Championship Predictions Today – Saturday 13th December 2025

FORMER Prime Minister Harold Wilson once famously said “a week is a long time in politics”. However that’s also the case for our fantastic EFL Championship.

Seven days ago, Coventry City were a formidable ten points ahead at the summit boasting five straight victories. But since then, two indifferent results mean their cushion has been cut to five points. Accordingly, current Championship betting odds are constantly changing heading into this weekend’s appetising fixtures.

Here are the upcoming pairings I am anticipating most alongside my considered score predictions to guide your football betting…

Oxford United v Preston North End

• Kick-off: 12.30pm
• Rankings: 21st versus 5th

Oxford United preview – Two points about the dreaded dotted relegation line nursing a poor run of one win in eight engagements. The U’s need to improve on two home EFL victories all campaign.

Preston North End preview – Seven points beneath second place. A four match unbeaten spree includes three draws. Indeed, the same 1-1 scoreline has cropped up four times in North End’s past six results.

Score prediction: Another 1-1 draw.

Stoke City v Swansea City

• Kick-off: 12.30pm
• Rankings: 8th versus 18th

Stoke City preview – One point shy of Play-Off discussions. Stoke suffering a dismal collapse of five defeats in six matches – failing to score in the last two.

Swansea City preview – Two home wins embracing clean sheets have overturned their five game losing slump. So matters starting to pick up for new head coach Vítor Matos after his appointment on 24th November.

Score prediction: Stoke back on track 3-2.

Coventry City v Bristol City

• Kick-off: 3pm
• Rankings: 1st versus 10th

Coventry City preview – Fresh from a 3-0 defeat at Ipswich Town followed by drawing 1-1 away to Preston North End.

The Sky Blues remain unbeaten on home turf throughout 2025/26 EFL affairs returning seven wins and two draws. Furthermore, they are divisional foremost scorers racking up 51 goals.

Bristol City preview – A point underneath the Play-Off mix subsequent to one maximum pointer across four outings. In fact, four defeats inside eight League games.

Score prediction: Coventry cheerful 3-1.

Middlesbrough v Queens Park Rangers

• Kick-off: 3pm
• Rankings: 2nd versus 7th

Middlesbrough preview – Three successive wins for new boss Kim Hellberg take Boro five points below pole position. Plus one defeat among seven games.

They currently hold a four point advantage over the chasing Play-Off pack. Middlesbrough’s solitary home Championship reverse in 2025/26 was 4-2 versus Coventry City on Tuesday 25th November.

Queens Park Rangers preview – Four wins in five matches leave Rangers outside the Play-Offs region on goal difference. I sat in the Matrade Loftus Road press box watching their victories this week against West Bromwich Albion and Birmingham City respectively.

The R’s deserved both outcomes and there were memorable “limbs” in the crowd when 19 year old Kieran Morgan smashed the 96th minute decider on Tuesday to edge Birmingham 2-1.

Score prediction: Spectacle of the season 5-5.

Millwall v Hull City

• Kick-off: 3pm
• Rankings: 3rd versus 6th

Millwall preview – A huge clash within the Play-Off zone. Millwall savour three wins in four unbeaten games to sit four points short of second spot. Curiously, they possess a minus two goal difference.

Hull City preview – Four points behind Saturday’s hosts. Two wins amid three encounters for the Tigers although their last five EFL matches brought three losses.

Wednesday’s 2-0 triumph against visitors Wrexham featured a first clean sheet beyond 1st November. Unfortunately 10 goal top scorer Joe Gelhardt is ruled out until the New Year due to a calf problem.

Score prediction: Drab 0-0.

Leicester City v Ipswich Town

• Kick-off: 3pm
• Rankings: 13th versus 4th

Leicester City preview – One win during four matches but only three points from the Play-off slots.

Yet a heated debate thread entitled “Cifuentes OUT” on the Foxes Talk online forum regarding precarious future employment of Leicester manager Martí Cifuentes has risen to 176 pages.

Ipswich Town preview – Three unconquered games culminating in two consecutive wins without conceding a goal. Overall they’ve chalked up six victories in 10 attempts incorporating just one defeat.

Therefore the in-form Tractor Boys lie five points off automatic promotion reckoning.

Score prediction: Ipswich immense 2-0.

*Odds subject to change – prices accurate at the time of writing*