There’s nothing more we like than a full program of boredom busting midweek Football League fixtures, except for making our Midweek Football League Predictions.
With 36 games to be played over mostly early Wednesday morning Australian time and a few on Thursday along with some Champions League, there’s almost too much football. Almost.
As eve, we think we know everything, so we offer up our Midweek Football League Predictions.
And Who Cares? We do, and you should too.
What happened in the Football League on the Weekend?
Here’s a quick rundown of some of the big ticket items from the weekend.
CHAMPIONSHIP
Middlesbrough stole the Championship lead as the next three sides all lost (Sheffield Utd, West Brom, Leeds Utd).
Behind those four there are just five points between Derby County (5th) and Bolton (18th).
Our beloved Ipswich Town look in real danger of slipping into League One. Oh, to have the mid table mediocrity back.
LEAGUE ONE
Portsmouth have opened up a nice six point gap to second (Peterborough) and the rest of the top six are within another two points.
One of those top six sides is minnows Accrington Stanley, the Football League’s story of the season. They are on equal points with big name Sunderland.
Bad news for our favourite League One side AFC Wimbledon who dropped into the bottom four. Worse for Plymouth who loss to Burton at home, a side who previously hadn’t got a point away.
LEAGUE TWO
None of the top three won, but Lincoln remain on top, four points clear of Exeter and one more to Newport.
Macclesfield might still be last, but they won their first game on the weekend, the last team to do so in the Football League.
Bad weekend for Harry Kewell whose new side Notts County lost 4-0 to Bury and old team climbed to 8th with a 4-1 win over Newport.
Midweek Football League Predictions October 23 – 24
Here’s our big midweek Football League predictions. A few from each division will do nicely, and some other specials after that.
THE WINNERS
BIRMINGHAM to beat Reading
MIDDLESBROUGH to beat Rotherham
BRISTOL CITY to beat Hull
WYCOMBE to beat Rochdale
PORTSMOUTH to beat Burton
LINCOLN to beat Carlisle
MACCLESFIELD to beat Northampton
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A HANDFUL OF UPSETS
PRESTON to beat Brentford
ACCRINGTON to beat Luton
NOTTS COUNTY to beat Milton Keynes
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THE 0-0 SPECIAL
Bolton v Nottingham Forest
Bristol Rovers v AFC Wimbledon
Morecambe v Mansfield
THE BOTH SIDES SCORE MULTI
West Brom v Derby
Plymouth v Gillingham
Doncaster v Sunderland
Bury v Newport
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TV – Midweek Football League Games in Australia
WED 5:40am ADST – NORWICH CITY v ASTON VILLA
THU 5:55am ADST – WEST BROM v DERBY COUNTY
Fixtures – Other Midweek Football Games Highlights
These are the fixtures we would love to have been shown as well this midweek.
SHEFFIELD UTD v STOKE – Surprised this isn’t a TV game. Stoke are 17th despite winning two of their last three.
LEEDS UTD v IPSWICH – How low can it go for Ipswich? About to find out.
LUTON TOWN v ACCRINGTON STANLEY – Can the good news story that is Accrington continue at the EPL’s best home side.
Football League Tables
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