5 Championship Betting Tips to Watch This Weekend - Gameweek 7

Following their incredible promotion from League One, Wycombe have struggled immensely with the step up in class. The Chair Boys have lost all six of their opening matches, and would be bottom of the table if it wasn’t for Sheffield Wednesday’s recent points deduction. They have scored just once so far and conceded 13, so this weekend’s fixture could be another uphill battle.

Norwich have returned to winning ways after going three games without a win, and a dramatic late winner from Mario Vrancic in midweek will lift the spirits around Carrow Road. Daniel Farke will see this weekend as a perfect opportunity to register their fourth win of the season, and add further despair to Wycombe’s retched start.

Therefore, we’ve tipped Norwich to get the win here, and there to be over 3.5 goals.

Despite both of these teams currently occupying top four sports, they are without wins in two consecutive games.

Bristol started the season with flying colours, winning four out of four but fell victim to a late Barnsley equaliser on matchday five, before losing 1-0 at home to Middlesbrough in midweek. However, they are only second to Blackburn in goals scored this season and look a real force going forward.

Meanwhile, Swansea sit in fourth place having drawn to Coventry on Tuesday evening, but recorded comfortable wins against Wycombe and Millwall prior. Although the Swans will pose a difficult challenge for Bristol, we expect the home side to record their fifth victory of the season here.

For this one, our tip goes to both teams to score and Bristol to win and BTTS and 9/2.

Along with Bournemouth, league leaders Reading are one of two teams to remain unbeaten in the Championship so far and certainly look the team to beat going into matchday seven.

Having dropped their first points of the season last weekend in a goalless draw with Middlesbrough, they bounced back in midweek with a narrow victory over strugglers Wycombe. Although the Royals haven’t been free-scoring, they have conceded just one goal all season - a league-best alongside Watford.

Rotherham were unfortunate not to walk away with a point against Norwich last weekend after a 95th-minute penalty from Jordan Hugill handed them all three points.

Reading should have too much quality for Rotherham, but we can’t see it being a high scoring victory for the home side, so we're tipping Reading to win 1-0, 2-0 or 2-1 at 2/1.

Alongside Wycombe, Barnsley are one of two teams yet to record a win this season and have struggled to impose themselves especially away from home.

Cauley Woodrow’s 92nd-minute penalty on the weekend rescued a hard-earned point against high-flyers Bristol, however, and will certainly lift the spirits around Oakwell stadium.

Meanwhile, Millwall have well and truly bounced back from their blip against Swansea, and currently sit in fifth place. They comfortably steamrolled Luton in midweek, and we expect them to have too much attacking quality for Barnsley this weekend.

Our tip goes to Millwall to win to nil at 9/4.

The East Midlands derby always provides us with one of the most fierce rivals in the country.

Both of these sides have struggled to string together any sort of form this season, with Chris Houghton coming in to replace the outgoing Sabri Lamouchi at Nottingham Forest, while the pressure continues to mount for Philippe Cocu at Derby County

The Rams’ only win of the season came on matchday four courtesy of a brilliant free-kick from Wayne Rooney late on. However, only Wycombe have scored fewer goals than Derby’s two so far, and they have lost five out of their six games to this point.

Forest lost all four of their opening fixtures in a disastrous start, but a late Joe Lolley winner against Blackburn gave them their first three points of the season before Sammy Ameobi rescued a point against Rotherham in midweek.

Although Nottingham’s fortunes may have changed, these two sides sit just above the relegation zone, so we expect this to be a tight affair and we're going for a 1-1 draw boosted to 6/1.

By Charlie Rhodes