Championship
Championship Predictions – Saturday 25th October 2025
SEVERAL managers are experiencing intense pressure heading into a fascinating weekend of Championship action.
It relates to teams who are seriously underachieving in terms of supporters’ expectations. Meanwhile, one thriving club remain unbeaten thereby attracting plenty of Championship betting interest.
It is also significant that the three sides relegated after Premier League duties last season are not featuring in the top eight places despite their huge parachute payments advantage.
Here are the upcoming pairings I am anticipating most alongside considered score predictions to guide your football betting…
Coventry City v Watford
- Kick-off: 12.30pm
- Rankings: 1st versus 12th
Coventry City Preview
Protecting the entire EFL’s final unbeaten record sitting a point clear in pole position. Seven wins and four draws represent their best ever start to a League programme.
Frank Lampard’s men possess five straight victories scoring 16 times. And just one goal conceded in the last six outings. Overall, free-flowing Coventry are divisional foremost scorers racking up 31 goals. No other side has reached 20.
Furthermore, Coventry duo Haji Wright and Brandon Thomas-Asante are Championship joint leading marksmen delivering eight strikes apiece.
Watford Preview
Returning boss Javi Gracia achieved his first victory at the second attempt courtesy of Wednesday evening’s 2-1 home result past West Bromwich Albion.
But he needs to improve on away performances which have accrued no wins thus far in 2025/26.
Score prediction: Cov cavorting 3-0.
Middlesbrough v Wrexham
- Kick-off: 3pm
- Rankings: 2nd versus 15th
Middlesbrough Preview
Two successive wins keep Boro a point off the summit. In fact, seven maximum pointers within 11 EFL engagements throughout 2025/26 staying unbeaten on home soil.
In addition, the Championship’s meanest defence leaking seven goals.
Wrexham Preview
One defeat in six ongoing League affairs climbing towards Championship middle echelons. Yet the 1-0 triumph over visitors Oxford United on Wednesday terminated Wrexham’s four game winless run.
A period of consolidation for the North Wales outfit then following three consecutive promotions up from the National League.
Score prediction: Boro shade exciting exchanges 4-3.
Millwall v Leicester City
- Kick-off: 3pm
- Rankings: 3rd versus 9th
Millwall Preview
Three back to back wins see the Lions hovering four points under the automatic promotion rungs complementing one defeat amid seven games.
But patchy at home where three victories and three losses are registered in 2025/26 combat.
Leicester City Preview
Tuesday’s 2-1 reverse at Hull City made it one win in seven matches for the Foxes including five draws.
Even so, still a point beneath Play-Off discussions.
Score prediction: Lions roaring 1-0.
Bristol City v Birmingham City
- Kick-off: 3pm
- Rankings: 4th versus 13th
Bristol City Preview
Presently enjoying two victories on the spin. However, home fortunes for 2025/26 are quite mixed – two wins, two draws, two defeats.
Birmingham City Preview
A four match spree bereft of victory ended thanks to the 1-0 success at Preston North End in midweek. Only three points shy of the elusive Play-Off zone.
Score prediction: Nothing between them 1-1.
Blackburn Rovers v Southampton
- Kick-off: 3pm
- Rankings: 23rd versus 18th
Blackburn Rovers Preview
I will label this match “El Sackico” because a negative outcome may well lead to dismissal for the hapless manager involved. Blackburn lie two points adrift of safety due to four defeats during five non-victorious encounters yielding a solitary point.
They’ve not won at home in 2025/26 across five League games. Accordingly, focus is intensifying on Valerien Ismael’s managerial tenure.
Southampton Preview
First team manager Will Still is facing widespread scrutiny too because of merely two EFL victories in 2025/26. Saints’ sole away conquest was 2-1 at Sheffield United on Tuesday 30th September.
Score prediction: Dismal 0-0 and both managers sacked on Saturday night!
Swansea City v Norwich City
- Kick-off: 3pm
- Rankings: 16th versus 22nd
Swansea City Preview
One win among seven League games picking up six points out of 21 available. Moreover, a single home EFL victory this campaign – on Saturday 16th August 1-0 against Sheffield United.
Norwich City Preview
One point short of the dreaded dotted relegation line, Norwich head coach Liam Manning is another man precariously walking a tightrope.
Currently nursing four defeats capping seven matches without winning. Manning defiantly said: “Until I’m told differently, I’ll continue working by pushing the lads to improve.”
Score prediction: Welcome respite for Manning 2-1.
*Odds subject to change – prices accurate at the time of writing*
