EFL English Championship League 2023/2024

[Iranus]

First game of the day end in draw as Leaders held by 23rd rank team Barnsley they took early lead with this Barnsley were completely into control and Fulham were struggling to goal even they were aggressive and have too many shots but tight defence and good strategy help home team to have important one point here in this match now with this point they have not good hope but still good one and Fulham is still staying at top with good lead from other teams for promotion into Premier League with big bang.
Now, we have nine matches in progress and mostly teams are trying to have something but from key teams Bournemouth and Nottingham are in lead and trying to stay in good chase for playoff.

I think Barnsley played really well against Fulham. Well, I wouldn't exactly say they played well, I really should say that they defended well because they really looked like they were ready to put their lives on the line to defend.

Nottingham Forest played really well against Reading. There were in full control of the match is won by 4-0
Bournemouth won their last match against Derby as expected and they are in second place in the league right now.

[herurist]

First game of the day end in draw as Leaders held by 23rd rank team Barnsley they took early lead with this Barnsley were completely into control and Fulham were struggling to goal even they were aggressive and have too many shots but tight defence and good strategy help home team to have important one point here in this match now with this point they have not good hope but still good one and Fulham is still staying at top with good lead from other teams for promotion into Premier League with big bang.
Now, we have nine matches in progress and mostly teams are trying to have something but from key teams Bournemouth and Nottingham are in lead and trying to stay in good chase for playoff.

I think Barnsley played really well against Fulham. Well, I wouldn't exactly say they played well, I really should say that they defended well because they really looked like they were ready to put their lives on the line to defend.

Nottingham Forest played really well against Reading. There were in full control of the match is won by 4-0
Bournemouth won their last match against Derby as expected and they are in second place in the league right now.

Actually this is quite surprising considering Fulham this season really played overpower but unexpectedly they almost lost this match.
Fortunately, Fulham's possession of the ball and superior in terms of strategy could be put to good use by Fulham who managed to score a counter-goal in the final minutes of the match.
But in the end there are also those who can hold back Fulham's points even if it's just a draw

[SirLancelot]

Actually this is quite surprising considering Fulham this season really played overpower but unexpectedly they almost lost this match.
Fortunately, Fulham's possession of the ball and superior in terms of strategy could be put to good use by Fulham who managed to score a counter-goal in the final minutes of the match.
But in the end there are also those who can hold back Fulham's points even if it's just a draw

No doubt they are in this game Fulham was in full control, and they were superior in all departments but here now Barnsley is playing for pride, and they already understand they are relegated and Fulham is also having full control on top rank, so they were relaxed and just because of this there were some advantage with home team, and they take early lead which was really hard for visitors to bring at level so still having one point is good for them because now they have a good gape of points from second ranked team Bournemouth which is also trying to go through without any playoff, and it's possible for them.

Today we have only one game and it's Luton vs QPR here QPR beat them easily and now settle into playoff spot with Luton is out but still some good matches coming, so we can expect some good change in positions.

[Iranus]

Actually this is quite surprising considering Fulham this season really played overpower but unexpectedly they almost lost this match.
Fortunately, Fulham's possession of the ball and superior in terms of strategy could be put to good use by Fulham who managed to score a counter-goal in the final minutes of the match.
But in the end there are also those who can hold back Fulham's points even if it's just a draw

No doubt they are in this game Fulham was in full control, and they were superior in all departments but here now Barnsley is playing for pride, and they already understand they are relegated and Fulham is also having full control on top rank, so they were relaxed and just because of this there were some advantage with home team, and they take early lead which was really hard for visitors to bring at level so still having one point is good for them because now they have a good gape of points from second ranked team Bournemouth which is also trying to go through without any playoff, and it's possible for them.
Today we have only one game and it's Luton vs QPR here QPR beat them easily and now settle into playoff spot with Luton is out but still some good matches coming, so we can expect some good change in positions.

Luton vs QPR ended in a loss for Luton. The score was 2-1 in QPR's favor. Luton did break the deadlock but in the second half, QPR was awarded a penalty by Luton which was converted by Andre Gray.
And right when it looked like the match was going to end in a draw, QPR took the lead in the 83rd minute. Dickie scored the winning goal. Now QPR is in 4th place. But I wonder if they can go any higher.

[herurist]

Actually this is quite surprising considering Fulham this season really played overpower but unexpectedly they almost lost this match.
Fortunately, Fulham's possession of the ball and superior in terms of strategy could be put to good use by Fulham who managed to score a counter-goal in the final minutes of the match.
But in the end there are also those who can hold back Fulham's points even if it's just a draw

No doubt they are in this game Fulham was in full control, and they were superior in all departments but here now Barnsley is playing for pride, and they already understand they are relegated and Fulham is also having full control on top rank, so they were relaxed and just because of this there were some advantage with home team, and they take early lead which was really hard for visitors to bring at level so still having one point is good for them because now they have a good gape of points from second ranked team Bournemouth which is also trying to go through without any playoff, and it's possible for them.
Today we have only one game and it's Luton vs QPR here QPR beat them easily and now settle into playoff spot with Luton is out but still some good matches coming, so we can expect some good change in positions.

Luton vs QPR ended in a loss for Luton. The score was 2-1 in QPR's favor. Luton did break the deadlock but in the second half, QPR was awarded a penalty by Luton which was converted by Andre Gray.
And right when it looked like the match was going to end in a draw, QPR took the lead in the 83rd minute. Dickie scored the winning goal. Now QPR is in 4th place. But I wonder if they can go any higher.

The possibility is always there but at most if they maintain this form they will only fight for the 3rd position with Huddersfield because it will be very difficult to catch the first and second positions.
Bournemouth have currently only completed 34 games which means they still have 3 games left now and this will be very difficult to prevent as their dominance is still quite strong

[notblox1]

This midweek we have EFL Championship Round 38 with  twelve new matches.
Five matches are played in Tuesday and one of my picks is Fulham to win against West Brom.
Home team is missing few players for this match and Fulham must punish someone after drawing in last round.
I expect Fulham to win with more than one goal difference, and tradition is on their side because West Brom didn't win any match in recent h2h.
My Bet: Fulham (-1) handicap.
 
Bournemouth should win at home against weak Reading, but I don't like low odds so I am skipping this match.
It's going to be interesting to see if Derby can win any points against Blackburn, but no bets for me.

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

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[notblox1]

Surprising results today in Championship.
Fulham lost from West Brom and I lost my bet, Bournemouth got only a draw with poor Reading but luckily I avoided betting on that match.
Derby couldn't hold the lead against Blackburn and they collapsed in second half, that could be one more nail in their coffin.

One quick betting predictions for tomorrow is X2 double chance in Millwal vs Huddersfield match.
Both teams are in very good form but I think away team is better and they have more motivation for direct promotion in Premier League.
Previous h2h matches are on Huddersfield side but I am not excluding possible draw here.

[LUCKMCFLY]

Actually this is quite surprising considering Fulham this season really played overpower but unexpectedly they almost lost this match.
Fortunately, Fulham's possession of the ball and superior in terms of strategy could be put to good use by Fulham who managed to score a counter-goal in the final minutes of the match.
But in the end there are also those who can hold back Fulham's points even if it's just a draw

No doubt they are in this game Fulham was in full control, and they were superior in all departments but here now Barnsley is playing for pride, and they already understand they are relegated and Fulham is also having full control on top rank, so they were relaxed and just because of this there were some advantage with home team, and they take early lead which was really hard for visitors to bring at level so still having one point is good for them because now they have a good gape of points from second ranked team Bournemouth which is also trying to go through without any playoff, and it's possible for them.
Today we have only one game and it's Luton vs QPR here QPR beat them easily and now settle into playoff spot with Luton is out but still some good matches coming, so we can expect some good change in positions.

Luton vs QPR ended in a loss for Luton. The score was 2-1 in QPR's favor. Luton did break the deadlock but in the second half, QPR was awarded a penalty by Luton which was converted by Andre Gray.
And right when it looked like the match was going to end in a draw, QPR took the lead in the 83rd minute. Dickie scored the winning goal. Now QPR is in 4th place. But I wonder if they can go any higher.

The possibility is always there but at most if they maintain this form they will only fight for the 3rd position with Huddersfield because it will be very difficult to catch the first and second positions.
Bournemouth have currently only completed 34 games which means they still have 3 games left now and this will be very difficult to prevent as their dominance is still quite strong

Yes, you are right on that point, of all the teams Bournemouth is the one with the best chance of promotion, if and only if they win and if the mathematical possibilities are successful, meanwhile it is noteworthy that the efforts that the Fulham is renowned, really, at one point I asked myself how this team is not among the first? if the level shows it when they are in danger, I can't find why, but this gives it an additional spice and the stakes begin to grow.

[Juggy777]

Actually this is quite surprising considering Fulham this season really played overpower but unexpectedly they almost lost this match.
Fortunately, Fulham's possession of the ball and superior in terms of strategy could be put to good use by Fulham who managed to score a counter-goal in the final minutes of the match.
But in the end there are also those who can hold back Fulham's points even if it's just a draw

No doubt they are in this game Fulham was in full control, and they were superior in all departments but here now Barnsley is playing for pride, and they already understand they are relegated and Fulham is also having full control on top rank, so they were relaxed and just because of this there were some advantage with home team, and they take early lead which was really hard for visitors to bring at level so still having one point is good for them because now they have a good gape of points from second ranked team Bournemouth which is also trying to go through without any playoff, and it's possible for them.
Today we have only one game and it's Luton vs QPR here QPR beat them easily and now settle into playoff spot with Luton is out but still some good matches coming, so we can expect some good change in positions.

Luton vs QPR ended in a loss for Luton. The score was 2-1 in QPR's favor. Luton did break the deadlock but in the second half, QPR was awarded a penalty by Luton which was converted by Andre Gray.
And right when it looked like the match was going to end in a draw, QPR took the lead in the 83rd minute. Dickie scored the winning goal. Now QPR is in 4th place. But I wonder if they can go any higher.

The possibility is always there but at most if they maintain this form they will only fight for the 3rd position with Huddersfield because it will be very difficult to catch the first and second positions.
Bournemouth have currently only completed 34 games which means they still have 3 games left now and this will be very difficult to prevent as their dominance is still quite strong

Yes, you are right on that point, of all the teams Bournemouth is the one with the best chance of promotion, if and only if they win and if the mathematical possibilities are successful, meanwhile it is noteworthy that the efforts that the Fulham is renowned, really, at one point I asked myself how this team is not among the first? if the level shows it when they are in danger, I can't find why, but this gives it an additional spice and the stakes begin to grow.

@LUCKMCFLY currently Fulham is on the top, and in my personal opinion they’ll end the season occupying the top spot. Lastly Bournemouth can continue to occupy the second spot provided they win their remaining games in hand, and post that continue winning their remaining fixtures till the end of the season.

[notblox1]

EFL Championship Round 39 is starting tomorrow and there is one postponed match Fulham vs Nottingham because one of this two teams in playing in FA Cup quarter finals.
We have nine matches and this is going to be very hard round for prediction, but I am supporting Derby to win against Coventry.
Best bets of this round for me is Blackburn to win against Reading, and Sheffield to win at home against Barnsley.

Derby - Coventry
Sheffield Utd - Barnsley
Bristol City - West Brom
Huddersfield - Bournemouth
Hull - Luton
Reading - Blackburn
Stoke - Millwall
Swansea - Birmingham
QPR - Peterborough

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[Iranus]

The possibility is always there but at most if they maintain this form they will only fight for the 3rd position with Huddersfield because it will be very difficult to catch the first and second positions.
Bournemouth have currently only completed 34 games which means they still have 3 games left now and this will be very difficult to prevent as their dominance is still quite strong

Yes, you are right on that point, of all the teams Bournemouth is the one with the best chance of promotion, if and only if they win and if the mathematical possibilities are successful, meanwhile it is noteworthy that the efforts that the Fulham is renowned, really, at one point I asked myself how this team is not among the first? if the level shows it when they are in danger, I can't find why, but this gives it an additional spice and the stakes begin to grow.

@LUCKMCFLY currently Fulham is on the top, and in my personal opinion they’ll end the season occupying the top spot. Lastly Bournemouth can continue to occupy the second spot provided they win their remaining games in hand, and post that continue winning their remaining fixtures till the end of the season.

Fulham is not going to get dethroned from the first spot in my opinion. They have a quite comfortable lead of 11 points and they are not going to let that go to waste, and they replied quite well to earn their first spot in the standings. Bournemouth should end the season being at the second spot considering they will win their upcoming matches. They do have a 3-point slate but I don't think it's enough to make them feel safe.

[notblox1]

We are taking well deserved break from EFL Championship and next round is scheduled for April 1, and that is not a joke
To sum up pervious round and state on table, we have Fulham strong in first place followed by Bournemouth, but my biggest surprise is Luton climbing on third place!
It's shame to say that Derby is now last placed team in the league with 25 points eight less than Reading who is on safe zone edge.
Miracle repeat is going to be mission impossible this season for Derby and coach Rooney, with only six round left to the end of seson.

[jaberwock]

We are taking well deserved break from EFL Championship and next round is scheduled for April 1, and that is not a joke
To sum up pervious round and state on table, we have Fulham strong in first place followed by Bournemouth, but my biggest surprise is Luton climbing on third place!
It's shame to say that Derby is now last placed team in the league with 25 points eight less than Reading who is on safe zone edge.
Miracle repeat is going to be mission impossible this season for Derby and coach Rooney, with only six round left to the end of seson.

With the current situation at bottom and form of teams is showing these three teams have very few chances of survival because now gape is widening and Reading is also having some good place and their next match is against Barnsley which is also currently in not good form so with this all nothing is special happening just a challenge by Rooney for Derby is going to die because their form is also the worst in last five matches, and they have only four points which are not enough for staying here in Championship with financial problems now most chances they can more problems in future, and even they can relegate to league two because once team like this have issues it has never been easy to settle specially with their poor form.

Luton is now special package for playoff, hopefully we will have some good entertainment from them in last few matches of this season.

[buwaytress]

We are taking well deserved break from EFL Championship and next round is scheduled for April 1, and that is not a joke
To sum up pervious round and state on table, we have Fulham strong in first place followed by Bournemouth, but my biggest surprise is Luton climbing on third place!
It's shame to say that Derby is now last placed team in the league with 25 points eight less than Reading who is on safe zone edge.
Miracle repeat is going to be mission impossible this season for Derby and coach Rooney, with only six round left to the end of seson.

I wouldn't have bet on Fulham to win the Championship this season, my thoughts would be on Bournemouth, but I suppose one has to take into account personnel changes once relegation happens, they were never and will never be the same without Eddie Howe. I wonder if some strange late twist will see Parker take his boys to leapfrog old club Fulham!

Re Derby, recent results definitely disappointing, but remember they had 21 points docked (and apparently, Rooney's got them to look at their own version of a league table with those points still in there) so the fight's not over.

I've said it elsewhere but this guy Rooney is one hell of an underrated manager, given the crap task he has now. Reading needs to lose 3 games, and Derby needs to win them all, so I agree, mission impossible. He used up all his luck on last season's final game, I'm not sure where else he can summon it from this one...

[Minecache]

We are taking well deserved break from EFL Championship and next round is scheduled for April 1, and that is not a joke
To sum up pervious round and state on table, we have Fulham strong in first place followed by Bournemouth, but my biggest surprise is Luton climbing on third place!
It's shame to say that Derby is now last placed team in the league with 25 points eight less than Reading who is on safe zone edge.
Miracle repeat is going to be mission impossible this season for Derby and coach Rooney, with only six round left to the end of seson.

I wouldn't have bet on Fulham to win the Championship this season, my thoughts would be on Bournemouth, but I suppose one has to take into account personnel changes once relegation happens, they were never and will never be the same without Eddie Howe. I wonder if some strange late twist will see Parker take his boys to leapfrog old club Fulham!

Re Derby, recent results definitely disappointing, but remember they had 21 points docked (and apparently, Rooney's got them to look at their own version of a league table with those points still in there) so the fight's not over.

I've said it elsewhere but this guy Rooney is one hell of an underrated manager, given the crap task he has now. Reading needs to lose 3 games, and Derby needs to win them all, so I agree, mission impossible. He used up all his luck on last season's final game, I'm not sure where else he can summon it from this one...

Fulham played really well this season and I have to say personally they have exceeded my expectations. I thought they could be at the top 4 or 5 at best. But, now they are in first place and have a comfortable lead of 8 points.

Expected a little better from Sheffield United though. Talk that they are going to end in at least the top 4.

Rooney did try his best but I really don't think that he could have done any better with the resources that he has and the type of squad he has to manage with. Mistakes can be pointed out in some places but I think he did good enough.

[leea-1334]

We are taking well deserved break from EFL Championship and next round is scheduled for April 1, and that is not a joke
To sum up pervious round and state on table, we have Fulham strong in first place followed by Bournemouth, but my biggest surprise is Luton climbing on third place!
It's shame to say that Derby is now last placed team in the league with 25 points eight less than Reading who is on safe zone edge.
Miracle repeat is going to be mission impossible this season for Derby and coach Rooney, with only six round left to the end of seson.

And my personal thanks for managing all the special prediction threads for Championship. I have to admit I do not know most teams there except of course from previous participation in the Premier League but it makes me wonder, with people like Norwich, Watford and now Fulham, if it is very common for teams that drop to go next season as champions in their league.

This should be something nice to bet on,,, except it keeps your bet locked in for 1 year  

[doomloop]

Fulham played really well this season and I have to say personally they have exceeded my expectations. I thought they could be at the top 4 or 5 at best. But, now they are in first place and have a comfortable lead of 8 points.

Expected a little better from Sheffield United though. Talk that they are going to end in at least the top 4.

Rooney did try his best but I really don't think that he could have done any better with the resources that he has and the type of squad he has to manage with. Mistakes can be pointed out in some places but I think he did good enough.

As we all know deduction of 21 points is insane for any team, so Derby is surely had the biggest disadvantage with this but still very good and hard fought fight from Rooney but with this all most chances they will drop and play in League 1 in next season. Fulham and Bournemouth both are doing good work for going back into Premier League and most chances we will have no change here because these both teams are in good form from start of this season, and they have done good work for their promotion.

Now. we have very interesting fight in Playoff because suddenly something happening with Luton is doing good and QPR suddenly losing ground with the worst results, but we have another team which is doing best for staying in touch it's Nottingham, hopefully in next few weeks we will have some good changes in these positions.

[swogerino]

Fulham played really well this season and I have to say personally they have exceeded my expectations. I thought they could be at the top 4 or 5 at best. But, now they are in first place and have a comfortable lead of 8 points.

Expected a little better from Sheffield United though. Talk that they are going to end in at least the top 4.

Rooney did try his best but I really don't think that he could have done any better with the resources that he has and the type of squad he has to manage with. Mistakes can be pointed out in some places but I think he did good enough.

As we all know deduction of 21 points is insane for any team, so Derby is surely had the biggest disadvantage with this but still very good and hard fought fight from Rooney but with this all most chances they will drop and play in League 1 in next season. Fulham and Bournemouth both are doing good work for going back into Premier League and most chances we will have no change here because these both teams are in good form from start of this season, and they have done good work for their promotion.

Now. we have very interesting fight in Playoff because suddenly something happening with Luton is doing good and QPR suddenly losing ground with the worst results, but we have another team which is doing best for staying in touch it's Nottingham, hopefully in next few weeks we will have some good changes in these positions.

They have still some very slim chances to make it past relegation although I believe this to be highly unlikely and unfortunately they will be relegated.The only slim chance for them to be safe from relegation is for the other teams to screw up these last games of the Championship and they to win almost every remaining game.Unfortunately such scenario I don't think it is possible because seeing their recent form and that of the teams just above relegation zone it is clear that those other teams are in better shape.Shame for Derby but that is football.

[notblox1]

I wouldn't have bet on Fulham to win the Championship this season, my thoughts would be on Bournemouth, but I suppose one has to take into account personnel changes once relegation happens, they were never and will never be the same without Eddie Howe. I wonder if some strange late twist will see Parker take his boys to leapfrog old club Fulham!

My early pick was on Blackburn but they fallen in form a lot since the start of this season, and I have to say that Reading bottom part of the table was biggest negative surprise to me.

I've said it elsewhere but this guy Rooney is one hell of an underrated manager, given the crap task he has now. Reading needs to lose 3 games, and Derby needs to win them all, so I agree, mission impossible. He used up all his luck on last season's final game, I'm not sure where else he can summon it from this one...

Yeah he is and I think it's just question of when he is going to take over some smaller Premier League club.
He already saved Derby from relegation in last round of previous season, and it would be  amazing if he can repeat that, but only slim hope for that.
Their next opponents are Preston, Swansea, Fulham, QPR, Bristol City, Blackpool and Cardiff, making this mission impossible.

And my personal thanks for managing all the special prediction threads for Championship. I have to admit I do not know most teams there except of course from previous participation in the Premier League but it makes me wonder, with people like Norwich, Watford and now Fulham, if it is very common for teams that drop to go next season as champions in their league.

It's not easy work doing all this, but I felt the need to return something to community.
Big thanks is going to Steve and Sportsbet for sponsoring all this, without them it would be impossible.

[doomloop]

They have still some very slim chances to make it past relegation although I believe this to be highly unlikely and unfortunately they will be relegated.The only slim chance for them to be safe from relegation is for the other teams to screw up these last games of the Championship and they to win almost every remaining game.Unfortunately such scenario I don't think it is possible because seeing their recent form and that of the teams just above relegation zone it is clear that those other teams are in better shape.Shame for Derby but that is football.

Maybe you are right, but now they have seven matches remaining in this season and their opponents are Fulham, Blackpool, QPR, Cardiff Preston, Bristol City and Swansea they need to win five matches and with this Reading lost their most matches which is not good-looking for me from here specially with their current form because in last five matches they have only four points and no win in away matches.

21 points deduction is surely harsh but still it's all about The FA and them, so we can't talk about this here but for me, they are going into League one for next season with some more problems are waiting for them in next season as they are losing more things just because of this financial problems.