5 Championship Tips for Gameweek 27 - Get £100 in Free Bets This Weekend

Brentford welcome Wycombe to the Community Stadium this weekend in the hope of continuing their spectacular form of late.

The Bees could have made it five consecutive league wins on Wednesday evening, but fellow promotion hopefuls Swansea held on for a share of the spoils despite a late barrage from Brentford. With a game in hand over the Swans, Thomas Frank will be eager to get the victory here to leapfrog their rivals and move to second place.

Wycombe are tasked with stopping that from happening this weekend, although the Chair Boys have struggled to put together any sort of form so far this season. They enter this game off the back of a deflating defeat to Tottenham in the FA Cup, and for all their valiant efforts in holding Mourinho’s team until the last five minutes, it will surely have interfered in their preparations for this one.

Therefore, we expect Brentford to continue in their quest for promotion by recording either a 1-0, 2-0 or 2-1 victory at 7/4.

Monday night sees Watford take on Queens Park Rangers, with the Hornets looking to keep hold of their top five status.

Xisco Munez’s side, much like Brentford, could have made it five wins a row had it not been for their disappointing stalemate on Tuesday evening. Despite constant pressure from Watford, they struggled to find a way through against a resilient Millwall side, and missed the opportunity to cement their place in the top three.

Meanwhile, their upcoming opponents QPR have endured a rather flat season, and find themselves just four points off the relegation zone. After recording impressive victories over Luton and Cardiff in recent weeks, they slumped to a narrow defeat at home to fellow strugglers Derby.

With QPR wrestling with inconsistency, and Watford eager to keep pace with frontrunners, we’ve gone for the home side to win and both teams to score at a boosted price of 7/2.

Title contenders Swansea make the long trip up to South Yorkshire to face Rotherham this weekend and will be looking to get back to winning ways after picking up just a point in midweek.

However, despite finding themselves in the relegation zone, the home side will certainly be full of confidence after going three games unbeaten. Manager Paul Warne described their current situation as an ‘oxymoron’ while comparing their recent performances and their league position.

Their latest result was a thumping 3-0 victory over Middlesbrough, which has left the Millers with the opportunity to move out of the relegation zone with two games in hand over Derby.

While it could be a tricky fixture for Swansea, we do expect them to get the victory here, and we’ve also tipped Jamal Lowe to make it eight goals in nine goals by getting one the scoresheet at 11/4.

Derby County will be looking to continue the rectification of their season as they welcome Bristol City on Saturday afternoon.

Wayne Rooney’s side have looked full of life in recent fixtures and there is certainly a lot of optimism surrounding Pride Park as they slowly climb out of the relegation zone. After defeating high-flyers Bournemouth almost a fortnight ago, they also overcame QPR last weekend courtesy of a single goal from Colin Kazim-Richards.

They face a stern test in Bristol City this weekend who, if other results go in their favour, could break into the play-off places with a win here. However, their inability to put together a consistent run of form has let them down on several occasions this season, and we have tipped Derby to run out eventual winners and continue their push for survival.

Therefore, our tip for this one goes to Derby to win and both teams to score at a boosted price of 4/1.

League leaders Norwich host Middlesbrough in Saturday’s early kick off, and Daniel Farke’s side will be hoping to further distance themselves from the rest of the pack.

The home side have been in impeccable form of late and are unbeaten in four consecutive games. Most recently, they prevailed as impressive 2-0 victors against Bristol City thanks to a brace from Jordan Hugill, who is set to lead the line again with top scorer Teemu Pukki ruled out through injury (Hugill is currently 7/2 to score first).

However, they enter this fixture off the back of a disappointing fourth round exit from the FA Cup after being outclassed by a commanding Barnsley performance, so the Canaries will be eager to rectify that as soon as possible.

Meanwhile, Middlesbrough have struggled in recent weeks which has seen them drop down to seventh place. After losing out to Blackburn the fixture before last, they were then stunned by Rotherham who ran out eventual 3-0 winners. The reverse of this fixture back in November saw the league leaders claim a 1-0 victory, which is currently at a boosted price of 7/1.

However, our tip for this fixture goes to Norwich to win 1-0, 2-0 or 2-1 at 15/8.

By Charlie Rhodes