EFL English Championship League 2024/2025

[buwaytress]

Hands up here, I can't really find anything that interests me in particular for this match day.

Burnley aren't even 15/10 so that automatically makes them poor value for me... but Sunderland 76/10? Now that almost tickles my fancy if not for knowing how good Burnley will be at home!

Blades/Canaries could be the pick to watch, if EPL's Arsenal - Leeds (which plays at the same time) doesn't interest you! Sheffield have that awesome game coming up against City, Norwich blanked us but international breaks are resets...

[notblox1]

Hands up here, I can't really find anything that interests me in particular for this match day.

It's Friday, and usually there is not so much going on in football.
Result is still 0-0 and Burnley players are much more nervous than they should be, but I hope they will score a goal for narrow last moment win.

Blades/Canaries could be the pick to watch, if EPL's Arsenal - Leeds (which plays at the same time) doesn't interest you! Sheffield have that awesome game coming up against City, Norwich blanked us but international breaks are resets...

For tomorrow I see that some teams are going to miss many players so I am going to try to use that in my advantage, but there could be some unexpected results.
My main bet is going to be on Middlesbrough to win against Huddersfield who is missing seven to nine players for this match, no team can handle that in a good way.
I know Huddersfield is fighting for survival, but Middlesbrough needs points for second place and direct promotion to Premier League.
Apom should score more goals, odds are good on away win and I am taking this.

My Bet: Middlesbrough win
https://sportsbet.io/sports/event/soccer/england/championship/huddersfield-town-v-middlesbrough-fc-6419ecba3d376d1f605c8b32

Luton vs Watford
Watford is in serious problem with injured players and eight players are going to miss tomorrow match.
Luton is also missing few players but they have big chance to compete for direct Premier League promotion like Middlesbrough.
I can't believe odds I am seeing for home win, but Watford is not a joke so safer bet is asian handicap or draw no bet.

My Bets: Luton (0) AH win;  Luton win.
https://sportsbet.io/sports/event/soccer/england/championship/luton-town-v-watford-fc-6419eabb6094d481574238f7

Preston should be able to win against Blackpool, or they shouldn't lose, but this is more risky for betting.
I wouldn't touch Sheffield against Norwich, both teams are missing some players and this match is important for both of them.

[Tumanggor]

Luton vs Watford
Watford is in serious problem with injured players and eight players are going to miss tomorrow match.
Luton is also missing few players but they have big chance to compete for direct Premier League promotion like Middlesbrough.
I can't believe odds I am seeing for home win, but Watford is not a joke so safer bet is asian handicap or draw no bet.

My Bets: Luton (0) AH win;  Luton win.
https://sportsbet.io/sports/event/soccer/england/championship/luton-town-v-watford-fc-6419eabb6094d481574238f7

Luton managed to win 2-0 over Watford, Watford's quality continues to deteriorate, it seems that there is no hope for them to get into the top 5

burnley who are currently in 1st position were held to a 0-0 draw by Sunderland, next match they will face Middlesbrough, I think it's 50:50 (it looks like the game will end in a draw) in this match because Middlesbrough have had pretty good results in their last 5 matches

[notblox1]

EFL Championship Round 40 is starting tomorrow and all matches are played in Friday so better plan to make your bets on time.
We are entering final stages of regular season and fight for promotion and relegation is very interesting.

Sheffield United vs Wigan
Sheffield has a big chance to create more distance from other teams and secure direct promotion to Premier League, so they need points here.
Odds are not great on them and they are missing some players, but they have good results in H2H matches with Wigan and I think they can win again.
When Sheffield wins they usually win first half and that pays much better and I am taking that.
My Bets: Sheffield win; Sheffield win 1st half.
https://sportsbet.io/sports/event/soccer/england/championship/sheffield-united-v-wigan-athletic-641afbee6094d4d61f1cb78d

Millwall vs Luton
Luton is in amazing form now and they taken fourth place in league, just above Millwall, and they lost only one time in last 14 matches, against Burnley.
Millwall is big surprise for me this season, they have chance for Premier league promotions with playoff, and I know them for having many draw results in history.
I think we can see draw in this match but I am giving small advantage to Luton and trying double chance bet.
My Bets: X2 double chance; Luton (0) AH
https://sportsbet.io/sports/event/soccer/england/championship/millwall-fc-v-luton-town-641afbfce8377c51183ed7d2

Middlesbrough vs Burnley
Big match is played in Riverside Stadium with third place Middlesbrough waiting for league leader Burnley.
Burnley is guaranteed playoff spot but they are not confirmed to go directly in Premier League and win title.
Both teams have best attacks in league so I am expecting to see both teams scoring.
I am not sure who will win, but I support Middlesbrough
My Bet: Both Teams To Score.
https://sportsbet.io/sports/event/soccer/england/championship/middlesbrough-fc-v-burnley-fc-641afeb1e8377c5a6557a1b5

[buwaytress]

Was too long a Friday for me, friend, and by the time I finally managed to try and look at some betting options, realised majority of the games had already started (am I forgetful or is this unusual to start Friday games before offices are even closed? It's 3pm kickoff in the UK while 2 games were even completed..!

On the other hand, I'm definitely going to look at HT scores and see if I can't back a tasty comeback? Just not from Wigan or Huddersfield, though, relegation candidates don't fight back, against promotion candidates... right?

[notblox1]

My Bets: Sheffield win; Sheffield win 1st half.

Both bets won!

My Bets: X2 double chance; Luton (0) AH

Bet won, Bet returned.

Middlesbrough vs Burnley
My Bet: Both Teams To Score.

Bet won!

On the other hand, I'm definitely going to look at HT scores and see if I can't back a tasty comeback? Just not from Wigan or Huddersfield, though, relegation candidates don't fight back, against promotion candidates... right?

It was good day for my predictions, most bets won but I expected Luton to win against Millwall, and I even watched second half of that match
Sheffield United is pushing real hard and with this win they alomost secured second place and direct promotion to Premier League.
Middlesbrough vs Burnley is stil lnot finished but they already scored enough goals for my bet.
Next time don't forget to chek my predictions on time, Round 41 is starting in Monday

[Slow death]

Burnley won today's game, they have had a great campaign this season, they have played 39 games so far with 25 wins, 12 draws and only 2 losses, and a very good performance, they managed to score 76 goals and conceded only 30 goals, with this good performance I hope that when they go to the premier league they will not be relegated again, the saddest thing is to see watford and norwich who have already been in the premier league having a very bad performance and not being able to return to the premier league, that is something very regrettable

today there were more than 10 games, there are so many games and with the games from other leagues I didn't even have any time to analyze and bet on some EFL English Championship game but, I was consented to my other bets on the Portuguese league games and stayed all afternoon watching the games I bet, the most irritating of all this is that after I got 2 games right and in the third game, which was the game I was most confident in, I lost a bet, I stopped putting Burnley and I put Benfica from Portugal and benfica lost, that made me angry, yesterday I even saw the Burnley game but I was thinking: "should I analyze the Burnley game or let me". and left.

[buwaytress]

On the other hand, I'm definitely going to look at HT scores and see if I can't back a tasty comeback? Just not from Wigan or Huddersfield, though, relegation candidates don't fight back, against promotion candidates... right?

This HT cost me big... Huddersfield was 24/1 around 35th minute to win. But I HAD to wait till HT, and they equalised on the 44th. Went on to win the game, even led 3-1 at some point before letting in another goal.

Not just a disappointing loss for Watford, but an expensive one, losing their keeper unnecessarily when they're fighting for a playoff spot. Suppose he wanted the ghost of Cantona to live on, see this clip [https://twitter.com/SkyFootball/status/1644379863141187586], this is dire. Watford, what has happened to you that your fans and players are churning up such toxicity?

[Docnaster]

Burnley won today's game, they have had a great campaign this season, they have played 39 games so far with 25 wins, 12 draws and only 2 losses, and a very good performance, they managed to score 76 goals and conceded only 30 goals, with this good performance I hope that when they go to the premier league they will not be relegated again, the saddest thing is to see watford and norwich who have already been in the premier league having a very bad performance and not being able to return to the premier league, that is something very regrettable

today there were more than 10 games, there are so many games and with the games from other leagues I didn't even have any time to analyze and bet on some EFL English Championship game but, I was consented to my other bets on the Portuguese league games and stayed all afternoon watching the games I bet, the most irritating of all this is that after I got 2 games right and in the third game, which was the game I was most confident in, I lost a bet, I stopped putting Burnley and I put Benfica from Portugal and benfica lost, that made me angry, yesterday I even saw the Burnley game but I was thinking: "should I analyze the Burnley game or let me". and left.

Not all legendary footballers ends up as good managers but Vincent Kompany has just joined the league of former footballers who after their footballing career goes on to become elite managers and he did that with his first historic season with Burnley.
After winning their last match and confirming their status as English Premier League team in the 2023/24 season, Burnley players couldn't hold back their  emotional tears and inexplicable joy. Now that the premier league football is assured they'll have to continue with their current tempo and also do some vital summer signings to strengthen the squad

[lixer]

Not all legendary footballers ends up as good managers but Vincent Kompany has just joined the league of former footballers who after their footballing career goes on to become elite managers and he did that with his first historic season with Burnley.
After winning their last match and confirming their status as English Premier League team in the 2023/24 season, Burnley players couldn't hold back their  emotional tears and inexplicable joy. Now that the premier league football is assured they'll have to continue with their current tempo and also do some vital summer signings to strengthen the squad

I didn't expect such a quick return for Burnley back to the Premier League
Congratulations to Burnley for qualifying back to the premier league
Vincent Konpany now has shown he deserves to handle a bigger club city after pep leaves maybe

There is no doubt about this all as Burnley and Kompany done amazing job for the return into Premier League and now new era is going to start for the Kompany as if he is able to handle things as Premier League required then surely this could be another great chapter for soccer with a legendary player turn into impressive soccer coach and having historic achievements while we have few badly fail in recent time with their skills as coach.

In 39 games, they lost only 2 games and draw 12 games no other club near to them with record like this in Championship hopefully he will also able to handle big clubs in near future with his skills and technique which helps him for having to bring back Burnley into Premier League very quickly with this amazing record.

[notblox1]

This HT cost me big... Huddersfield was 24/1 around 35th minute to win. But I HAD to wait till HT, and they equalised on the 44th. Went on to win the game, even led 3-1 at some point before letting in another goal.

Losing bet in last minutes is worst feeling but I dont know why you went with Huddersfield match bet, I gave much better options above and they all went great.

Burnley is now officially qualified for Premier League after they won against Middlesbrough in great match.
Now they can relax more, rest players, try different tactics and work more on preparing team and new players for next season.
Premier League will be different story, but I am happy to see Burnley and coach Kompany back in top league.
Next match they play against Sheffield in two days and I will try to play against them, maybe they had little more beers, wine and food this weekend  

[Oneandpure]

Burnley need just one season to win promotion back to the Premier League this season and Vincent Kompany will make his Premier League debut as head coach after his success as a player while with Manchester City. The point difference which is quite far with Luton Town allows Burnley to secure first or second place this season which is an automatic slot to qualify for the Premier League next season, there are still two more teams that will qualify for the Premier League and it looks like Sheffield United has a bigger chance with a difference of 9 points from Luton Town which is ranked 3rd.

Congrats Burnley and welcome back ex Manchester City player Vincent Kompany to Primer League with new position as manager.

[buwaytress]

This HT cost me big... Huddersfield was 24/1 around 35th minute to win. But I HAD to wait till HT, and they equalised on the 44th. Went on to win the game, even led 3-1 at some point before letting in another goal.

Losing bet in last minutes is worst feeling but I dont know why you went with Huddersfield match bet, I gave much better options above and they all went great.

You misunderstood me haha. I didn't place any bet, because I was waiting for Half Time.

Had I placed live bet on Huddersfield when they were 1-0 down to Watford, the odds would have been 24/1 (24x!).

Unfortunately they equalised at 44th minute... so the odds no longer looked value to me (back down to 5/1).

I actually really like longshot odd bets like these, as you might have heard me explain many times. Because it's high value for me (I put it very simple. 24/1 means bookies say the outcome only happens 1 in 24 games, but we all know Championship and that kind of comeback is much, much more likely than 1 in 24 times.

Oh and yeah, Kompany's back! So pleased for the bastard whose last goal in one season lost us the league =(

[notblox1]

You misunderstood me haha. I didn't place any bet, because I was waiting for Half Time.

Oh sorry for that, I was focused more on my betting predictions and bragging

Oh and yeah, Kompany's back! So pleased for the bastard whose last goal in one season lost us the league =(

I am not sure how long is Kompany contrct with Burnley but there is chance some bigger club could hire him if they make good offer to Burnley.
Before taking over Burnley he was working with Anderlecht for two years, but I think he is good material for manager and he is still young so he can only grow.
I will take more risk for all next Burnley matches, so you can expect some crazy betting suggestions from me

[notblox1]

EFL Championship Round 41 started today and one match is well underway with Huddersfield leading against Blackburn in first half.
We already know that Burnley officially qualified for Premier League and today they are playing against Sheffield United.
I was thinking of playing X2 double chance on Sheffield but they are missing some players, and odds are not that good like I expected so I am skipping this one.

Luton vs Blackpool
I cant see any other outcome here other than home win, Blackpool is missing many players and Luton needs points for last chance of direct EPL promotion.
Blackpool is desperate for points to help them survive in league, but they dont have very good H2H record against Luton and they are not in good form.
My Bet: Lutin win
https://sportsbet.io/sports/event/soccer/england/championship/luton-town-v-blackpool-642c41e9271df1ac05597187

West Brom vs QPR
Very nice odds for home win and this is maybe last chance for West Brom to try and reach playoff zone for Premier League.
H2H matches against QPR are on their side, and they are in better form so I expect them to win today.
Both teams are missing some players but home advantage and fan support should be crucial for this match.
My Bet: West Brom win
https://sportsbet.io/sports/event/soccer/england/championship/west-bromwich-albion-v-queens-park-rangers-642c48166796e3e34526d642

Bristol City vs Middlesbrough
Middlesbrough is favorite in this match and Bristol City is missing some players, but I have some reservations for away win.
Middlesbrough lost last two matches and they didnt win in Easter Monday for years if we look their matches in history.
I still think they can win but it wont be so easy so I made safer bet with asian handicap.
My Bet: Middlesbrough (0) AH
https://sportsbet.io/sports/event/soccer/england/championship/bristol-city-v-middlesbrough-fc-642c41e9271df10b4e596e2b

[buwaytress]

Goddamn but what's going on with Huddersfield, huh?

Warnock joined and they got their first win in 8 games, great. But then they go the next 3 games scoring zero goals and letting in eight.

Then the point from Canaries, and then boom, blow away Milwall, Boro, Watford... that last game open themselves up an entire 40 minutes, before cranking up the whoopass on them to come from behind and sit 1 point above relegation.

Then today they turn up and give a lesson on clinical finishing, 2 shots in 6 minutes, 2 goals -- Norwich and the 4/5 teams behind playoffs benefit the most!

They'll still most likely end the week in relegation place because of this point, but all it takes is a couple of games and suddenly things look rosy again, huh. This is the form team of the moment... just too bad I couldn't pick them out earlier. Also, winning/drawing all your games with much lower xG? Genius.

Look at this Neil Warnock gem explaining why Huddersfield has become so good!

"It's about having a good manager, innit?"

[notblox1]

My Bet: Luton win

Bet won!
Easy win for home team and they are now seriously close to second place and direct Premier League promotion.

My Bet: West Brom win

Bet Lost
This one ruined my combo bet, after leading 2-0 they managed to get only draw result with QPR 

My Bet: Middlesbrough (0) AH

Stake returned.
Middlesbrough saved the day after losing 2-0, but I expected more from them in this match.

Goddamn but what's going on with Huddersfield, huh?

I am not following Huddersfield so much but its never easy to win against Blackburn.
Relegation fight is going to get dirty soon and they need points to stay away from relegation zone.
i think Wigan and Blackpool are out, unless some miracle happens, but there is one more club that signs off from Championship.

[swogerino]

EFL Championship Round 41 started today and one match is well underway with Huddersfield leading against Blackburn in first half.
We already know that Burnley officially qualified for Premier League and today they are playing against Sheffield United.
I was thinking of playing X2 double chance on Sheffield but they are missing some players, and odds are not that good like I expected so I am skipping this one.

Luton vs Blackpool
I cant see any other outcome here other than home win, Blackpool is missing many players and Luton needs points for last chance of direct EPL promotion.
Blackpool is desperate for points to help them survive in league, but they dont have very good H2H record against Luton and they are not in good form.
My Bet: Lutin win


West Brom vs QPR
Very nice odds for home win and this is maybe last chance for West Brom to try and reach playoff zone for Premier League.
H2H matches against QPR are on their side, and they are in better form so I expect them to win today.
Both teams are missing some players but home advantage and fan support should be crucial for this match.
My Bet: West Brom win


Bristol City vs Middlesbrough
Middlesbrough is favorite in this match and Bristol City is missing some players, but I have some reservations for away win.
Middlesbrough lost last two matches and they didnt win in Easter Monday for years if we look their matches in history.
I still think they can win but it wont be so easy so I made safer bet with asian handicap.
My Bet: Middlesbrough (0) AH

Oh how I regret yesterday for exchanging Luton with Bolton in league one as they ruined my bet and that was the most important bet for me and I was not sure if to go with Luton or Bolton then saw all the tipping pages having a Bolton win 3 out 3 stars while Luton was having only 2 stars.

Nevertheless I got then for a both teams to score in Bristol vs Middlesborough and got back what I lost with Bolton,not only that but I did a both teams to score no for Burnley game and finally got out in profit.I would have done even better if I had chosen Luton as my main bet yesterday night but this happens when there are so many favorites to win you get confused as which one has the most chances.Pics of winning bets will put here when I get home as I can't open Stake here.

https://stake.com/sports/home?iid=sport%3A74849719&modal=bet
https://stake.com/sports/home?iid=sport%3A74823966&modal=bet

[notblox1]

Oh how I regret yesterday for exchanging Luton with Bolton in league one as they ruined my bet and that was the most important bet for me and I was not sure if to go with Luton or Bolton then saw all the tipping pages having a Bolton win 3 out 3 stars while Luton was having only 2 stars.

New Round 42 EFL Championship is starting tomorrow so you have another chance to find some good betting options.

Middlesbrough vs Norwich
This is one match played in Friday and both teams are fighting for playoff positions that can result in Premier League promotion.
Middlesbrough lost chance last round to get three points, but maybe they got lucky after losing with two goals from Bristol City.
They have best striker in league Akpom and he can always score, but Norwich have their asses with Pukki and Sargent.
Friday is not a good day for Middlesbrough and they dont have very good H2H with Norwich, so I am not sure if they will win tomorrow but I think both teams will score.
My Bet: Both Teams To Score
https://sportsbet.io/sports/event/soccer/england/championship/middlesbrough-fc-v-norwich-city-6432a66a89e5405769df1f18

Few more predictions should be posted tomorrow, so keep an eye on this topic.
Do you have any good betting predictions for this round of Championship?

[notblox1]

Middlesbrough vs Norwich
My Bet: Both Teams To Score

Bet Won!
Middlesbrough exploded today and unleashed all their anger against Norwich with fantastic 5:1 result.
They are back in third place but they have two matches more than Sheffield Utd and one more than Luton.
Norwich is not out of chance to qualify for playoff spots, but they need to recover fast from this disaster.

It's very busy schedule next few days in Championship and matches are played every third day, all remaining matches from Round 42 are played tomorrow.

Reading vs Burnley
Word of warning for this match, Reading have a new manager but they are facing Champion Burnley and they are missing nine players tomorrow.
Even with full squad it would be hard to Reading to do something against Burnley, but miracles happen and they have great H2H score with them.
I am going to take risk here, thinking that Reading could have a deal with Burnley to make it easier for them and help them in league survival.
Many things points to clear away win, but I have a feeling we could see surprise result or a draw, Burnley could rest players and try different tactics.
I don't expect to see many goals in this match, but it can go any direction.
My Bet: Under 2.5 goals
https://sportsbet.io/sports/event/soccer/england/championship/reading-fc-v-burnley-fc-6432a0f4f5d8d65d6d85c14f

Sheffield Utd vs Cardiff
Sheffield have a great chance to secure second place with win here, but I dont expect easy win here.
They love to play with 1-0 result and this can happen again because Cardiff usually plays good against them and they need points for survival.
My Bet: Under 2.5 goals; Sheffield Utd win 1st half.
https://sportsbet.io/sports/event/soccer/england/championship/sheffield-united-v-cardiff-city-6432a0cc6796e30ec5814b37

Rotherham vs Luton
This looks lie a great odds for Luton away win and I am taking this offer from bookmakers.
Second place is target for Luton and they need points for this, with more motivation they can do it.
If someone wants to play safer option I suggest asian handicap or draw no bet.
My Bets: Luton win; Luton (AH) 0.
https://sportsbet.io/sports/event/soccer/england/championship/rotherham-united-v-luton-town-6432a6ab600cea5f758c05eb