Championship

The international break came at a good time for both of these teams and they will be looking to get their promotion bids back on track in Friday’s clash. Barnsley’s 12-match unbeaten run ended with a derby defeat against Sheffield Wednesday, while Reading have gone three matches without a win. More...

Brentford head into their final nine matches of the season trailing both Watford and Swansea in the race for the second automatic promotion place behind Norwich. After two successive draws and just three wins from nine matches, the pressure is on if they are to avoid having to go through the play-offs again. More...

Swansea's Championship promotion push has suffered a bit of a blip but they are fancied to get back on track when visiting Birmingham. The Swans have been beaten by fellow top-six hopefuls Bournemouth and Cardiff but should find the relegation-threatened Blues more conducive company. More...

Huddersfield and Cardiff could both be involved in exciting ends to the season but for very different reasons ahead of Friday night’s Championship clash. The Terriers have been sucked into the relegation battle after a dismal run of results, while Cardiff have surged up the table under Mick McCarthy. More...

There will be important points at stake as well as the Brian Clough Trophy when Nottingham Forest make the short trip to Derby. Unfortunately for neutrals, the bitter rivalry between these teams often means it is a scrappy affair and seven league meetings in the last four seasons have produced just eight goals. More...

The race for the Premier League hots up on Friday night when the top two teams in the Championship meet in south Wales. Norwich lead the way as they seek an immediate return to the Championship but have failed to score in their last three games in all competitions. More...

Watford have looked like genuine contenders for a quick return to the Premier League of late and are taken to prove too strong for QPR at Vicarage Road. Rangers are rated a solid, but unspectacular mid-table Championship outfit at best, so this is the kind of test the Hornets should safely negotiate. More...

With Valentine’s Day fast approaching, we have taken our annual look at which pairs of footballers form the best goalscoring partnerships on the pitch. We have measured this across a range of competitions by calculating the combined goalscoring rate of every pairing per 90 minutes spent together on the pitch since the start of last season. More...

Bournemouth received a welcome boost to morale in the FA Cup and are now fancied to get their Championship campaign back on track at Reading. The Cherries scored four unanswered goals in the second half when coming from behind to beat the Royals at Vitality Stadium a couple of months ago. More...

Bournemouth have drifted to 8/1 in bwin’s Championship winner predictions after their poor run of form continued with a 1-0 defeat at Derby. Krystian Bielik's first-half strike proved the difference against the Rams, who were in the relegation places heading into Wayne Rooney’s first match as permanent manager. More...

Swansea beat Barnsley 2-0 in Wales last month and are fancied to again come out on top in a quick Championship rematch at Oakwell. The Tykes are having a solid campaign but do tend to come up short against the better teams in this division, even when playing on home turf. More...

Birmingham boss Aitor Karanka could badly do with a positive result to ease the pressure on him as he prepares to return to his former club Middlesbrough on Saturday. Blues have taken just one point from their last six league games and are only four points clear of the relegation zone. More...

Bournemouth ended 2020 with two successive away games and start the new year on their travels once again as they head to promotion rivals Stoke. The Cherries lost 2-1 at Brentford on Wednesday but are still three points clear of the seventh-placed Potters, plus they have a game in hand. More...

Brentford and Bournemouth are both among the leading contenders for promotion from the Championship and Wednesday night’s clash could prove vital at the end of the season. The two teams are level on 38 points with Bournemouth enjoying the better goal difference and Brentford having played a game more. More...

Huddersfield and Nottingham Forest have both made dismal starts to the season and are under pressure to get off the mark on Friday night. Neither team is yet to avoid defeat or even score a goal after first-round EFL Cup defeats were followed by back-to-back losses in the Championship. More...

Nottingham Forest and Cardiff are both expected to be in the promotion mix this season but have made a slow start ahead of Saturday’s lunchtime kick-off. They were both beaten on the opening weekend and were knocked out in the first round of the EFL Cup so there is pressure on them to avoid a third straight defeat. More...

Birmingham finished 31 points below Brentford in the Championship last season but maintained a good head-to-head record against the Bees. City took four points from two tight tussles, having picked up a couple of draws during the previous campaign's hard-fought encounters. More...

While the Premier League grabs the lion’s share of the football headlines in England, there are more than three times as many professional clubs below the top flight with stories of their own to tell. To celebrate those working away from the limelight, we’ve ranked the top 20 managers based on their achievements with EFL clubs. More...

Fulham ultimately looked a cut above Cardiff in the first leg of their Championship play-offs semi-final and can also shade the return fixture. However, the Bluebirds did create enough chances early on to suggest they will have their moments at Craven Cottage on Thursday night. More...

We picked out Swansea as a value bet to beat Brentford in the first leg of their Championship play-offs semi-final and are sticking with them to advance. The Welsh outfit will take a 1-0 lead to Griffin Park for Wednesday night's return fixture and just seem in better spirits than the Bees. More...

Brentford's clash with Barnsley at Griffin Park could prove hugely significant at both ends of the Championship table. The Bees are still in with a chance of securing automatic promotion to the Premier League, while the Tykes must win to keep alive any hopes of avoiding relegation to League One. More...

West Brom can clinch automatic promotion to the Premier League if beating QPR at The Hawthorns and it will be a big surprise if they fluff their lines. The Baggies have prevailed in their last three encounters with the Hoops, including a 7-1 romp when they met at this venue early on last season. More...

Middlesbrough are 333/100 in bwin’s Championship relegation odds after appointing Neil Warnock as manager  to replaced the sacked Jonathan Woodgate. Boro are sitting outside the bottom three on goal difference after resuming their season with a 3-0 home defeat to Swansea on Saturday. More...

With COVID-19 causing havoc among the sporting world, we are taking a look at the latest football coronavirus news in terms of fixtures being postponed. Major leagues and competitions have been shut down around the globe, with a number of high-profile players and managers already affected by the disease. More...

With almost all professional football shut down by the coronavirus pandemic, we're jumping on the eSoccer bandwagon with Ultimate QuaranTeam predictions. League Two outfit Leyton Orient have hit the headlines by organising this FIFA 20 tournament, which has attracted interest from clubs across the globe. More...

We’ve crunched the numbers to reveal the players across England who have spent the most minutes on the bench in league matches this season, including the time before and after a substitution is made. More...

Swansea's hopes of securing a place in the Championship play-offs have slipped of late but they have a good chance to get back on track when visiting Hull. The Tigers look badly out of sorts after picking up just one point in six games and invariably struggle to break down teams from the top half of the table. More...

West Brom fans will be dreaming of a return to the Premier League after three straight wins helped them move six points clear at the top of the table. Forest are also still in the hunt for an automatic promotion spot, though, even if Tuesday's home loss to Charlton was a hammer blow to their hopes. More...

Fulham have boosted their hopes of securing automatic promotion with a fine run of results and look worth following when visiting Millwall. The Lions have recently lost to the top two in the table and may again just have their limitations exposed by the third-placed Cottagers at The Den. More...

Swansea and QPR both suffered defeats at the weekend and have a quick chance to make amends when they meet in south Wales. Swansea threw away a 2-1 lead as they suffered a 3-2 loss at home to Derby to leave them four points outside the play-off places, while QPR dropped to 17th after a 2-0 defeat at Huddersfield. More...