A big weekend of football below the Premier League waits and here are our thoughts with the Who Care EFL Football League Predictions Matchday 12 + Preview.
Each matchday we will try to bundle up the EFL Football League into a tight package for those who sort of care, but not too much. It’s our mission statement to convert as many people to the EFL Football League as possible. At this stage we must admit to being a loyal Ipswich Town fan.
As much as we love the Premier League with our weekly predictions, our first true love is the 72 teams below the big money, hence the return of our Who Cares EFL Football League Predictions Matchday 12 + Preview.
Why do we say a Who Cares preview? Mainly because it is a league often ignored by the sport masses, and our previous weekly previews were literally read by no one, they may not care until promotion season, but we certainly do all season. And we’ve got to be different to the big websites previews.
Of course you could get a better preview elsewhere with more in-depth stats like from Who Scored, but we’re trying to give just enough information to stay in touch with a minimum of effort.
Onwards then to Who Care EFL Football League Predictions Matchday 12 + Preview. For most of the information you will need to care just a little.
Who Cares EFL Football League Matchday 12 Preview
To kick off our EFL Football League preview we’ll go through the good, bad and ugly of each division, with the barest minimum of stats to help you find a winner or impress a friend.
CHAMPIONSHIP
A trio of big name teams sit atop of the Championship – Leeds Utd, Middlesbrough and Sheffield United – all on 22 points. We’re happy to brag that Middlesbrough were our pre season pick to win the competition, at this stage. A other previous Premier League sides are also making their move.
Sadly the team that has spent more time in this division on this current run than any other team is still winless after 11 games, but strangely not last.
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GOOD
Sheffield United were the only team to do the Saturday-Midweek double of wins, and they sit pretty in equal first because of it. Also going well are Norwich who like their East Anglian rival Ipswich have escaped mid table mediocrity for the thrills of the top six. Sadly Ipswich in the other direction. West Brom remain best of the relegated EPL sides sitting nicely in fourth, just one point behind the leaders.
No one else is making a charge from the midfield yet, but the managerial sackings have only just started…
Best Last 6 Form – West Brom / Norwich 14pts
Biggest Current Unbeaten Streak – Birmingham 7 Games
Biggest Current Winning Streak – Sheffield Utd 3 wins
Best Home Form (Last 6) – Brentford / Wigan 14pts
Best Away Form (Last 6) – Leeds Utd / Sheffield Utd 12pts
BAD
Bad for Steve Bruce who has eventually been given the arse at Aston Villa. Not before he had a cabbage thrown at him in his last game. Aston Villa are still 13th but had won one of their last nine, in their third season in the second tier. Progress has been slow. Worse still for their fans is Sam Allardyce is amongst the favorites to replace Bruce.
Worst Last 6 Form – Millwall / Preston 2pts
Biggest Current Winless Streak – Ipswich 11 Games
Biggest Current Loss Streak – 5 x Teams on 1 loss
Worst Home Form (Last 6) – Reading 3pts
Worst Away Form (Last 6) – Rotherham 0pts
UGLY
Ipswich remain winless, and after seeing them in the TV game against Middlesbrough midweek, they look like a team going to the third tier. Happily their new manager has filled the side with lower league talent.
Most draws last 6 – Birmingham 5 Draws
Most draws for season – Birmingham 8 Draws
Fewest Goals scored (Last 6) – Rotherham 3 Goals
Most Goals Conceded (Last 6) – Preston 17 Goals
LEAGUE ONE
Portsmouth remain the only unbeaten team in the EFL Football League heading into Matchday 12 with a W8 D3 record. Not bad on their way back from the fourth tier. Peterborough are second three points behind and three points ahead of a bunch of teams from 3rd to 8th within 3 points.
It’s pretty tight at the bottom too, with the final relegation spot 21st up to Coventry in 14th within a win of each other.
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GOOD
Portsmouth of course headline the good, but not to forget Accrington Stanley, who after winning League Two last season are doing a superb job in League One. One of the EFL Football League’s smallest clubs, they sit 5th right now, and have only lost their opening day fixture. Southend are also making a move in the midfield, up to 11th on the back of a hat trick of wins.
Best Last 6 Form – Portsmouth 14pts
Biggest Current Unbeaten Streak – Portsmouth 11 Games
Biggest Current Winning Streak – Accrington / Southend 3 Games
Best Home Form (Current) – Sunderland 12pts
Best Away Form (Current) – Peterborough / Potsmouth 16pts
BAD
Plymouth remain winless and last. A good midweek draw against top six side Barnsley broke a run of three straight losses. Gillingham’s draw midweek stopped a run of four straight losses.
Worst Last 6 Form – PlymouthOxford/Gillingham 2pts
Biggest Current Winless Streak – Plymouth 11 Games
Biggest Current Loss Streak – Oxford 3 Games
Worst Home Form (Last 6) – Plymouth 2pts
Worst Away Form (Last 6) – Burton 1pt
UGLY
As an AFC Wimbledon fan by stint of a working holiday stint, we are worried about the Dons regular losses and proximity to the bottom four. Especially given Milton Keynes position in League Two.
Most draws last 6 -5 x Teams – 4 draws
Most draws for season – Blackpool 6 draws
Fewest Goals scored (Last 6) – Walsall/Plymouth/Bristol R – 4 goals
Most Goals Conceded (Last 6) – Gillingham 13 goals
LEAGUE TWO
Our pick for League Two winners Lincoln are doing the job for us at the top of the fourth tier, and they along with Exeter and Newport already have a gap to the play off places of more than a game at the moments.
At the bottom Macclesfield are still without a win, and second last to 17th are covered by a mere 3 points.
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GOOD
Aside from the top three, great to see Colchester heading in the right direction in fourth, also the division’s leading scorers this season, four goals clear of the top two sides. Harry Kewell might be starting to work his magic at Notts COunty with two wins in a row. That still only drags them up to 9 points and 20th position. Forest Green Rovers are still the only unbeaten side of League Two.
Best Last 6 Form – Bury/Exeter/Newport – 13pts
Biggest Current Unbeaten Streak – Forest Green 11 Games
Biggest Current Winning Streak – Notts County 2 wins
Best Home Form (Last 6) – Exeter/Newport 13pts
Best Away Form (Last 6) – Lincoln 13 pts
BAD
Doesn’t get any worse than being winless and last team of the Football League for poor old Macclesfield. That 8-0 League Cup loss to West Ham doesn’t help either.
Worst Last 6 Form – Macclesfield 2pts
Biggest Current Winless Streak – Macclesfield 11 Games
Biggest Current Loss Streak – Carlisle/Yeovil/Macclesfield 2 Games
Worst Home Form (Last 6) – Grimsby 1pt
Worst Away Form (Last 6) – Crewe/Notts Co/Macclesfield 1pt
UGLY
Cambridge have lost four of their last five games, and now sit in second last.
Most draws last 6 -Milton Keynes 4 draws
Most draws for season – MK / Masnfield 6 draws
Fewest Goals scored (Last 6) – Northampron / Grimsby 2 Goals
Most Goals Conceded (Last 6) – Cambridge/ Notts Co 13 Goals
Who Cares EFL Football League Predictions Matchday 12
Here we put our money where our mouth is and include the top six EFL Football League Predictions Matchday 12 to include into Multis/Accumulators.
DERBY to beat QPR
SHEFFIELD UTD to beat Hull
LUTON TOWN to beat Scunthorpe
PORTSMOUTH to beat Gillingham
LINCOLN to beat Scunthorpe
NOTTS COUNTY to beat Macclesfield
$1 “pays” $28
Who Cares EFL Football League TV Games & Key Fixtures
Here’s the list of TV Games for those who love their EFL Football League in Australia. This week sees a good top 6 battle and a great local rivalry from the north.
TV GAMES IN AUSTRALIA ON BEIN SPORTS
SAT 23:55 AEST – BEIN SPORTS 2 – PRESTON v WIGAN
SUN 09:20 AEST – BEIN SPORTS 2 – LEEDS v BRENTFORD (Delayed)
SUN 11:10 AEST – BEIN SPOTS 2 – BOLTON v BLACKBURN (Delayed)
OTHER GAMES THEY SHOULD
L1 – Peterborough v Barnsley – Top 6 Battle
L1 – Bradford v Sunderland – a League One game should see 20K
Who Cares EFL Football League Manager-Go-Round
It wouldn’t be the EFL Football League without a pile of sacked managers, and we’ll try and keep up below.
LATEST SACKINGS
Steve Bruce from Aston Villa
IN REAL DANGER
Anyone still in the relegation zone as October warms up.
SOME REPLACEMENT ODDS
NEXT ASTON VILLA MANAGER
David Moyes $2.25
Thierry Henry $5
Paulo Fonseca $9
Brendan Rodgers $10
Paul Cook $10
Dean Smith $12
Sam Allardyce $14
