After an International break allowed Leagues One and Two and Non League football in England to be top dog for a day, the Championship returns, as does our Who Cares EFL Football League Predictions Matchday 13 & 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. We care a lot as an 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 effort put in for our Who Cares EFL Football League Predictions Matchday 13 & 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.
Who Cares EFL Football League Predictions & Preview Week 13
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
The Championship is back from a a break, and before they left Sheffield United have snuck to the top of the pile. West Brom are winning the relegated team battle by securing second place. They overtook Leeds who are now third and Middlesbrough a point further back after being beaten by Nottingham Forest whose boss Karanka took revenge on the club he was sacked from. Leeds and Nottingham Forest have lost the fewest games with one.
Talking of Forest, there are just three points between them in fifth down to 14th on the table. The Championship is as close and unpredictable as ever.
Three of the bottom five won last start, including a first win of the season to Ipswich. Preston got their first since the first weekend.
One mildly interesting stat is the teams that are currently on two losses in the first 12 games – they are currently sitting 2nd, 4th, 7th, 10th and Birmingham in 17th. Birmingham are on the longest current unbeaten run.
No wonder they say it is the toughest league in Europe.
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GOOD
Doesn’t get any better at the moment than winning four in a row like Sheffield United and moving to the top of the Championship. Thanks to Ipswich discard David McGoldrick of course. West Brom winning the form table and scoring tonnes of goals, which is a nice change from perennial EPL relegation scrapping.
Best Last 6 Form – West Brom 14pts
Biggest Current Unbeaten Streak – Birmingham 8
Biggest Current Winning Streak – Sheffield Utd 4
Best Home Form (Current) – West Brom 15pts (+13)
Best Away Form (Current) – Leeds Utd/Sheff Utd 12pts
Most Goals Scored (Season) – West Brom 31
Fewest Goals Conceded (Season) – Middlesbrough 6
BAD
Bad news for Hull last start as two of the bottom three won and they didn’t. They are now last.
Worst Last 6 Form – Bolton/Hull/Preston 4pts
Biggest Current Winless Streak – Brentford/Bristol/Hull/Roth’m 4
Biggest Current Loss Streak – Reading/Hull/Bolton 2
Worst Home Form (Last 6) – Reading 3pts – (-2) w 1 win
Worst Away Form (Last 6) – Rotherham 0pts – no points away this season.
UGLY
Brentford have now drawn four of their last five and the other result was a loss. And now they have lost their manager Dean Smith to Aston Villa. Pity, they looked good against Leeds recently.
Most draws last 6 – Brentford/Birmingham – 4 draws
Most draws for season – Birmingham – 8 draws
Fewest Goals scored (Season) – QPR/Rotherham 9
Most Goals Conceded (Season) – Preston 24
LEAGUE ONE
Portsmouth got over their first loss of the season by beating AFC Wimbledon away last weekend, keeping top spot of the table for another week. Peterborough remain second. Both look good for promotion right now.
Accrington Stanley continue to do their fine job and sit sixth on the ladder. An amazing achievement given the budget and size of the club.
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GOOD
The top two look solid for promotion, but there’s happier times fo Sunderland who are on an unbeaten run of 4 games and sit fourth.
Best Last 6 Form – Accrington/Southend/Portsmth 13pts
Biggest Current Unbeaten Streak – Blackpool – 9 Games
Biggest Current Winning Streak – Barnsley/Fleetwood/Coventry 2 wins
Best Home Form (Current) – Luton 14pts
Best Away Form (Current) – Peterborough / Portsmouth 16pts
Most Goals Scored (Season) – Peterborough 30
Fewest Goals Conceded (Season) – Barnsley/Blackpool – 9
BAD
Sadly our club AFC Wimbledon lost their fifth game of six and the drop zone awaits. At the bottom Plymouth stole last spot off Oxford after losing to them last weekend at home.
Worst Last 6 Form – AFC Wimbledon 3pts
Biggest Current Winless Streak – Rochdale 5
Biggest Current Loss Streak – AFC Wimbledon 3
Worst Home Form (Last 6) – AFC Wimbledon 3pts
Worst Away Form (Last 6) – Burton 1pt
UGLY
Scunthorpe United sacked their manager in late August, and after the good initial run, they have now lost two in a row and sit 13th. New manager bounce has come and gone perhaps.
Most draws last 6 – 7 Clubs with three draws
Most draws for season – Blackpool 7 Draws
Fewest Goals scored (Season) – Bristol R/Plymouth 9
Most Goals Conceded (Season) – Rochdale 28
LEAGUE TWO
Lincoln City are going from strength to strength in League Two. Top of the League by four points and a handy seven to the playoff places. Their 6-2 away win at Port Vale is some statement. Forest Green finally lost a game becoming the last Football League team to do so. Macclesfield are still last and winless, a stat exclusively theirs now.
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GOOD
Harry Kewell is starting to work his magic at Notts County with three wins in a row. Milton Keynes and Tranmere also are on a run of three straight and they both sit nicely in 4th and 5th.
Best Last 6 Form – Lincoln 15pts
Biggest Current Unbeaten Streak – Exeter 7
Biggest Current Winning Streak – Notts Co/MK/Tranmere 3 wins
Best Home Form (Last 6) – Lincoln 15 pts
Best Away Form (Last 6) – Lincoln 13 pts
Most Goals Scored (Season) – Colchester 28
Fewest Goals Conceded (Season) – Milton Keynes 8
BAD
Doesn’t get any worse than being winless and last team of the Football League for poor old Macclesfield. Cambridge’s winless streak isn’t far behind, they’ve lost five of six and are in the bottom two with them.
Worst Last 6 Form – Cambridge 1pt
Biggest Current Winless Streak – Macclesfield 13 Games
Biggest Current Loss Streak – Cambridge 4 Games
Worst Home Form (Last 6) – Cambridge
Worst Away Form (Last 6) – Crewe/Macclesfield 1pt
UGLY
Port Vale were thumped 6-2 at home, the third loss in a row. They are down to 16th place now.
Most draws last 6 – 5 Teams 3 draws
Most draws for season – Forest Green Rovers 8 draws
Fewest Goals scored (Season) – Cheltenham 9
Most Goals Conceded (Season) – Notts Co/Cambridge 26
Who Cares EFL Football League Predictions Super Accumulator – EFL Football League Predictions Matchday 13
Here we put our money where our mouth is and include our EFL Football League Multi/Accumulators for the weekend.
IPSWICH to beat QPR
DRAW – Nottingham Forest v Norwich
PLYMOUTH ARGYLE to beat Burton
LUTON TOWN to beat Walsall
SOUTHEND to beat Coventry
NOTTS COUNTY to beat Bury
MILTON KEYNES to beat Northampton
LINCOLN to beat Cambridge
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EFL Football League Predictions Matchday 13 – 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 05:40 AEDT – BEIN SPORTS 2 – SHEFFIELD WED v MIDDLESBROUGH
SUN 00:55 AEDT – BEIN SPORTS 1 – BRENTFORD v BRISTOL
SUN 03:25 AEDT – BEIN SPORTS 1 – DERBY COUNTY v SHEFFIELD UTD
OTHER NOTABLE GAMES
CHAMPIONSHIP – ASTON VILLA v SWANSEA – New manager in charge
CHAMPIONSHIP – HULL v PRESTON – Relegation six pointer?
LEAGUE ONE – PETERBOROUGH v ACCRINGTON – High flyers meet
LEAGUE TWO – FOREST GREEN v CHELTENHAM – Gloucester Derby
