Their 12 points have been deleted just because of this too. They are at the last place with only 5 points. Despite everything, they still manage to resist clubs at the top places. For example, they managed to steal one point from Coventry even in an away match. They were 1-0 behind but still succeeded in equalizing it. And I wonder what they will do against Blackburn home next.

[notblox1]

Derby are really one of the interesting teams in this season. They are having big financial problems. Their 12 points have been deleted just because of this too. They are at the last place with only 5 points. Despite everything, they still manage to resist clubs at the top places. For example, they managed to steal one point from Coventry even in an away match. They were 1-0 behind but still succeeded in equalizing it. And I wonder what they will do against Blackburn home next.

Derby is a draw specialist and they lost only 3 times this year despite all the problems with player injuries, I think that coach Wayne Rooney is main motivation for them.
Blackburn has much better strikers and they won against Derby in last years so I would give them advantage here.

QPR vs Nottingham
This is the first Friday match in round 15 of Championship and it's surprising that both teams are in solid form recently.
Bookmakers are favoring QPR to win but Nottingham is not easy nut to crack and they have one of the best away records in league with 4 wins, one draw and only two loses.
QPR played a match in EFL carabao cup just few days ago, lost against Sunderland and some players may be a bit tired.
Instead of betting on winner I would go for goals and over in this match, and we could see draw or away win.
My bet: Over 2.5 goals

[notblox1]

Bournemouth is continuing with amazing undefeated run with 11 wins and 4 draws, and are still keeping five points distance from second placed Fulham!
Mitrovic is top form for Fulham, he scored 3 goals against West Brom and he top goal scorer in Championship with 18 goals, making Fulham best attacking team in league.
Next round is starting in midweek so there is not much time for teams to get rested.

[Juggy777]

Bournemouth is continuing with amazing undefeated run with 11 wins and 4 draws, and are still keeping five points distance from second placed Fulham!
Mitrovic is top form for Fulham, he scored 3 goals against West Brom and he top goal scorer in Championship with 18 goals, making Fulham best attacking team in league.
Next round is starting in midweek so there is not much time for teams to get rested.

@notblox1 Bournemouth is indeed performing really well, and if they can keep performing like this then they’ll easily win the title. However if they slip then Fulham is waiting in the wings to win the title, and with 15 matches over I feel that it’s advantage for Bournemouth, and hopefully they should win the title.

[CLS63]

I'm also an admirer of Bournemouth's huge form from the start of the season to this day. They won 11 of their 15 league games and got a draw in the rest of the games. They scored 26 goals and conceded only 8 goals. They are the second most scoring team and the least conceding team this season also. They are not the most scoring because Fulham have scored 36 goals until now which is really superb.    I think that Bournemouth will definitely end in top 2 and they are most likely to become the champions also unless they screw things up.

[notblox1]

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We have six new matches starting tomorrow, and this could be one more easy win on paper for Bournemouth against Preston and for West Brom against Hull.
Fulham will have much harder task against Blackburn, and I expect match with many goals.

Interesting thing about Bournemouth, their Dean Court stadium has one of the smallest capacity in Championship with maximum off 11,364 and average attendance of 71%.

Birmingham - Bristol City
Coventry - Swansea
Luton - Middlesbrough
Millwall - Reading
Nottingham - Sheffield Utd
Peterborough - Huddersfield
Barnsley - Derby
Blackburn - Fulham
Blackpool - Stoke
Bournemouth - Preston
Cardiff - QPR
West Brom - Hull

[notblox1]

Luton vs Middlesbrough
I don't expect to see many goals in this match and Middlesbrough is missing few players so they would be happy to defend and get a draw here.
In 12 out of 15 matches so far Middlesbrough played with under 2.5 goals and I think this will happen against Luton, who will try to win after losing last match with Preston.
My bet: Under 2.5 goals

Millwall vs Reading
I don't understand why bookies made Millwall such a big favorite against Reading, and I think we might see draw here or even surprise away win.
Reading is solid team that deserves to be higher on table but they had many injuries this season.
My bets: Draw; Draw at half time

Nottingham vs Sheffield Utd
I think that home win or double chance 1X is a great bet here, Nottingham is in good form and they lost only one time against Fulham in last eight matches.
Sheffield is missing more players for this match and home team should use that to take important points here.
H2H is on Nottingham side if we look at matches on their stadium.
My bets: Double Chance 1X; Home win (low odds)

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[notblox1]

It finally happened for Bournemouth to lose a match this season in Championship against Preston and race for title and promotion is getting more interesting again.
Fulham scored amazing win with 7 goals against Blackburn and now they have total of 43 scored goals in league, that is 16 more than first place Bournemouth.
West Brom is still in the race for title with narrow win against Hull City.

Round 17 is starting this weekend with twelve matches and we have prediction competition again:

Barnsley - Hull
Birmingham - Reading
Blackburn - Sheffield Utd
Bournemouth - Swansea
Cardiff - Huddersfield
Coventry - Bristol City
Luton - Stoke
Millwall - Derby
Nottingham - Preston
Peterborough - Fulham
West Brom - Middlesbrough
Blackpool - QPR

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[Juggy777]

It finally happened for Bournemouth to lose a match this season in Championship against Preston and race for title and promotion is getting more interesting again.
Fulham scored amazing win with 7 goals against Blackburn and now they have total of 43 scored goals in league, that is 16 more than first place Bournemouth.
West Brom is still in the race for title with narrow win against Hull City.

Round 17 is starting this weekend with twelve matches and we have prediction competition again:

Barnsley - Hull
Birmingham - Reading
Blackburn - Sheffield Utd
Bournemouth - Swansea
Cardiff - Huddersfield
Coventry - Bristol City
Luton - Stoke
Millwall - Derby
Nottingham - Preston
Peterborough - Fulham
West Brom - Middlesbrough
Blackpool - QPR

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@notblox1 it seems that I jinxed Bournemouth because right after my post they lost a match, but in a way it’s a wake up call for them that they’re not unbeatable, and now they cannot afford to be over confident.

Lastly I yet feel that despite this loss Bournemouth will win the title, but you’re also correct the margins for error are slim, hence whichever teams displays strong performances from now on will win the title in the end.

[notblox1]

it seems that I jinxed Bournemouth because right after my post they lost a match, but in a way it’s a wake up call for them that they’re not unbeatable, and now they cannot afford to be over confident.

Bournemouth had to lose at some point and Preston was hard team to beat in their previous H2H matches. 
They have a chance to win today against Swansea and they have great record against them with six wins and three draws from last nine matches.
Bournemouth have some players missing for today and Swansea is complete, so draw is possible and both teams are in good form.

My main pick for today is Fulham win, they are in firing from all cylinders now, I wouldn't like to play against them now, and Peterborough should be an easy pray for them.
Coventry is probably home win , but I don't like low odds so I am skipping this one.

[notblox1]

This was very interesting last round of Championship with Bournemouth returning back with win and dominant performance, they are still in first place with two points more than second place Fulham.
Mitrovic scored again for Fulham for narrow Fulham win, and he is still the best goal scorer in league with 20 goals, seven more than Brereton from Blackburn and Solanke from Bournemouth.
Bournemouth is now team with best defense in the league with only ten goals ending up in their net, making goalkeeper Travers Mark one of the best in Champiosnhip.
Next week we have small break in Championship and international matches are played.

[Oshosondy]

This was very interesting last round of Championship with Bournemouth returning back with win and dominant performance, they are still in first place with two points more than second place Fulham.

It was a very interesting week, though I found championship not as interesting as EPL, but I think I will also have to contribute to make this thread active.

Bournemouth is trying, they make a good team in Championship and they can make it to EPL again this season. But we know that the third, fourth, fifth and six top clubs will have to compete with themselves for third position, Fulham yet in third and West Brom in second position, just at 17th matches played this season and going to over 40 matches to be played. This is a very real competition, but will not be a surprise for me if two out of these three clubs are found in EPL next season.

[notblox1]

EFL Championship is finally back after break for international matches and we have twelve new matches played this weekend in Friday and Saturday.
First match played tomorrow is QPR vs Luton and I expect to see home win but I would not exclude a draw result, so I would go with safer asian handicap.
QPR have better H2H score against Luton especiall at their home field, but I can see both team scoring in this match because Luton have few decent attackers
My bet: QPR (0) asian handicap

QPR - Luton
Sheffield Utd - Coventry
Bristol City - Blackburn
Fulham - Barnsley
Huddersfield - West Brom
Hull - Birmingham
Middlesbrough - Millwall
Preston - Cardiff
Reading - Nottingham
Stoke - Peterborough
Swansea - Blackpool
Derby - Bournemouth

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[notblox1]

We had big change after last round and it just shows that tradition is very important in Championship matches, after Bournemouth lost against Derby and slipped down to second place.
They never won against Derby in last seven H2H so I expected hard away match for them and they lost 3:2 in very interesting match.
Derby now have zero points and they are last place on table because of  financial problems and 21 deducted points.
Fulham is now on first position with only one point more than Bournemouth, after they trashed Barnsley with four goals and Mitrovic scored yet again.
There is no time for rest in EFL Championship and next round is starting tomorrow.

[notblox1]

EFL Championship is back with Round 19 and twelve new matches that will show us if Bournemouth is capable for quick comeback after last defeat.
Five matches is played today and they are tricky to predict but I think that Coventry have a< good chance to win today and cement their place for play-off zone.
West Brom needs to win against Blackpool if they want to keep some hope for title and direct Premeir league position, but Blackpool is traditionally hard opponent.

Blackpool - West Brom
Coventry - Birmingham
Middlesbrough - Preston
Nottingham - Luton
Reading - Sheffield Utd
Barnsley - Swansea
Blackburn - Peterborough
Bristol City - Stoke
Cardiff - Hull
Fulham - Derby
Millwall - Bournemouth
QPR - Huddersfield

My bets:
Blackpool vs West Brom, Both teams to score, over 2.5 goals
Coventry vs Birmingham, Asian handicap Coventry (0)

[notblox1]

West Brom didn't manage to win and they played 0:0 with Blackpool in boring match and same thing was in match Coventry vs Birmingham, with total of four goals in all played matches.
Six more matches today and much better betting options than yesterday.

Barnsley vs Swansea
Swansea is better team in this match, they have full fit squad and history is showing they are better in H2H matches with Barnsley, they didn't lose a single match in last ten matches.
For Swansea this is chance to have some hope for play-offs and Barnsley must try to get some points and survive in league, but it's not easy when you have one of the worst attacks in league with only 13 scored goals.
I am going with safer option here with asian handicap knowing that Swansea can be unpredictable but I expect them to win.
My Bet: Swansea (0)

Blackburn vs Peterborough
Blackburn have one of the best attackers in league Brereton and they are in very good form now and they need points for play-off zone.
Peterborough have worst defense in league with 34 goals in their net and I expect to see more in their net today, and match with over 2.5 goals.
My Bet: Home win; Over 2.5 goals

Millwall vs Bournemouth
Millwall is Championship draw specialist but Bournemouth must try to come back after losing last match with Derby.
Draw is possible in this match so I am going with safer asian handicap option.
My Bet: Bournemouth (0)

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[notblox1]

We had almost perfect predictions yesterday, Swansea won in away match against Barnsley and they are now on 9th place with four points below play-off zone.
Blackburn had dominant performance against Peterborough and score four goals, Brereton did it again with two goals and they one point below play-off zone.
Bournemouth slipped against with draw kings Millwall, but so did Fulham against Derby, and I got my stake returned.

Round 20 is starting tomorrow with twelve new matches and West Brom vs Nottingham is only match scheduled for Friday.
Odds are suggesting home win but I think that draw is possible, Nottingham lost only one in last twelve matches and West Brom is not in very good form recently.

West Brom - Nottingham
Preston - Fulham
Birmingham - Blackpool
Bournemouth - Coventry
Huddersfield - Middlesbrough
Hull - Millwall
Luton - Cardiff
Peterborough - Barnsley
Stoke - Blackburn
Swansea - Reading
Sheffield Utd - Bristol City
Derby - QPR

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