ANOTHER episode of appetising action looms for Championship betting aficionados kicking on after a busy midweek period.
Our top four sides face tricky away assignments. Meanwhile the battle to avoid relegation is hotting up as the bottom three teams are all fresh from extremely welcome victories.
Here are the pairings I am looking forward to most alongside considered score predictions to assist your football betting…
Queens Park Rangers v Leeds United
Rankings: 14th versus 1st
2024/25 Championship Head to Head
Saturday 9th November 2024: Leeds United 2-0 Queens Park Rangers
Queens Park Rangers – Seven losses in nine games have rapidly extinguished any slim hopes of Play-Off participation. Injuries mean the R’s currently possess a shortage of fit strikers. Star midfield man Ilias Chair is ruled out too with a hamstring tweak. I watched the entire 90 minutes of Tuesday’s 2-1 reverse at Middlesbrough online where Rangers were always second best but nearly snatched a point towards the end. Hoops goalkeeper Paul Nardi cavorted 100 yards forward deep into stoppage time and found himself unmarked before heading directly at his opposite number Mark Travers.
Leeds United – Wednesday’s 2-0 home eclipse of Millwall established a two point cushion. Now travelling to Loftus Road, away form is good yielding just three defeats amidst 18 encounters. Even so, they lost 1-0 at Portsmouth in the most recent excursion out of West Yorkshire.
Score prediction: Rangers blanket defence 0-0.
Swansea City v Burnley
Rankings: 16th versus 3rd
2024/25 Championship Head to Head
Sunday 10th November 2024: Burnley 1-0 Swansea City
Swansea City – Home games have produced a mixed bag incorporating seven victories, five draws and six defeats but they’ve won the last two Swansea.com Stadium engagements without conceding. Caretaker boss Alan Sheehan is set for talks about his future in the coming days.
Burnley – Two points below those automatic promotion spots. The Clarets haven’t lost in 24 Championship matches dating to 3rd November whilst cherishing the entire Football League’s foremost defensive rearguard leaking merely 11 goals in 37 fixtures.
Score prediction: Clarets canter 2-0.
West Bromwich Albion v Hull City
Rankings: 5th versus 18th
2024/25 Championship Head to Head
Sunday 10th November 2024: Hull City 1-2 West Bromwich Albion
West Bromwich Albion – Tuesday night’s fine 1-1 draw away to Burnley made it five matches unbeaten. However 17 draws overall is the Championship’s joint highest tally.
Hull City – Two wins during three undefeated outings moving them five points clear of danger. Six away victories so far in 2024/25 outnumber their home return.
Score prediction: Albion in the ascendency 2-1.
Coventry City v Sunderland
Rankings: 6th versus 4th
2024/25 Championship Head to Head
Saturday 9th November 2024: Sunderland 2-2 Coventry City
Coventry City – Tuesday evening’s surprise 2-0 setback away to Derby County shattered Cov’s five successive victories sequence. Although it is still the nine wins in 11 League matches propelling Frank Lampard’s men into Play-Off contention. And home fortunes reflect 10 maximum pointers throughout 2024/25.
Sunderland – Three games unbeaten overturning two previous straight defeats. But disappointed to be held 1-1 at the Stadium of Light on Tuesday by draw specialists Preston North End. Romaine Mundle curled into the top right corner from 25 yards on 86 minutes to rescue a point for Sunderland thereby recording the Championship’s best midweek goal in my opinion.
Score prediction: Engrossing entertainment 4-4
Plymouth Argyle v Derby County
Rankings: 24th versus 22nd
2024/25 Championship Head to Head
Saturday 9th November 2024: Derby County 1-1 Plymouth Argyle
Plymouth Argyle – Rock bottom sitting three points short of safety following their first away scalp of the campaign which was 2-1 at Portsmouth on Wednesday in the so-called ‘Dockyard Derby’. I liked how Ryan Hardie dribbled from halfway to net Argyle’s decider. The result terminated a six match winless spree in all competitions. Home affairs this season have brought six EFL triumphs – the last being 5-1 against Millwall on Wednesday 12th February.
Derby County – One point under that dreaded dotted relegation line. Derby possess back to back wins starkly contrasting to the preceding 13 game streak bereft of victory in League and Cup. So things starting to pick up for new boss John Eustace beyond his appointment on 13th February because the Rams have won two on the spin for the first time since September.
Score prediction: Tight and tense 1-1.
