#Sky Bet Championship

Our writers discuss this weekend's FA Cup third-round prospects, as Chelsea clash with Man City for the second time this week, while Emile Smith Rowe provides a welcome boost to Arsenal's attacking options. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Kai Havertz adorned the matchday programme for Chelsea's Premier League clash with…

Crystal Palace can beat Tottenham at Selhurst Park on Wednesday as Jones Knows takes aim at the next set of fixtures. Is it too early in the season for a six-pointer? Well, both teams at the time of writing are odds-on for the drop so it's easy to class this a game of real significance. And usually in these situations, teams are too concerned about…

Liverpool's defence remains vulnerable and Leicester are perfectly equipped to hurt the Reds as tipster Jones Knows attacks the next set of Premier League fixtures. West Ham are becoming a very reliable beast when it comes to slow starts at home and it's time to start profiting from this lack of early urgency from David Moyes' side. In their last…

Nine months of toil comes down to one final matchday in the Premier League this Sunday. Even after 37 dramatic matchdays of Premier League action, everything that there is to fight for - the title, Champions League football, Europa League qualification and the relegation fight - is still up for grabs. Manchester City rescued a 2-2 draw at West Ham…

Who is David Prutton tipping for victory in the Sky Bet Championship this weekend? Find out here... One more win should be enough to guarantee Luton's spot in the play-offs, and what an achievement that would be for Nathan Jones and his side. They will want to keep this momentum going. Blackpool will also want to finish the season on a high, and…

The Sky Bet Championship is rightly regarded as one of the most exciting leagues anywhere and another season of unrelenting drama gets underway tonight. Burnley, who return to second-tier football following six seasons as a Premier League club, get the action underway with a visit to beaten play-off finalists Huddersfield Town. The match marks the…

The winners of the Sky Bet EFL Manager of the Month Awards for April are: Sky Bet Championship: Steve Cooper (Nottingham Forest) Nottingham Forest manager Steve Cooper has been named the Sky Bet Championship Manager of the Month for April. In the ever-competitive Championship, consistency is priceless, so Forest's April record of seven wins from…

AFC Wimbledon is going head to head with Sutton United starting on 22 Nov 2022 at 19:45 UTC. The match is a part of the EFL Trophy, Knockout stage. After missing out on the second round of this competition a season ago, Wimbledon have a shot at redemption on Tuesday. They suffered a 1-0 defeat at Sutton United in the group stage in 2021-22,…

Beale - whose Rs side sit top of the Sky Bet Championship table after 15 games - has emerged as the Premier League club's number one target. The Old Gold sacked Bruno Lage earlier this month and saw Julen Lopetegui reportedly turn down the chance to take over in the days following that decision. Michael Beale - 1/10 Nuno Espirito Santo - 10/1 Peter…

The EFL Cup returns this week with round three seeing plenty of action as the top Premier League sides enter the fray. For Bristol City and Lincoln, meanwhile, it's the Sky Bet Championship v Sky Bet League One as both look to get themselves a step further in the competition before the World Cup arrives in a couple of weeks from now. The Robins and…

High-flying Blackburn Rovers host bottom dwellers Huddersfield Town at Ewood Park in the EFL Championship on Saturday, looking to bounce back from their last defeat. The Rovers were beaten 1-0 by Coventry City on Wednesday, ending their run of four consecutive wins, while also increasing the deficit between them and leaders Burnley. The Clarets,…

Coventry City v Blackburn Rovers - CBS Arena, 7.45pm - Sky Bet Championship FORM GUIDE Defeat to Blackpool at the weekend was only a second in 10 games for the Sky Blues, with four wins and four drwas. Coventry's home matches have been low scoring this season, with 11 goals in their six matches which have brought two wins, one draw and three…

CHELSEA successfully progressed into the last-16 of the Champions League with a win over Austrian giants RB Salzburg. Kai Havertz' sensational goal was the difference maker and it ultimately ended Salzburg's 40-game unbeaten run at home. And it seems as if Graham Potter wants to strengthen his side with Chelsea reportedly plotting a move for…

It is understood Wolves are now looking at other candidates after Lopetegui declined their offer to succeed Bruno Lage, who was sacked earlier this month. The Black Country outfit are third from bottom of the Premier League, with just one win from their opening nine games. It is believed that Lopetegui, who was recently sacked by La Liga side…

The 61-year-old former Sheffield United, Huddersfield Town and Sheffield Wednesday boss, has left the Baggies after a little more than eight months at the helm with staff Steve Agnew, Stephen Clemence and son Alex Bruce also heading for the Hawthorns exit. "Backroom staff Steve Agnew, Stephen Clemence and Alex Bruce have also left The…

The winners of the Sky Bet EFL Manager of the Month Awards for September are: Sky Bet Championship: Paul Heckingbottom (Sheffield United) Sheffield United manager Paul Heckingbottom has been named the Sky Bet Championship Manager of the Month for September. Circumstances decreed that all of Sheffield United's games in September were away from home.…

Three goals in 12 minutes, two from James Maddison either side of a Harvey Barnes strike, stunned the newly-promoted side to give Leicester a 3-0 half-time lead. Forest now look set to replace the Foxes at the bottom of the Premier League table. Steve Cooper - 4/11 Brendan Rodgers - 6/1 Ralph Hasenhüttl - 10/1 Steven Gerrard - 14/1 Odds correct at…

After the former Sheffield United boss' arrival midway through last season an initial upturn saw Boro make what was an ultimately unsuccessfull push for the Sky Bet Championship play-offs. This campaign has been very different with Wilder's side, one of the antepost favourites for promotion, currently languishing in the bottom three. Chris Wilder -…

It was a disappointing year for Norwich City in the Premier League last season, finishing dead last and heading back down to the Sky Bet Championship. But, they're currently one of the heavy favorites to actually win it all. Watford and Bournemouth, who also joined Norwich in relegation, are amongst the top five to capture the title. Brentford, who…

2pts Neco Williams Over 1 Shot at 13/10 (William Hill) 0.5pts Neco Williams Over 2 Shots at 4/1 (William Hill) It is early days but six games in and, of the newly promoted sides, Fulham are fairing the best in 10th having won, drawn and lost two games. Marco Silva's men boast an impressive record when playing at home, beating Brighton and…

Graham Potter left the Amex last week after he was appointed Chelsea boss. Potter forged his reputation during a hugely successful spell with another Scandinavian minnow Ostersunds in Norwegian football. However he did have experience of the English game both as a player, with various clubs in the'90s and early 2000s, and as a head coach in the Sky…

The winners of the Sky Bet EFL Manager of the Month Awards for August are: Sky Bet Championship: Paul Heckingbottom (Sheffield United) Sheffield United manager Paul Heckingbottom has been named the Sky Bet Championship Manager of the Month for August. What began in late winter has continued into summer with Heckingbottom leading the Blades to the…