Championship Tips for Gameweek 20 - Get £100 in Free Credits This Weekend

Norwich will be looking to extend, or at least maintain, their three-point lead at the top of the Championship as they continue on their quest for promotion this weekend.

The Canaries registered their fourth successive win in midweek, with Teemu Puki slotting home his 10th goal of the season from the penalty spot - the Finnish international is 7/2 to score first on Saturday. Daniel Farke’s side look to be back on track after hitting a few bumps in the road against Luton and Coventry at the end of November, but an in-form Cardiff pose a difficult challenge this weekend.

The Bluebirds bounced back from their defeat in the South Wales derby on Wednesday evening, with late goals from Harry Wilson and Sean Morrison completing a spectacular comeback against Birmingham.

Although Cardiff certainly pose a threat going forward, Norwich will be a tough side to beat, particularly at Carrow Road, which is why we’ve picked a boosted bet for this fixture with Norwich to win and both teams to score at 7/2.

Bournemouth will be eager to maintain their second-place position this week, with Watofrd breathing down their neck in third, while they will also be keeping one eye on Norwich at the top of the league.

The Cherries scraped past relegation-threatened Wycombe in midweek, having returned to winning ways the week prior with an emphatic 5-0 thumping of Huddersfield. Jason Tindall’s side have scored at least twice in seven out of their last nine games, while they have kept four consecutive clean sheets.

With Luton having a topsy-turvy season in mid-table and failing to string any consistent performances together, we expect Bournemouth to get the win here, and the match to yield over 2.5 goals at 7/4.

Nottingham Forest travel down to London on Saturday to face Millwall in the hope of distancing themselves further from the relegation zone.

The Reds ended a seven-game winless run on Tuesday evening, running out comfortable victors after goals at the beginning and end of the game against Sheffield Wednesday. This will certainly lift the spirits around the City Ground, with the Forest fans disgruntled by their team’s lacklustre performances thus far.

Their opponents Millwall also returned to winning ways after an even longer winless run than Forest with 10. They registered an impressive win away to 10-man Brentford to give life to a rather stale season for the Lions. Gary Rowett’s side have drawn six of their last 10 games, however, and have struggled in front of goal this season scoring just 16 goals in their 19 fixtures so far.

With this in mind, we’ve gone for a correct score prediction of one goal a piece at 5/1, with this fixture not expected to produce too much in front of goal.

Play-off hopefuls Brentford and Reading are pitted against each other in what could be a crucial match for both sides in their journey for promotion.

Reading fell victim to league leader Norwich in midweek in a very cagey affair, but they will take comfort in the fact that it was far from plain sailing for the victors. The Royals sit just one point above this weekend’s opponents Brentford in fifth, so Veljko Paunovic will be desperate to walk away with some sort of result here.

Meanwhile, Brentford managed to rescue a point despite Ethan Pinnock’s dismissal against Watford on Tuesday, with Ivan Toney comfortably dispatching his 16th goal of the season from the penalty spot. The 24-year-old has been in sensational form of late, scoring in six out of the last season fixtures.

It would be no surprise to see him continue these goal scoring exploits which is why we’ve tipped him to score, but the match to end in a hotly contested draw at 9/1.

Swansea will be looking to bounce back from defeat this weekend when they welcome Barnsley to the Liberty Stadium.

The Swans were victorious in the local derby with Cardiff last weekend, before slumping to an embarrassing defeat against strugglers Derby in midweek, and failed to even register a shot on target.

Barnsley on the other hand, have been in resurgent form of late, and made it three wins out of three on Tuesday after Victor Adeboyejo’s late winner was enough to see them past Preston. Valerian Ismael’s side looked to have found an attacking harmony that was often absent in the early stages of the season, and they will be full of confidence going into this weekend’s fixture.

With this in mind, we can see the Tykes giving Swansea an unexpectedly tough game, which is why we’ve gone for an ambitious tip with the match to end in a 1-1, 2-2 or 3-3 draw at 7/2.

By Charlie Rhodes