Championship
Championship Boxing Day Predictions – Friday 26th December 2025
SEASON’S greetings to all Championship aficionado approaching our mouth-watering Boxing Day offerings.
Games are arriving thick and fast so any side that puts a positive run together can definitely have a significant impact in the second half of 2025/26. Accordingly, our Championship betting odds provide fascinating reading.
Here are the upcoming pairings I am anticipating most alongside my considered score predictions to guide your football betting…
Millwall v Ipswich Town
- Kick-off: 1pm
- Rankings: 6th versus 3rd
Millwall preview – A huge clash in the Play-Off zone. The Lions hover two points behind their imminent opponents following a three match winless slump capped by two defeats. Curiously, they hold a minus six goal difference in sixth spot!
Ipswich Town preview – Five points off automatic promotion contention reflecting three maximum pointers during four attempts.
Overall it is seven victories in 12 fixtures. However the Tractor Boys must improve on three away EFL wins throughout 2025/26.
Score prediction: Adrenaline fuelled 4-4.
Coventry City v Swansea City
- Kick-off: 3pm
- Rankings: 1st versus 19th
Coventry City preview – Boasting a six point cushion despite just one win among four outings. The Sky Blues are divisional foremost scorers racking up 53 goals.
Unbeaten at the Coventry Building Society Arena in 2025/26 recording eight Championship victories and two draws.
Swansea City preview – Three wins across four games – all those triumphs at home. Therefore fortunes picking up beyond the appointment of Vítor Matos as head coach last month.
Even so, the Swans haven’t won away since a 2-1 success versus Blackburn Rovers on Tuesday 30th September.
Score prediction: Cov comfortable 3-1.
Middlesbrough v Blackburn Rovers
- Kick-off: 3pm
- Rankings: 2nd versus 20th
Middlesbrough preview – Six points below pole position. Saturday’s 2-0 reverse at Bristol City shattered Boro’s four match winning start under new boss Kim Hellberg. But still five points clear of the chasing Play-Off pack.
ocally born goalkeeper Sol Brynn penned a contract extension on Monday morning pledging his services until the end of 2029/30.
Blackburn Rovers preview – Their 2-0 home outcome over Millwall at the weekend signalled a first victory for six games. Rovers are six points above relegation danger.
They’ve won five away EFL matches this campaign though. Head coach Valerien Ismael says he want to add four new faces in the transfer window next month.
Score prediction: Boro belligerent 4-2.
Sheffield Wednesday v Hull City
- Kick-off: 3pm
- Rankings: 24th versus 4th
Sheffield Wednesday preview – I feel really sorry for loyal fans here who have endured incredible misery. A total of 18 points deducted by the EFL means rock bottom Wednesday slumber with minus 9 points. Hence an insurmountable 30 points to make up in retaining Championship status.
The struggling Owls possess merely one 2025/26 League victory – namely 2-0 away to Portsmouth on Saturday 20th September.
Hull City preview – Three consecutive wins take the Tigers to within five points of automatic promotion reckoning.
In form Oliver McBurnie has netted three times in three games thereby softening the blow of 10 goal forward Joe Gelhardt being ruled out until the New Year due to a calf problem.
Score prediction: Abysmal 0-0.
Stoke City v Preston North End
- Kick-off: 3pm
- Rankings: 8th versus 5th
Stoke City preview – Early season promise is fading. Stoke presently lie two points outside the Play-Offs region after four losses in five engagements. Yet 21 goals conceded is the best defensive rearguard in this division.
Preston North End preview – Three points higher than their upcoming hosts. Preston protect a six match unbeaten League sequence. The same 1-1 scoreline has cropped up on five occasions in North End’s past eight results.
Score prediction: Preston edge it 1-0.
Portsmouth v Queens Park Rangers
- Kick-off: 3pm
- Rankings: 21st versus 7th
Portsmouth preview – Two points ahead of the dreaded dotted relegation line. Only a single win amid five encounters.
Queens Park Rangers preview – One point short of Play-Off discussions. They’ve amassed five wins in seven games. I watched Saturday’s 4-1 annihilation of Leicester City from the Matrade Loftus Road press box. Rangers dished up their most exhilarating 45 minutes for many years by smashing four blistering first half goals against the Foxes.
Score prediction: Tight 1-1.
*Odds subject to change – prices accurate at the time of writing*
