Championship Predictions & Match Previews

Aug 12, 2026 Offers

Championship Free Bets: Best Betting Offers for 2026/27

The best Championship free bets for the 2026/27 season give new customers up to £50 in free bets to use on EFL action, with Betfred and Betsuna leading the way at Bet £10 Get £50. There's plenty of Championship football…

Andy Clark

Aug 12, 2026 Championship

Opta Supercomputer Championship Predictions 2026/27: Promotion and Relegation Odds

The Opta supercomputer makes West Ham the favourites to win the 2026/27 Championship and go up, while Stoke City are its most likely team to be relegated — after simulating the season 10,000 times. Below are the full promotion and…

Andy Clark

Aug 11, 2026 Football Predictions

Sheffield United vs Birmingham Bet Builder Tips, Predictions & Player Stats

Our Sheffield United vs Birmingham bet builder tips for today lead with Bamford 2+ shots, backed by the most dependable attacking number in the fixture: 28 shots at 2.93 per 90 minutes across a full 861 minutes, with 54% of…

Andy Clark

Aug 11, 2026 Football Predictions

Bolton vs Preston Bet Builder Tips, Predictions & Player Stats

Our Bolton vs Preston bet builder tips lead with Vukcevic to be carded, the best card number we have found in any fixture this season: four yellows in 437 minutes, a rate of 0.82 per 90 and a booking every…

Andy Clark

Aug 11, 2026 Today's Bet Builder Tips

9/2 Wolves vs Blackburn Bet Builder Tips, Predictions & Player Stats for Tonight’s Championship Opener

Our Wolves vs Blackburn bet builder tips lead with under 4.5 total cards, in a fixture where referee F. Hallam averages just 2.57 yellow cards a game and no player expected to start is booked more than 0.37 times per…

Andy Clark

Aug 10, 2026 Championship

When Does the Championship Season Start? 2026/27 Fixtures and Dates

The 2026/27 EFL Championship season starts on Friday 14 August 2026, when relegated Wolves host Blackburn Rovers at Molineux at 8:00pm, live on Sky Sports. The opening round runs across four days from Friday 14 to Monday 17 August, with…

Andy Clark

Browse our latest EFL Championship match previews and predictions below — a stats-based preview for every big second-tier fixture, updated as each new game approaches. Each preview digs into the form, team news and key numbers behind the game, with our best bets and bet builders for the match.

The Championship is English football’s most unpredictable division, where relegated Premier League clubs, promotion-chasing regulars and newly promoted sides all meet across a gruelling 46-game season. That churn is what makes it such fertile ground for previews — form shifts fast, and the fixtures rarely play out the way the table suggests.

For our round-up of the best bets across each matchday, our bet builders and our accumulator picks, see our full Championship tips page. For the season-long picture, the Opta supercomputer’s Championship predictions project every club’s promotion and relegation chances, and our guide to when the Championship season starts has the fixtures and key dates.

Our newest Championship previews are listed above.