The 2019-20 Championship campaign began with what could be one of the greatest games of the season, as Luton Town made their Championship bow with a highly-enterprising performance in a 3-3 draw with Middlesbrough, led by Jonathan Woodgate for the first time. Here’s our Player Ratings from a wonderful encounter. Luton Town Simon Sluga –… Read more →
The 2019-20 Championship campaign began with what could be one of the greatest games of the season, as Luton Town made their Championship bow with a highly-enterprising performance in a 3-3 draw with Middlesbrough, led by Jonathan Woodgate for the first time. Here’s our Six Things from a wonderful encounter. Luton’s DM issues A problem… Read more →
In one of the most remarkable fight-backs in second tier history, 93rd and 94th minute goals saw QPR snatch a remarkable point against West London foes Brentford at Loftus Road. Here’s our player ratings from the game. Queens Park Rangers Alex Smithies – denied Vibe in a relatively quiet first half. Difficult to criticize him… Read more →
Goals from Nelson Oliveira and Harrison Reed helped Norwich to their first league win under Daniel Farke’s regime, a 2-0 triumph over QPR. How did players on both teams fare? Here’s our ratings. Norwich City Angus Gunn – made a crucial double save in the second half to deny Lua Lua and Mackie, having stopped… Read more →
Since Ian Holloway began his second spell at Loftus Road in November, he has made 12 changes to the squad. They have signed Matt Smith, who has a respectable goals per minute ratio at this level, Sean Goss, on the books at Manchester United for five years and Luke Freeman, a 14/15 League One star… Read more →
A disciplined team performance helped QPR to a 1-0 win at Reading – but which players stood out? Reading Ali Al-Habsi – poor distribution. Looked frustrated at the number of times he was given the ball unnecessarily. 4 Chris Gunter – a possession system requires full-backs who provide pace and drive, qualities Gunter failed to offer. A couple of… Read more →
Brighton & Hove Albion have reached the Championship play-offs in three of the last four seasons. In that time, their average home attendance has remained above 25k. With excellent facilities, a ruthless team and strong characters throughout the club, they surely have all the essentials to get into the Premier League. Twitter account @BrightonFanbase assess their chances of doing so. Brighton finished… Read more →
Here are The Football Lab’s predictions for tonight’s games in the Championship. Brighton look to end their recent goalscoring problems against Ipswich, who have had some good results lately but are yet to prove themselves against the division’s elite. Meanwhile, Slavisa Jokanovic takes charge of Fulham for the first time, the visitors to Craven Cottage being… Read more →
Here are The Football Lab’s predictions for 2 of the weekend’s games in the Championship. Brighton will stay top of the league if they beat Cardiff, but the Bluebirds are one of 6 teams just below the top 2, who are level on points. One of those teams are Ipswich who have stuttered over September,… Read more →
Brighton & Hove Albion have made an excellent start to the season. Having finished as low as 20th in the previous campaign, they are now 3 points clear at the top of the league, having taken 13 points from their first 5 league games. To find out the factors behind the team’s drastic improvement, The… Read more →