Blackburn vs. Burnley (Saturday, 12.30pm)
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Burnley volition marque the abbreviated travel to Ewood Park for Saturday's derby clash against arch-rivals Blackburn Rovers.
The Clarets are sitting successful 2nd spot successful the Championship table, portion Blackburn are 10 points further backmost successful 5th position.
We say: Blackburn Rovers 1-2 Burnley
Burnley person proven to beryllium a pugnacious squad to beat, having avoided decision successful each of their past 12 Championship matches.
We deliberation that they volition proceed that tally by claiming a constrictive triumph successful Saturday's derby, particularly arsenic they person won each of their past 4 distant matches against Rovers.
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Stoke vs. Plymouth (Saturday, 12.30pm)
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New Stoke City manager Mark Robins volition anticipation to commencement his vocation astatine the helm with a triumph erstwhile they big managerless Plymouth Argyle astatine bet365 Stadium connected Saturday successful the Championship.
The Potters are 19th with 26 points aft 25 matchweeks and drew 0-0 with Burnley connected Wednesday, portion Plymouth are rooted to the bottommost of the array successful 24th spot with 19 points, though they did draw 2-2 with 10th-placed Bristol City connected January 1 aft parting institution with brag Wayne Rooney 1 time prior.
We say: Stoke City 2-1 Plymouth Argyle
The assignment of Robins should mean that Stoke travel into the clash with caller ideas and are apt to beryllium much assured than their opponents of achieving a affirmative result.
Though Plymouth's gully past clip retired was a measurement successful the close direction, they are inactive managerless, and it would not beryllium astonishing if they succumbed to decision connected Saturday.
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Swansea vs. West Brom (Saturday, 12.30pm)
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Looking to bounce backmost from a sobering decision connected New Year's Day, Swansea City volition invited West Bromwich Albion to Swansea.com Stadium connected Saturday day successful the Championship.
The Swans were smashed astatine the location of relegation candidates Portsmouth past clip out, whilst the Baggies recorded a location occurrence implicit Preston North End.
We say: Swansea City 1-1 West Bromwich Albion
After a battering connected the South Coast, Swansea are up against it erstwhile again arsenic they invited a playoff-chasing West Brom broadside successful South Wales.
The Baggies are inactive going astir their second-tier duties admirably contempt the daze departure of Corberan and should beryllium bully capable for a constituent this weekend.
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Bristol City vs. Derby (Saturday, 3.00pm)
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Bristol City volition look to widen their unbeaten tally to 4 matches erstwhile they invited Derby County to Ashton Gate for Saturday's Championship contest.
Meanwhile, the Rams volition beryllium hopeless to nutrient a affirmative effect aft losing back-to-back games against Leeds United and Sheffield Wednesday.
We say: Bristol City 2-0 Derby County
Bristol City person won 3 of their past 4 matches astatine Ashton Gate, and we deliberation they volition marque afloat usage of location vantage to instrumentality 3 points disconnected a Derby broadside that person mislaid 3 of their erstwhile 4 games successful the Championship.
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Hull City vs. Leeds (Saturday, 3.00pm)
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Aiming to widen their pb astatine the apical of the Championship table, Leeds United volition marque the abbreviated travel to the MKM Stadium to instrumentality connected Hull City connected Saturday.
The visitors person extended an unbeaten streak to 7 matches and moved to the acme of the part implicit the festive period, portion their hosts dropped backmost into the relegation portion pursuing a New Year's Day defeat.
We say: Hull City 0-2 Leeds United
Having seemingly corrected their distant signifier successful caller weeks, we backmost Leeds United to marque their superior prime number connected Saturday and seal different triumph successful comfy manner successful this Yorkshire derby.
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Middlesbrough vs. Cardiff (Saturday, 3.00pm)
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Michael Carrick's Middlesbrough proceed their quest for promotion from the Championship connected Saturday erstwhile they big Cardiff City astatine the Riverside Stadium.
The location squad are 5th with 40 points aft 25 games and beat Hull City 1-0 connected Wednesday, portion their opponents are 2nd past successful 23rd spot with 22 points from 24 matchweeks and drew 1-1 with Coventry City connected January 1.
We say: Middlesbrough 2-0 Cardiff City
Although Middlesbrough are successful the midst of an wounded crisis, they person been hard to bushed successful caller weeks, and it is hard to spot them losing against Cardiff.
Additionally, the visitors' grounds connected the roadworthy is poor, and it would not beryllium astonishing if their antiaircraft frailty was erstwhile again exposed connected Saturday.
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Norwich vs. Coventry (Saturday, 3.00pm)
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Aiming to widen their unbeaten tally successful the 2nd tier to 4 matches, Norwich City volition big Coventry City astatine Carrow Road successful the Championship connected Saturday afternoon.
The Canaries secured a hard-fought occurrence astatine Luton Town to commence their 2025 schedule, whilst the Sky Blues were frustratingly held by Cardiff City successful South Wales past clip out.
We say: Norwich City 2-0 Coventry City
Averaging good implicit 2 goals per crippled astatine their Carrow Road base, Norwich should beryllium capable to container a fewer strikes against a Coventry broadside who looked susceptible astatine the backmost versus Cardiff past clip out.
The Sky Blues are incapable to telephone upon a glut of their attacking stars successful East Anglia, meaning that a sobering decision could beryllium connected the skyline for Lampard's men.
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Preston vs. Oxford Utd (Saturday, 3.00pm)
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Preston North End are acceptable to invited Oxford United connected Saturday to Deepdale successful their 26th Championship crippled of the season.
The hosts are 2 points and 3 places up of the visitors successful 15th with 29 points and lost 3-1 against West Bromwich Albion connected Wednesday, portion Oxford bushed Millwall 1-0 connected January 1 and are 5 points and 4 places supra the relegation zone.
We say: Preston North End 2-2 Oxford United
It is hard to place Oxford's bully signifier of precocious nether Rowett, and they should arguably travel into Saturday's clash arsenic favourites.
However, Preston person been resilient astatine location contempt immoderate of their struggles this season, and they volition nary uncertainty usage the location assemblage to their vantage and origin Oxford problems.
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Sheff Weds vs. Millwall (Saturday, 3.00pm)
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Aiming to constrictive their three-point spread to the apical six successful the Championship table, Sheffield Wednesday volition invited Millwall to Hillsborough connected Saturday.
The visitors beryllium ninth aft a New Year's Day victory, portion their visitors were incapable to marque a winning commencement to beingness nether Alex Neil and beryllium 13th.
We say: Sheffield Wednesday 3-1 Millwall
With assurance from a convincing location triumph connected New Year's Day, we backmost Sheffield Wednesday to support gathering momentum with different ascendant show and triumph astatine Hillsborough against a Millwall broadside struggling for form.
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Watford vs. Sheff Utd (Saturday, 3.00pm)
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Both aiming to bounce backmost to winning ways aft tricky runs successful the festive period, Watford and Sheffield United volition bash conflict astatine Vicarage Road connected Saturday.
The visitors person dropped to 3rd spot successful the Championship table successful the midst of a three-match winless streak aft Christmas, portion their hosts present beryllium eighth pursuing back-to-back defeats.
We say: Watford 1-1 Sheffield United
Wounded by injuries and the extremity of their blistery streak since Christmas, we spot Sheffield United being held astatine Vicarage Road and playing retired a stock of the spoils, which whitethorn beryllium comparatively pleasing for some sides aft a engaged festive period.
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