The Sky Bet Championship continues on Saturday afternoon with events at both ends of the table under the microscope as we move towards the home straight in what has been another crazy campaign in the second tier.
11 matches are on the Saturday card in total and the good news is that two of them will be able to be viewed on TV. The club stream services will have all the other ones and as ever there are the other social ways of keeping up with everything.
Saturday’s fixtures are as follows: (3pm unless stated, UK kick off in brackets)
Millwall v Swansea City (12.30 – Sky Main Event & Sky Football)
Barnsley v Middlesbrough
Birmingham City v Stoke City
AFC Bournemouth v Coventry City
Bristol City v Nottingham Forest
Cardiff City v Blackburn Rovers
Derby County v Norwich City
Huddersfield Town v Rotherham United
Preston North End v Brentford
Queens Park Rangers v Sheffield Wednesday (Sky Football)
Wycombe Wanderers v Luton Town
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Big Matches
Both ends of the table are in the spotlight in the televised Championship matches on Saturday afternoon. The first of them comes from The New Den where Swansea City will attempt to revive a promotion campaign which has absolutely died on its arse in recent weeks. They go up against a Millwall side with no pressure on them and nothing to lose. The other televised clash sees Sheffield Wednesday looking to build on their resounding win over Cardiff City last week and continue their attempt to beat the drop. They head to the capital to take on a QPR team who can also play with a bit of freedom.
Best of the Rest
Norwich City can actually secure their Premier League return on Saturday afternoon. For that to happen they would need to win away to Derby County and Swansea not to win the earlier kick off and Brentford to fail to win their clash away to Preston North End. Brentford simply have to win if they want to keep automatic promotion a realistic goal. At the other end of the table Wycombe Wanderers will go in search of a third win in a row when they host Luton Town while Rotherham United will be eager to beat Huddersfield Town and give themselves an outside chance of escaping the drop. Birmingham City and Coventry City can all but condemn the bottom three to relegation if they win their matches. Birmingham host Stoke City while Coventry travel to AFC Bournemouth.
Betting
I’ll go with one on Saturday afternoon with the bet coming from the Vitality Stadium where AFC Bournemouth host Coventry City. Only the top two have picked up more points on their home ground than Bournemouth this season whereas no team in the league have gained fewer points on their travels than Coventry City this term. That doesn’t always equate to a home win but given the class gap between the two I think it will here.
Although it seems a while ago, we should remember there was two divisions between these two last season and that is still relevant. Bournemouth are in receipt of the parachute payments and have kept a decent squad whereas Coventry are fighting hard to be able to establish themselves at this level. That showed in the reverse meeting between the two where Bournemouth cruised to a 3-1 victory. I expect that gap to be there again here.
Tips
WON – Back AFC Bournemouth (-0.75AH) to beat Coventry City for a 3/10 stake at 1.88 with Bet365
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