West Brom vs Bristol City
Carlos Coberan’s side are one of the most exciting teams in the Championship at the minute and I’m confident that they secure a home win over Bristol City this afternoon. The Baggies look in a good spot heading towards in the business end of the season and will be looking to put some more distance between them and the teams below them in the hunt for the play-offs.
West Brom are unbeaten in 5, scoring 12 in that time and face a Bristol City side that have really struggled for form, as of late. City beat Swansea last weekend, but had only 2 wins in 7 league games prior to that, losing all the other 5.
With so much at stake for West Brom at this stage of the season, I expect them to sweep aside Bristol City at the Hawthorns.
Barnsley vs Cheltenham
Barnsley have had a funny old season, but they are always there or thereabouts. One of the EFL’s favourite yo-yo teams, they are looking certain to be in the play-offs again this year. They host Cheltenham today, who are in pretty dreadful form.
Cheltenham currently occupy 1 of the 4 relegation spots and sit 5 points adrift of safety. They are currently winless in 5 and have only won 3 away games all season.
Barnsley are one of the highest scoring teams of the division and with Neil Collins’ side well-aware of how important momentum is in the run up to the play-offs, I don’t predict any surprises here.
Wrexham vs Tranmere
Love them or hate them, Wrexham are often one of the most entertaining teams in the EFL. Their return to League Two has been successful so far and they sit in 3rd, 2 points off top, and come into this game having only lost 1 of their last 8.
They host a Tranmere side that have struggled on the road this season, winning only 3 of 19 away games. Combine that with Wrexham having the strongest home form in the division, I can only see this going one way.
Wrexham won the reverse fixture in September and look decent value to do the double, today.
MK Dons vs Crewe
I fancy goals in this one. Two sides that sit on level points and go into this one with pretty similar form.
Both sides have some of the higher match averages in the division, with Crewe games seeing 3.14 goals and MK Dons games averaging 2.84. I fancy 2 goals or more at the MK stadium, given that 84% of the Dons’ home games this season have seen over 1.5 land. In addition to this, Crewe have seen 78% of their away games with 2 or more goals, which is actually higher than their home form in that market.
Its landed in 3 of the last 5 for both teams and I fancy it to land again today.