Welcome To The Championship Predictions As We Head Into Week 23 Of The 23/24 EFL Championship Season.We Will Be Looking Ahead To The Weekend Fixtures And Predict The Outcome Of Each Game.
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Bristol City Vs Hull City
Swansea City Vs Preston North End
Leeds United Vs Ipswich Town
Blackburn Rovers Vs Watford
Leicester City Vs Rotherham United
Middlesbrough Vs West Brom
Norwich City Vs Huddersfield Town
Plymouth Argyle Vs Birmingham City
QPR Vs Southampton
Sheffield Wednesday Vs Cardiff City
Stoke City Vs Millwall
Sunderland Vs Coventry City
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Oh Hio welome welome back to the final whistle then it’s Championship predictions week 23 as we reach the halfway stage of the championship season then and what a half a season it’s been so far um I and Leicester competing at the top of the top of the league and
Then we’ve got the playoffs as well Southampton leades West Brom Hall um and other teams competive them playoff spots um then we got the relegation battle know R room Sheffield Wednesday uh Huddersfield um QPR all fighting to stay in the championship and uh yes this one should be an interesting prediction show
As we uh go through all the predictions um we’re going to be joined by um ant from uh Holland back and um he’s going to join me for the predictions um let’s see who’s in the chat then callum’s in the chat you colum mate uh when are you doing your boxing day Championship
Predictions should be this weekend should I mean if it’s not we could do Christmas day why not um I might be a bit tipsy by then but it’s not greatest of idea is it but we’ll get round to doing it I think um Kyle how are you
Mate ra from we definitely not going to beat us confident here Terry my friend how are you Paul um let’s get Mr nor gra North Graves in then um an from Holland back how are you my friend I’m all right mate how are you I’m all right so let’s
Have a look at what happened in week 22 then so let me I tell you what it probably B better to share my screen on it so you can see um what went on um in week 22 uh let’s have a look here we go let’s have a look then so Antony
We’ll start with the week 22 fixtures um middles were beating Swansea um Southampton picking up a quite comfortable win um against Blackburn Rovers a 4-nil win um over 10 men Blackburn Sheffield Wednesday not backing down all day I know we spoke about that game um with Sheffield
Wednesday if they win they get closer to QPR and um if they lose then they move further away Watford piling the pressure on Ryan Low’s Future IT Preston 5-1 winners there Absolut spanking for Preston North End um P guy beating run 3-2 I mean that was quite a close game M Waring
Huttersfield again went at it um they knew that a win was what we needed but they ended up sharing the spoils leads dropping points once again um against kov um H your boys battleing Cardiff um Bristol City picking up a one nil win over Sunderland I switch and um Norwich
Two two in theast dangling Derby uh West Brom Stoke 1-1 and then Leicester pull three points clear at the top head of I switch um after that uh big 3-2 win over Birmingham on Monday night um talk to me Anthony um where do we start with week
22 mate I mean what sort of s surprised you with some of the results I mean talk talk talk to me through it I feel like um the the mil wall Huddersfield games bit of a reality check for mil wall fans perhaps because mil wall were a side that for
The last few years have been challenging in and around the top six they’ve always Fel fall just short but you’d still think that they had a side decent enough to be at least mid-table and they seem to be really struggling obviously they’ve got rid of Gary row um and it
Just don’t seem to be clicking for him and I think drawing home to Huddersfield is a bit of a that it’s basically showing what situation they’re in you know if if if you can’t beat the teams around you then you’re going to unfortunately be pulled back down into
That bottom bottom three fight and I think it’s a a place in the league that mwall fans probably didn’t expect to be in when the season started but halfway into the season and only being a what is it a point or two above the bottom three
Um you know a big January coming up for them I think it’s um probably worrying times for mil wall fans and Huddersfield to be fair Huddersfield are down there as well you know with the teams below QPR and Wednesday picking up points um you know it’s it’s pulling that pack
Above that probably thought they were quite safe down into a really interesting relegation dog fight yeah M wall um I believe Joe Edwards has picked one win and seven um as mwall manager since taking over um Sheffield Wednesday I mean they leave it late again I mean
Hillsbor looks like a place now since obviously getting up points against Leicester where you know there’s some confidence in the camp under Danny Ro um no one can like dis discard them you know they could could get out of it you know there’s no saying that they can’t
Uh r r they still remain to struggle at the foot of the table um they lost to Plymouth I mean Mr schumacker um he ended up leaving um Plymouth this week um he’s now gone to Stoke City I mean there’s quite a bit of it’s boiled over
There an it at Plymouth with the manager leaving and uh what’s your thoughts on uh skaka um leaving um Plymouth for Stoke City it’s an interesting one I I can understand I mean as a fan of a club when um when a manager leaves you for
Another club based on the fact that they see the other club as a more appealing um place to be in terms of you know ambition aspirations and size and all this stuff it’s it always hurts so you can understand why ply fans are are upset I think it’s more the case where
You know he was he came out in the press a lot saying and he was very happy where he is and he won’t want to be anywhere else um then ended up obviously going to stoke and I think Stoke have been the kind of side that in the last few years
Since relegation from the Premier League they’ve they’ve been nowhere near the the top six or any sort of promotion chat um they’ve been lower lower half mid table never really bothered with relegation places kind of thing but you know they’re just sort of existing at
The minute and and and you got to think you know they’re desperately in searching Stu for a manager that can take them out of that um the last few haven’t obviously worked but you got to think you know with schumak he’s took Plymouth up to the championship and the
The yes the struggling away from home but at home they’re doing really well and they’re looking like I think the most likely of the teams down there to stay up um and and he’s kind of jump shipped to it seems more of a sideways step to me I mean I know St potential
For um being a a Premier League team is um probably higher than Plymouth but at this moment in time is it is it really that well this is it I’d um I’d have expected Schumaker to stay at um Plymouth probably till the end of the season if you want to leave then you
Know that that’s the get best regard you probably got as a manager to go at the end of the season um you look at new manager and then managers Under Pressure you look at Sunderland Michael Beal I mean not the ideal appointment when it comes to Sunderland fans with Michael
Beal um Sunderland fans aren’t happy with that appointment um then you look at Preston with Ryan low I mean he’s um was talking in the media um and he’s kind of not helped himself with saying that do does these fans sort of play football sort of thing do know what
They’re on about uh which is not something you say I mean it looked like he was a bit um patriotic on it all with like smirking about it and that when it’s clearly a funny with the um position that you’re in um only three wins I believe in their last 15 games so
Huge pressure there I mean what is your thoughts on Ryan Lo Michael B obviously with with him going to Sunderland as well um I think Beal’s an interesting appointment like you say I think a lot of Sunderland fans are writing him off before he’s even had a
Chance to show what he can do with his Sunderland side which you know as supporters of a football club you can be I mean you have every right to be skeptical of appointments and and and what someone can bring but you you’ve at least got to give them time to see you
Know what they’re all about and what they’re going to bring and provide you before you you know already calling for the head I mean he’s starting on a on on an impossible job already if the fans out behind him you know what I mean so
Every loss is going to be why we got this guy and every win’s going to be like well it’s it’s just the squad he’s inherited he’s not going to get he’s in a lose lose situation for Beal unfortunately which is weird because as as as you know we we’ve spoke about it
Before he he had a good record at QPR he had them top of the league he had nearly I think he was a 40% win rate at the time he was at QPR he did really well um and they fell apart without him so that
Same Squad that he had up in the top six top of the league at some point I think in October um you know as soon as he left they capitulated and just fell down the the league like a stone so he’s obviously a decent manager yes he went
To Rangers and finished second up to Celtic but you know that’s that’s usually the case there’s only really J as the anomaly in the last over decade or so um so yeah it’s it’s an interesting appointment and it’ be you know all eyes on how he’s going to do
There because like we said sundland fans aren’t best pleased uh but low at Preston is is again one that probably deserves a little bit more of a dive into because out of the teams I’ve watched this season I think Preston were third when we when we played them or
They were at least in the top six that and they were the one of the most unimpressive sides I’d seen us play all season and we we beat them one nil but they never really looked like they were a side that were top six contenders yet
They were up there for a really long time they seem to find a way to win games um but there doesn’t seem to be a real identity with that team uh and what L’s trying to do at Preston I don’t think the fans are too pleased either no
So you can imagine now that they’re starting to drop off and and and and get some bad results against them um you know the the the chances of them recovering you can’t really see it with the way the fans are going towards him at the minute so um yeah I feel like
He’s on a it’s going to really test him as a manager at the minute low um he’ll probably want to get to January so he can see what he can do with the squad and bring some players in um before being totally written off by the fans
And potentially sacked but it’s a busy schedule over the next week or so so you know he could be another three four defeats down before he’s even signed another player and and could have lost his job so he needs to turn it around quickly yeah um we move into the
Playoffs obviously leads slipping up again a draw at home to C uh South Hampton like I say batted Blackburn they move within the same points of leads now West Brom dropping points against uh Stoke City the all fours at the weekend Hall you know three three-nil victory
Over cardi City I mean looking at this table now then with the playoffs I mean you’ve got obviously the the four there and then you’ve got Sunderland with three points behind Hall uh Preston who were within four points of Hall City C Watford I mean that a 5-1 win for them
Puts them into ninth uh 31 points with norion Blackburn with 31 points how far do you look now and with this playoffs will this go down to the end of the season dord or do you think you’ll see this playoffs kind of like d and dusted
Before no I think with with how close this league is this year um it’s even closer than last season which we didn’t think possible um you know if you look down from from West Brom to about centry all of those teams are going to be saying you know we we’re in a playoff
Race um and with how close it is I think you know there’s literally a handful of points between a lot of teams two bad results and you can drop from the top six to like lower mid-table and vice versa if you win to while you’re down
There if comry win to on the bounce it could be back in a top six question so it’s it’s one of those leagues where it’s going to be whichever teams finds um the most consistency um I think January is going to be a really busy month for the championship cuz like you
Said there’s a lot of teams down there that are going to be looking for final pieces to their jigsaws to make sure that they are real contenders for the top six um and yeah it’s it’s going to be I think it’s going to go down to the
Way I want I kind of want to say the top four seem to be done and dusted but I feel like there’s going to be a bit of there’s going to be sides there that drop points I feel like if Leeds in Southampton you know if if leester nips
Which keep winning games Leeds and Southampton are just going to be like what the hell do we have to do here to try and catch him up and that little droing morale might allow some teams to claw that Gap back but I think realistically most of the teams will be
Battling for those last two playoff places because I think the top four are pretty much nailed on to be up there at least so yeah it’s going to be really interesting and I’m I’m I’m excited to see how it pans out you talk about the top two um it
Dropped points at the weekend and he dangling Derby they drew 1-1 uh 22 sorry with Norwich uh Johnny roow a double for Norwich uh against dip Swit where burn on the um score sheet again for U it switch Leicester I mean they they waited to see what would happened with the
Results at the weekend they went to Birmingham and won three goals to two could have scored more goals to foxies obviously um but you know 3-2 win um a quite satisfying one for me to be fair know that we have got that three point caution now over ITP switch but then you
Look at Leicester to leads I mean it’s 13 points points um it switch a 10 points from leads um it’s going to take a hell of a lot now isn’t it with leads to even consider um fighting both hips richad leester off the top two yeah I think the
Biggest problem that if you’re a Leeds or Southampton fan is that because lead Leicester and ipswitch just keep winning it means that Leeds and Southampton have to keep winning and yeah realistically having four teams that are getting wins every week is just not sustainable in this league because it’s so difficult so
I just think because how impressive Leicester and um ipswitch have been this season in their start and how they’re just Relentless and just keep going um you know like ipswitch winning makes Leicester have to pick their game up and win the next game and because Leicester
Have won ipswitch need to them win their next game and they’re kind of you’re making each other better um Southampton and Leeds are suffering because of it because they’ve got a decent points total I think you know at this stage last season Leicester and Southampton would be the top two on that points
Total so it shows you how leer ands which you’re doing um but like you say it’s it’s it’s for Leeds and Southampton it’s a daunting task just hoping the ipswitch and Lester drop points which they just don’t seem to do I mean the the the Norwich ipswitch Derby is one of those games
Where form goes out the window so it one of them where because it’s a derby you know point was probably a fair result when you watch the game it was it was a good match um but IPS wit as everyone just keeps saying might drop off but
They just don’t so at the minute it’s it’s it’s a big ask for lead in Southampton to just keep ching out points week after week and try and keep up with them yeah agreed uh massive we for Leicester um gives Leicester that kind of like bri a little bit of breev
Based do it over the IP switch now um which is good um especially going into this weekend fixture knowing if switch way to leads um the best result for us would be it switch to win against leads I mean Terry talks about leads quite highly this season he he said to me all
Season long leads is where you look at when it comes to Leicester and dip Swit do you agree with what Terry’s saying is is it leads the where both teams look at or you know do they both look at each other as well I don’t know it depends on
Your aspirations I mean if you wanting to win the title then you realistically want nip switch to drop points AR you um so you can try and pull a gap between you and them um but I suppose if just getting back up there is is the priority
And you’re not bothered about whether or not it’s first or second then yeah you’d prefer leads to win because um if switch to win sorry because then that gap between second and third gets bigger um which kind of leaves you two just marooned up the top together kind of thing so yeah
Realistically a draw would probably be the best case scenario for Leicester because like you say it’s the the IPS which aren’t gaining points on you um and leads haven’t really CLA any ground either especially if you win you benefit two points so yeah I’d say a draw would
Probably be the best result but I suppose if you wanted to get promoted then yeah IPS witch winning would would increase that Gap and just keep you sort of solidified up there together yeah agreed um right let’s get on to uh Championship predictions week 23 then we’re going to be halfway through the
Season at this point then um and it starts at Friday night’s football um Bristol City versus Hall City Battle of the Cities I’ve been talking to you earlier on you said Bristol city is not the place where Hall City like to go uh um talk to me about this game how big of
A game is this for Hall with obviously the playoff push in that it is a big game but the fact that I think we’ve got a three-point buffer on the sides below us means that we’ve kind of got a little bit of breathing space if if we do come
Away with this with a defeat we’re still you know level on points with the top six halfway through the season which is what every single City fan would have taken at the start of the season um like you say we we are struggling with injuries but we’ve
Managed to pull out two wins in a row against two really good teams in Mur and Cardiff so we still got the minerals to win these games um you know we’ve just brought in Billy sharp confirmed today on the transfer what’s what’s your thoughts on that it’s it’s a strange one because
He’s not going to come in and play a lot because obviously he’s 37 years old and he’s not going to play above the lap or Connell you know they’re on six goals each already he’s not going to play Above tan or twine and it’s it’s one of
Those where I think he’s coming for his his off the pitch influence so he’s to he’s going to be a boost to the dressing room he’s going to give vital experience and and guidance to these young attackers that we’ve got you know players like Liam dap’s fantastic but
Sometimes he’s finishing has a lot left to be desired he should be on way more than six goals so someone like Billy Shar who’s a championships alltime goal scorer giving you a bit of pointers and and some guidance in training for the last six months of the season on a free
Invaluable so yeah no it makes sense I trust L Rin if he grabs us a couple of goals off the bench in the last 10 minutes of games then winner winner but I think he’s definitely been brought in to help some of our young attackers but
Yeah going back to the game Bristol it’s just one of those grounds we never win at and but the thing is like this season we have actually abolished some of the hudos we never usually won at Blackburn and we won there we never usually win at
Middlesboro and we won there so I feel like this is the season where we’ve actually got a team that’s decent enough now to sort of go there and and and abolish these burgie teams that we usually have um but by no means is it going to be a walk in theart Bristol
Very good team um new manager Manning L they beat sundel and last time out were on a good run as well so the they’re aside in transition going from Pacing style to Mannings and like I say wear a bit bere of injuries at the minute’ got
A couple of youngsters on the bench so our options Off the Bench if it’s not working is quite slim um but no it should be an entertaining game I’d definitely take the point if it was offered right now um I think realistically a draw is is the most
Likely result yeah I think we’re talking about Billy sharp he offers that huge Championship experience he’s been around the championship for bloody donkeys years Billy sharp you know he knows what it’s takes to win promotion and all that you know he’s that sort of player you
Want in the team like you say he might come off the bench and do his job and score a few to contribute towards the team and that which is the main thing when you’ve got young players like you Liam daps and you know um filler jeans
And that you know it helps massively to know that sort of EXP Eren players in the squad and I guess that galvanizes the team a bit more to say you know what this is where we need to be more clinical in front the goal with having someone like that in the squad because
It will help them score more goals as well and take their chances a bit more better um obviously Billy sharp knows what it takes to score goals and uh yeah it’s a massive boost um Bristol City though I mean they they’re the sort of side this season who say you know what
We compete with the sides who are competing in the playoffs and that the you know the picks up a few wins there they with Bristol City they seem to do well against the teams at the top like top 10 sort of teams but then when it comes to the bottom they sort of
Struggle but Leo Mannings um it’s been a bit bit of mixed bag since he’s gone in there obviously he’s improved that Squad in the way they’re playing and that they are scoring goals but obviously the there’s a leakage of goals in every team um but that that be a massive boost
Beating sundero obviously they were on the playoff push themselves and uh did this one you know they’ll look to scalp Hall as well um but this one I think you know I think you go there and win 2-1 for me I think Hall win 2-1 I admire the confidence I you’re
Probably more confident than the vast majority of the whole city fan base which is nice to see um I think no I I I think a point is probably a realistic outcome of this game I’m I’m I’m going to go with a safe 1-1 I think one one I
Think with like winning the games against like Cardiff and that that would have been have been good this season and I guess it brings that confidence with the whole city Side you know um obviously Liam Merin with his new contract and that I guess that gives you
Massive um hope and that as well that he can progress to where you want to be in the near future um uh let’s go to the next one which is also the Friday night uh Swansea versus Preston Ryan L under some huge pressure um some fans aren’t happy at PR Prest if
You ask a Preston fan three def three wins in the last 15 games um swans though um they’ve not really had the best of form at home this season um I believe Preston’s last away win they beat huttersfield so how do you see this game going
Between the swans and the uh press and the north end it’s it’s one of those games where you could say any of the three results and it would you you know you’d have a case for for each one yeah um Swansea definitely underperforming this season um compared to how they’ve been
In the last few years and things like that and obviously um I don’t think they’ve got a new manager have they they’ve not brought think Al Alan Alan sh’s there a’t he at the minute is he yeah so I think you know they’re they’re they’re kind of in no man’s land at the
Minute and Preston are on a decline with um obviously Ryan l a bit of pressure with some poor results and kind of just you know dropping down the league like a stone um so yeah there’s pressure on both teams um I feel like Swansea haven’t been very good at home this
Season either I think the the atmosphere has not been brilliant so um yeah it’d be a really tough game to call I think I I’m G to go for another draw I think can be boring um I just think but both teams just seem to be um you know struggling
To find ways to win games at the minute so yeah I’ll go for a nil nil draw ball draw this one this one’s a must win for both sides uh both sides haven’t been great um Alan she though um obviously being caretaker in that H want to get the best out of this
SWS decide as best as he can before the new manager comes in um Preston though you know they’ve got to start winning the games you know it’s huge pressure the championship obviously David vogner would know that it’s um norid City how how you can go on a real decline and
Then they then start picking up results and then they start climbing the table a bit more again um that’s probably something that’s in the back of Ry L’s mind but I see Preston just edging this one two goals to one for me um I think they’ll pick up that away win um it’s
It’s a much needed win um if you’re a Preston fan right now I mean but like you say if you went for a win to Swansea a draw or a win to Preston you can argue each cases um let’s see what everyone else is saying Dave’s gone for a nil nil
Draw he’s he’s following you amp with that one uh Terry’s also gone with a 21 Swansea um the next one Anthony is the 12:30 kickoff on the Saturday what it what what a tasty game this one is very big game lead United all on beaten at
Home this season they take on itwi Town last time these two sides met Leeds ended up beating IP switch and ending there on beat and run Portman road if with to lot to go in end lead is on beat and run at home um this one is a big
Game um if Leeds want to try and catch it switch you know and have a better chance of doing it they’ve got to win the game of course if switch though they don’t know when they’re beaten um you know I think this one’s a crucial game um if you’re a Leicester fan you’d
Obviously want this one to be a draw um but it Swit though they have that resilience don’t they you know they’re very good squad of players but I just don’t think they’ve got that sort of depth after what leads and Leicester have got uh but leads have been dropping
Points and it’s about IPS going there and taking advantage of leads’ Mi Miss chances and uh Miss points um this one is a very tough one to call um a win for rip Swit would take them 13 points clearly leads a win for leads would put them seven points beond dip switch um
How do you see this one then in the launchtime kickoff I actually fancy IP switch you know and it’s based on the I mean I’ve thought about this all night since I’ve known I was coming on this um it’s one of those games where I think at the
Minute leads are under a little bit of pressure the fans aren’t too pleased with farker and they thing like the dropping points in in in games when they shouldn’t be and there’s a little bit of frustration around leads and I feel like this is the kind of game where because it’s ipswitch
They have to win it if they want automatic promotion they have to win this game um so there’s a lot of pressure on on those players and you got to think you know 20 minutes into the game if they’ve not scored um couple of misplaced passes them lead fans are
Going to be groaning it’ll reverberate onto the pitch the players will sense that frustration and and it might get to them and I feel like it’s a it’s a good position for rips switch to be in they they kind of hold all the cards yeah it would almost be poetic for ipswitch to
Go to Ellen Road and end there and beat and run just like leaks did to iip switch you know the the two teams capable of doing that to each other yeah and and I can see it going that way so no yeah I’m going to go for I’m gonna go
For an ipswitch win 2-1 I think yeah I think this one’s a more more win win win winning game for leads in it you know what I mean leads got the pressure on them you know leads know they have to go and win this game like you say um
Buts which you know you can’t count them off this season I think they’ve been fantastic uh play some great football under Kieran McKenna a very tough side to beat um but yeah like you say it would be poetic for iwit to go there and beat Leeds the way Leeds beat IP switch
At Portman Road um I’m going to go for a safe one in this one Anthony I’m gonna go for a one one Z I can say that as well mate to be fair I think both sides will have chances um IPS which will obviously want to keep out Somerville
And that won’t they um leads though you know they’ve been dropping points and it does put that little bit of pressure on Parker knowing he has to go and turn it around and uh yes it’s a it’s a must win for both sides um you know it switch if
They want to at top two it’s a must win for them leads again a must win you know having dropping points lately um Bristol City Home win uh leads to win 2-1 yeah I guess I guess it could go either way BR who’s could to be better on the day and
You’ll see that in the launch time kick off see the play before Leicester again you know so we as leester fans can go and sit down the pub and go and watch them to take it out on each other and then we’ll see who wins and then uh we
You know we can go at 3:00 and then go from there um but yes it’s it’s it should be a spectacle of a game um and the next one is Blackburn Rovers um they have got Watford Watford are side in the last away game won five goals to one against
Blackburn Rover’s um Neighbors Preston um Blackburn got ammed last time round against Southampton smodic you know will he be the man for the job against this Watford side where who can bang in the goals when they when they get for flowing in Watford I think this one’s a
Very difficult game for Blackburn um not on the greatest of form um how do you see this one going between Rovers and Watford I fancy Watford I I like Watford this season um they’re a complete compa a complete opposite to how they were last season um they were a bit of a
Basket case last year and you know kind of deserve the poor results and and and dead end Finish to the season that they got this season you know they brought in a manager who’s very high intensity High Press organization he’s he’s got a bit tactical know how about him and they’re
Quietly climbing the way up towards the top six and they’re not getting much you know coverage of that you know they’re going about business in a quiet way but they are up there now um I I do like the way they play I was impressed with them
When they came to to mkm and beat us uh they really did a job on us and and I just feel like that they’re on sort of an upward surge um Blackburn heavily so heavily relying on one player obviously Samy smck fantastic player but if you
Can get him out the game you kind of eliminate Blackburn’s threat um you know they’ve got to find other ways to win a game um and if Watford you know used that bit of tactical know how that ish has been using this season and and and try and you know eliminate smic’s threat
Then Watford I think will be in the driving seat or match and I can I can see a Watford win I’m going to go for um two-nil Watford Dave’s got two2 uh both sides obviously want to be in contention for their playoff spots at the end of the
Season um this one you know you don’t know which Blackbird side’s going to turn up um you know but Blackburn you know kind of struggled a bit AR they like you said if keep mons out the game he kind of like stops Blackburn from playing don’t it to be fair uh watford’s
Manager you know he’s lasted he has lasted a while you know give him the credit he deserves you know um Watford have been Watford have been good under ishma this season have been quite good to watch um you know they moved that ball well they’ve got real threat on the
Wings um they are doing the business quietly and uh they they know what it’s how it’s like to get in the playoffs and like Watford obviously they’ve done it before they know what promotion to the Premier League feels like and that so you know I guess they got that onto
Their belt um I’m going to go for a 3-1 Watford win uh I think schic will score for BLB bur but I think Watford for me control the game uh I think Watford have been very impressive um probably more so at home than the other way but like you
Said have been picking their way run up quite well aren they beating Hall um beating Preston um so yeah I think Watford win it for me three goals to one um and we go to the league leaders next um top versus bottom in the championship um Leicester take on ROM
United um Leicester you know uh four wins out their last four R have really struggled to even find any points aren really um they lost 32 last time round to Plymouth away um obviously Liam Richardson’s got a job on his hands at Ram hasn’t he Enzo maresco’s playing some good stuff at
Leicester Leicester really starting to pick up now I mean if you watched them the other day against Birmingham they look real threatening now on the Counterattack they are starting to move that ball a bit more quicker and they they can hurt teams um I think the screw is starting to really turn in
Leicester’s season um into we I think we’re just got to going back that Birmingham win this weekend uh RAM you know they’re not going to be pushovers all they despite them being bottom and that you know I think they’ll come and try and make it difficult for
Leicester for straight us as much as they can but I think this one goes one way for me I think Leicester will have enough to beat Ram in this game the quality in that with madidi Fatu and that will cause them problems obviously it’s the return to the king pal Danel
For Le Peltier um I’m sure he’ll get a good reception from the Leicester fans um and Victor Johansson as well he returns home as well so yeah two x foxes but yeah I think we’ll have enough quality in the game to win this one and
To be fair and um like I say keep that um run going and um yeah just keep grabbing the points uh which is a much needed win it this weekend another big game and um yes it’s a game which we need to win before we obviously go and
Play IP switch on boxing day so it sets up for a very good um spectacle um what do you Reon with this one and I mean which way do you see it going you’ve got to be a very very brave person to um predict rotheram getting anything from
This game um but in saying that rotheram when they play the big sides tend to do quite well and Come Away with points things like that but to me you know it’s a new rotheram Liam Richardson’s in there now um you know I’ve not really seen how
He’s going to set up and try and get this rham side playing they were easily the one of the worst sides we played at home this season they tried playing a really high line against us which seemed like tactical suicide given the the fact
That we could po pop a ball over the top with Pace on the wings which is another thing that Leicester have got you know Lester play possession base they’ve got fast Wingers and they’ll they’ll exploit any spaces that rather him leave so I can’t see him repeating that mistake um
It could very easily be you know four five six goals in leicester’s favor for this game very easy to predict that given obviously it’s top versus bottom um but I do think Will Will just you know park the bus and make it really really frustrating for for Leicester um
But Lester’s quality should shine through I don’t think it’ll be a whitewash but I think it’ll be a Leicester win I’m going to go um for a Leicester two- nil I think I’m gonna go 3-0 uh I’m gonna go 3-0 in this one I think mavad fat will cause problems
Um then we’ve got obviously patad daaka then we’ve got Tom Cannon to come off the bench I mean Tom Cannon um proved he could score goals at Preston last season he’s starting to get in the groove of things now he’s starting to get more fitter and that and looks more sharper
So it it’ be good to see Tom Cannon against um R rbl jub you know he seems to be that man who’s assisted and scoring this season and doing really well in the championship he seems to be the head chef of that Leicester team at the minute who’s who’s getting the
Ingredients together and cooking it quite well um so yeah 3-0 for me um but I do expect them to be quite tough R they were tough when we played him at the New York stadium this season um mcer with the double um be R are going to be
Tough for any team I mean even when we went to play Sheffield Wednesday and they were bottom that was a tough test so I wouldn’t expect anything different from the south Yorkshire Club um at the weekend um next one anony is Middlesboro versus West Brom um West Brom in the
Playoffs middles obviously they’ll feel that they can go make playoffs this season um this is a battle for like a a playoff push this one if you’re a Middlesboro fan uh Middlesboro you know they picked up um a decent amount of points at home under Michael Carrick
This season um their last sort of win in the last top six uh when they faced the top 16 with Leicester um how do you find middles bre in this game against West Brom I mean which way do you see this one go I think if Middlesboro had a more of
Their starting 11 um fit um it’d be a really hard game to call I mean it’s still going to be a tough game really close game um but I just feel like at the minute West Brom have got the upper hand because they’ve got obviously the majority of their squad available
Whereas middlesbor kind of hampered by injury midles had a good win last time out to be fair um you know what West brommer they dropped points and ended up getting a point but you know they’re still up there in the top six they’re in fifth place so you know they can’t be
Taken lightly and I think it’ll be a game that it’s going to be two possession based uh teams trying to go up against each other it’s going to be you know who’s who can put the chances away when it comes and I think at the minute West Brom are in the strong
Position in that sense and I’m probably yeah I’m probably going to tip towards a West Brom 2-1 win I think uh yeah I’m going to go I’m going to back you on that one I think West Brom will um win the game two goals to
One um but like I said middle BR the most starting 11 in the team um from back from injury then you know could be could have been a completely different game but you never know which middle Pride you’re going to get on the day and um that’s like you say with West Brom
Obviously they last away we came at ra for a minute and uh you know so yeah I think um that’ll be quite a tight knitted game um EA te tuning in F fantastic um next one an is norid versus Woodsfield Um how do you see this one going between uh Norwich and Huddersfield I’m I just I don’t think Huddersfield are anywhere near where they want to be and I don’t think they’ve got enough quality in their squad for for more to properly turn them around and I just feel like they’ve got
To hope that they can just sort of Def defend their way to safety for the rest of the season yeah how backed he’s going to be in January is is you know I I can’t personally see him getting a lot of money to bring players in in January
I know they’ve got new earners but I feel like he’s a bit he don’t he don’t kind of want to spend it um so no I’m I’m I’m I feel like Norwich especially after you know that that good performance against IPS witch I think Norwich have will try and sort of you
Know keep that consistent running results going now and we’ll just have too much for hfield especially at Cara road so now I’m going to go for Norwich 2-0 I think yeah the liks of Johnny row and that you know they’ll be he’ll be key in this game after getting two goals
Against dip switch um David V has seemed to have picked up some wins on here as of late um Huddersfield though you know that that middle war game it weren’t the greatest of games was it between the two sides I mean both sides much needed a shared the spoils I think Huddersfield
Scored very late on in that game um Huddersfield are very vulnerable at the minute um you know I just don’t feel that they’re they’re it where they want to be um I see um Norwich winning this one two goals to nil um I think norwi have a northward attack with Ashley
Barnes and that to really cause Huddersfield problems um so I’m going I’m going to go back Norwich um 2-0 uh next one is Plymouth versus Birmingham uh managerless plmouth um they take on Wayne Rooney’s Birmingham um Wayne Rooney I think he’s won two of his last 11 games his
Manager um he takes on the pmer side who have really got a good good sort of run at home uh Whitaker asaz is it he’s um doing um bit for them as well uh Plymouth um this one’s a tough game for uh birmingam I feel despite um Plymouth
Being managerless I think they’ll still play that same way they are I think you know they’ll make it difficult for Birmingham obviously birmingham’s not on the greatest of runs are they I think um their last away win came at Cardiff WI a one-nil win uh but then they really
Struggled there you know they had to really dig deep to go and defend that win um but this one you know Plymouth could score goals at home you know they they find it really in their sort of range to go make things difficult for teams who come to home park and uh this
Is where they seem to pick up most points of this season Plymouth I think they’ll get safe for sure but um I think Plymouth will win this one one goal to nil against birmingh I think there’ll be a one goal in it uh I might be wrong but
Yeah fantasy BL for this one but Birmingham you know I think Jordan James he’ll be crucial in this game for the blues after getting two goals against Leicester but yeah I think plymouth’s a tough place to go if you’re a Birmingham fan yeah I Plymouth they’ve not won a
Game away this season but they are very good at home so the fact that they’ve not won a single game away from home and they’re still you know relatively safe from the bottom three tells you how good they are at home um I feel like I mean I
Mean I’d hate to be going to Plymouth um at the minute to play them after their managers left because I feel like there’ll be a lot of a lot of frustration but sort of unity I feel like it’ll everyone will stick together and be like well you know let’s let’s
Show him what he’s is is left kind of thing and yeah I feel like they’ll come out with a real fighting performance and even more so than they usually do at home so yeah for B for Birmingham who can’t really seem to buy wins under
Rooney at the minute um it it seems to me like quite a daunting Tas to go there and try and win a game and I’m I’m not convinced by Rooney at all as a manager um I think it’s a really strange appointment in the first place so yeah
No I’m I’m going to back Plymouth for a win here and I think it’ll be um quite comprehensive 3-0 three-nil win for Plymouth yeah um next one is the begovic dby in it uh Martin’s mate um asir begovic uh you know um Day Day take on Southampton QPR I mean QPR
Despite their defeat at Sheffield Wednesday they looked good under their manager haven’t they um you know he really changed it up at Loftus Road they take on the Southampton side we a run beaten um they’ve got a goal scorer in Adam Armstrong who seems to be doing
Really bit real bits for them this season considering he’s one of the top scorers in the championship um I see Southampton you know this is a difficult game for Southampton I don’t see this being a walk in the part but any stretch of the imagination for Saints I think
QPR will dig deep and make it real difficult for um Southampton C got that confidence about him now that’s little bit of swagger back um for me Saints I think Armstrong will score in this game um but I think it’ll be a real tough game for Southampton know but I’m going
To back Southampton to go win this game two goals to nil yeah it’s it’s certainly not going to be a pusher of Southampton um you know they’re not the same QPR as they were under aworth um they they they’ve picked up a lot of points under the new
Manager and they looked really good against us you know I was really impressed by them um and I feel like they’ve got enough in them based on what I’ve seen in in the limited amount of games he’s been in charge for so far to um be confident that they’ve got enough
To to pull themselves away from the bottom three and stay up but in saying that I don’t think they’ve got enough in them to beat Southampton I think Southampton are a very good team they’re starting to click now and get um that that Russell Martin style to play really
Under their um under their nses and and and buy into it so you know that they’re same same points as leads and you know leads fans are saying they’re having a fantastic season so they’re going to you know want to just sort of remain under
The radar and and try and Chase the top two down so this is a good game for uh Southampton to try and just you know plug that Gap a bit um but it won’t be easy but I I can’t not back a Southampton win I don’t think so I’m going to go Southampton
Uh 1 nil one nil yeah guys if you’ve enjoyed the stream so far please hit the like button subscribe to the channel go subscribe to Holland back which ant does a fantastic podcast on um if you’re whole city fan watching then ant is obviously the man for you but if you’re
Neutral anyway and you just enjoy football go and um hit them up um and the next one we get to is Hillsboro uh Sheffield Wednesday versus Cardiff City um yeah this one um Sheffield Wednesday look quite good at home at the minute um they’re scoring 90th minute winners or
Getting late draws or you know you don’t know what you’re getting from Sheffield Wednesday under Danny r at the minute um I think if a one defeat quite recently and that was against Norwich um how do you see this game going between Chef Wednesday and Cardiff obviously Cardiff will want that
Reaction after getting um beat quite horribly against Hall City yeah I I w’t impressed by ciff whatsoever um the the they’re tired their players look tired I don’t know if you know maybe they’re doing extra running and training or just all bullets style of play is is so intense that
They’re starting to get a bit leggy so and we we exploited a lot of their space um you know ripped them apart really they w’t much of a threat um whereas Chef Wednesday like we say they just resurgent under Danny Ro at the minute they playing some good stuff
I feel like it helps that the position that he took them over was seemed so desperate that they don’t really have any pressure so they’re playing without pressure because nobody really expects them to do anything and and that can help and I feel like that’s that’s kind
Of coming through with Wednesday at the minute is because they were so low in the table they kind of had the freedom to play the the way they wanted to and now they strung a few results together they were in Touching distance upon P themselves out the bottom three which
You know a few weeks ago seemed impossible um um so no yeah they’re they’re quite resurgent I think Cardiff on a little bit of the side at the minute and and I believe they’ve lost four out their last five yeah so they’re they’re they’re dropping similar to
Preston so no I’m gonna I’m going to back Chef Wednesday and I think um I think it’ll be a chef Wednesday two 2-1 win two1 win um I’ll tell you what I’m gonna go for a Sheffield Wednesday win as well um it’d be it’d be quite tight
Between the two um I’m going to go through a 2-1 Sheffield Wednesday I’m going to back Sheffield Wednesday I think Sheffield Wednesday look a different sort of breed under daddy Riley looks like he’s got his uh points across quite well now in the way he wants to play and that with the players
They look more confident more up for it uh cam marry will be one of them who I’m sure will be on the end of the goals but I think we we could probably see another late goal at Hillsboro where they get three points but C if you know um Dale
Want to turn this form around this four defe in five quite quickly and uh this season I don’t feel they’ve really been in that position have they as a as a team calling for season under Ral bullet you know the um another one who will obviously
Have an eye on the playoffs but yes there’ll be um a tough side to beat Sheffield Wednesday you know like you say they’re in Touching distance of getting out this relegation Zone and you know who would have said that if you looked at on Bloody six games go you get what I mean
They were really struggling putot to the table uh but now they seems to be a confident bunch and I’m going to back the our WS for this one um the next one an is STO versus mwol um a m w side who were who were near the who were near the relegation
Zone um a point was quite resilient for them against ERS field to with obviously results going their way as well at the weekend uh with QPR not winning um they take on a Stoke side under um Mr Schumaker this weekend um osara whichever you pronounce his that
Name um yeah this is a game where um stepen shmaker will obviously want to get his first win under his belt it sto City and the the te on the M side who they don’t know win’s going to come from at this rate uh you know that they’re not looking great
Under um Mr Joe Edwards I think they’ve won one of their last seven so things need to pick up quick if they are going to escape this uh relegation dog fight um uh but I think Stoke at home you know I think they’ll feel confident going into this game I think
They’ll Vance their chances against the Lions in this one but um yeah I think this one will be quite tight game between the two I think it’ be like The Stoke versus Swansea game um which that one was quite a tight game but I’m going
To go two one to Stoke City at home yeah I feel like Stoke you know that new manager bounce might come in for this one I know he’s not had much time to work with the players to really instill the style of player he wants to play but
You know that they’re in a position where you know they’re against the milal side that I I think since Row’s left no teams got fewer points than mil wall which shows that they’re on an alarming slide they’re in real Peril of being pulled into that bottom three especially
With the teams like QPR and Wednesday below them picking up points regularly um and and they could well end this weekend I think second bottom I think they can they can be by the end of the weekend I might I might be wrong um but
No yeah it’s hard to see past the Stoke win at the minute I don’t know if mil will have the quality or resolve to to really go to stoke and upset the apple cart but you you know you’d think the win win uh losing runs going to end at
Some point but I just can’t see it at the minute and and no I’m going to back St they’ve been playing well even before bringing in getting rid of the previous managers bring in this one um so I’m going to go Stoke uh two-nil I think big
Go big up to uh Leicester fans in Thailand uh big up the foxes fans um um hope everyone’s good um Sunderland versus centry then is’s our last one Michael Bill takes charge of his first game as Sunderland boss they take on M robbins’s side who you know um they look
Like they picked up as of late um kov um how do you see Michael Beal’s uh debut as Sunderland manager obviously you know surely it’s got to be a win under the belt for Michael be a good start to get the get these sundland bands on side um
He’s got to make an impression and he of himself and uh you know but obviously centry won’t be an easy game obviously Sunderland lost last time mat Bristol City so they’ll want to put things right um I think they beat West Brom and leads in their last
Two home games so yeah this there some form there in home for Sunderland um for me I feel Sunderland will win this goal win this one two goals to nil it’s a it’s it’s a really hard game because the both it’s another one but we
Could say any of the results and it and it would be um it would have substance to it um I agree it’s it’s so difficult this one I think centry the league position is is not accurate of how good centry are they’re a seon they’re a team that
This season you know without hammer and and jarez they’ve had to try and adapt the way they play and and find new ways of winning games and and and and it they struggled at this beginning of the season um but certainly of late you know Sims
And and Wright seem to have started to click they’re starting to score the goals now uh they’re turning those draws into wins and I think it’s only a matter of time before they go on a on a on a win run and and pull themselves back up
Into that top six equation so um they’re really hard team to beat com very physical um I mean they came to the mkm and battered us uh black and blue um I think they had like 20 odd fouls by half time so um how what their approach is to the game
So yeah they’re a very physical side and look to make life very difficult sunnd going to be looking to respond but they tend to do well against the sides that you know they expect to struggle against mebe so yeah it’d be a really tough game
Um Beal is going to want to go there like you say make an instant impression because he he’ll be more than aware of some of the Sunderland fans comments towards him and and thoughts so he’ll be drilling into those players that they need to go there and and and and really
Put on a show so yeah really interesting game um I think I’m going to lean towards a very safe draw I think it’s going to be a one-1 yep um and thanks for coming on mate do appreciate it um give your channel a plug mate let everyone know
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