EFL Championship Predictions This Weekend
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Championship Statistics and Analysis
Your predictions should be based on some statistics that will increase your chances of making a correct decision. Most people will be informed about the top teams, but knowing the players and play styles of all teams from the league is a huge plus for every tipster.
Goal Stats
League statistics are the best betting advice that you can get depending on the situation. When it comes to goals, teams scored more than 1 goal per match in 70% of the cases. The tip that a lot of players bet on is over 2.5 goals which occurred in 44% of the matches during the last season.
These numbers are quite similar each season because the play style doesn’t change each year. For over 3.5 goals, only 22% of the matches reached 4 or more goals. On average per match, we had 2.43 goals in 2022/23. So, betting over 2.5 goals Championship predictions for all matches will never be a positive thing to do. But, it’s much different when you look at individual clubs.
There are teams that on average score and conceive more goals like Queens Park Rangers which are at 50% for over 2.5 goals. Compared to Queens Park Rangers, Swansea City are among the top teams that have over 2.5 goals per match standing at 57%. Swansea City are a regular team in the league, so you can expect them to have a similar outcome like in last season.
Home and Away Stats
Home advantage has proven once again to be valid, in this case, there were 41% of victories on the home side, while only 32% were away wins. The draws are at 27% which is why most bookmakers will have a bigger odd on those picks. For the Championship predictions you should know that except for teams that were promoted like Luton Town, Sheffield United, and Norwich City, teams like Stoke City play much better away.
Unlike Stoke City, Bristol City and Swansea City are quite average when it comes to home and away wins during the regular season. This is normal for English football where the competition is at a quite high level. Bristol City would maybe perform better if their home was Wembley Stadium. Luton Town is another team that performed better as an away team and the reason for that is their great defence that was ranked 3rd in the whole league.
Championship H2H
Something you might find interesting is that most of the matches finish with 0 to 2 goals and the correct score is mostly 1:1, 1:0, or 0:0. It’s similar to the Premier League and betting tips from our expert tipsters. They rarely post betting tips for the correct score but betting on the number of goals is also standard.
When you look at the standings from the regular season, when you compare teams like West Bromwich Albion and Stoke City, you will notice that they are quite similar when it comes to the number of draw matches in the regular season. This is where value can be found when doing Championship predictions.
Championship Competition Format
The English Championship League consists of 24 teams. As each team plays two matches against every other team in the competition, there are 46 games in total. The position of teams depends on the number of points gained. The next factor according to which teams are ranked is goal difference, followed by the number of goals scored all the way to the h2h record between teams in the season.
As far as the promotion rules are concerned, the two highest ranking teams in the season are directly promoted to the PL, whereas the teams ranked from third to sixth join the playoffs. The team that wins the playoffs also gets promoted to the PL. On the other hand, the three teams that rank lowest are the ones that are relegated to League One.
When it comes to international competitions, the English Sky Bet Championship teams will have a chance to join the Europa League and Europa Conference League. In case a team from the league wins the FA Cup, it will qualify for the Europa League group stage. Additionally, a club that wins the trophy in the EFL Cup secures a spot in the Europa Conference League.
Championship Past Winners
This league was established back in 1892 under the name of Football League Second Division. Later, in 1992, the English Sky Bet Championship we know today became known as the First Division. Finally, this competition got its current name in 2004.
At the moment, the champion status is held by Leicester. Speaking of the 2023/24 season.
| Season | Champions |
|---|
| 2024-25 | Leeds United |
| 2023-24 | Leicester |
| 2022-23 | Burnley |
| 2021-22 | Fulham |
| 2020-21 | Norwich City |
| 2019-20 | Leeds United |
| 2018-19 | Norwich City |
How to Choose the Best Bookmaker for EFL Championship Betting?
Finding the best tips also requires you to know where to look. In this case, we mean which tipster’s profile to look at.
Since a lot of tips are posted during the day, and there are many different ones, it is normal for a newcomer to become confused about which tipster’s advice to take. But this platform has introduced a rating system just for the purpose of allowing you to pick the most suitable choice. You don’t have to spend a lot of time researching; you can easily look at a person’s profile and determine how good they actually are.
After taking all the information into account, it is still up to you whether you want to listen to them or not. You can always check with a few of them and see which one has the best betting tips. At the same time, you can search for different markets, like individual matchups or the Championship promotion battle games.
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