Our EFL Goalscorer Tips to Watch This Weekend - 26/02/22

Heading into 2022, Blackburn were the form team of the Championship and looked to be charging towards the automatic promotion places and a place back in the Premier League for the first time since 2012.

Scoring just one goal in their last seven league games have left Rovers winless in five Championship matches and fifth in the division seeing them now looking over their shoulders and not ahead.

The scorer of this only goal, Sam Gallagher, will be who Tony Mowbray will be looking to in order to inspire a victory at Ewood Park, With Ben Brereton out after damaging his ankle ligaments, the former Southampton striker will look to score in his sixth game at home this season. Gallagher to score the first goal is a good shout here.

In Wednesday’s 2-1 win over Peterborough United, Fulham not only asserted their 11 point gap to QPR in 3rd place, but Aleksandar Mitrovic also broke the Championship goal scoring record. Scoring two in Fulham’s 20th victory of the season, Mitrovic broke the 32 goal record held by Ivan Toney of Brentford last season, with 14 games left to play.

Mitrovic’s recent record against Cardiff City as well points to more goals for the Serbian in the Welsh capital, scoring in his last three appearances against the Bluebirds. Scoring at least twice in his last four matches and scoring at least a brace in nine games so far this Championship season, another double this weekend is a good tip to follow.

Sheffield United’s resurgence under Paul Heckingbottom continues to grow from strength to strength having lost just 1 of their last 15 league games.

The Blades showed their fighting spirit in their last home game against Blackburn Rovers, with Ben Davies scoring a 90th-minute winner despite being down to ten men from the 66th minute.

Though he didn’t score in that game, Billy Sharp’s influence on his boyhood club is still noticeable despite being 36-years-old, with 12 league goals this season, including three in his last four away league games. This shows that Sharp is still a threat in the league he’s the all-time top scorer with 126 goals.

Scoring five goals in his previous 17 games against Millwall, Sharp to be the first goalscorer at the Den on Saturday could be on.

Nottingham Forest needs to start finding their winning formula again under Steve Cooper if they are to maintain their aim of achieving a play-off place.

When Forest have been winning, Brennan Johnson has been on the scoresheet recently, contributing in each of the Red's last three victories despite playing in the wing-back position.

Bristol City’s away form has been the factor that has stopped the men from Ashton Gate climbing up the table this season. Winless away since October, Nigel Pearson’s side will be looking towards their Austrian forward, Andreas Weimann, to provide the spark on Saturday.

With the former Aston Villa man being a goal contributor in his last four games, coupled with Bristol City both scoring and conceding in their last 13 games, Weimann, alongside Johnson are likely to feature on the scoresheet at the City Ground.

Two former Premier League teams battle it out in League 1 and two in-form strikers go head to head on Saturday in League One.

Wigan Athletic, who have only suffered one defeat in their last 17 league matches, currently occupy the 2nd automatic promotion place and look set to return to the Championship after two years away.

Callum Lang, Wigan’s 2nd top scorer with 12 league goals this season, will be the Latics' hope at the DW Stadium on Saturday, scoring three in his last four (including two in the last game).

Despite Sunderland’s terrible run, where going winless in six has seen the Black Cats drop to sixth in the table, one player has still been able to find the back of the net. Ross Stewart, who is the League 1 top goalscorer with 20 goals, has netted in consecutive games, including an injury-time equaliser against Burton Albion at the Stadium of Light last Saturday.

With new manager Alex Neil looking to get Sunderland back in form, a goal for both Stewart and Lang could be on the cards in the North West this weekend.