Final round in the Championship....

Apr 30, 2026
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Championship:
 
2025/26 Overall Home Away
P W D L F A Gdf Pts Form P W D L F A P W D L F A
  1   Coventry City 45 27 11 7 93 45 +48 92 WWXO 23 17 4 2 51 19 22 10 7 5 42 26
  2   Ipswich Town 45 22 15 8 77 47 +30 81 XOWX 22 13 8 1 40 17 23 9 7 7 37 30
  3   Millwall 45 23 11 11 62 49 +13 80 XWWO 22 12 3 7 31 25 23 11 8 4 31 24
  4   Middlesbrough 45 22 13 10 70 45 +25 79 WWXL 23 12 6 5 34 18 22 10 7 5 36 27
  5   Southampton 45 21 14 10 79 55 +24 77 XXWW 23 12 8 3 38 19 22 9 6 7 41 36
  6   Wrexham 45 19 13 13 67 63 +4 70 LWWL 22 10 6 6 39 35 23 9 7 7 28 28
  7   Hull City 45 20 10 15 68 65 +3 70 LXXL 22 10 5 7 33 33 23 10 5 8 35 32
  8   Derby County 45 20 9 16 66 57 +9 69 WLWL 22 10 6 6 30 25 23 10 3 10 36 32
  9   Norwich City 45 19 8 18 62 54 +8 65 XWWL 23 9 3 11 27 28 22 10 5 7 35 26
  10   Birmingham City 45 17 12 16 56 55 +1 63 WWXW 23 12 8 3 39 22 22 5 4 13 17 33
  11   Swansea City 45 17 10 18 54 58 -4 61 XWLW 22 10 6 6 31 26 23 7 4 12 23 32
  12   Preston North End 45 15 15 15 54 59 -5 60 WLLW 22 8 7 7 27 27 23 7 8 8 27 32
  13   Bristol City 45 16 11 18 57 59 -2 59 LXLO 22 8 4 10 31 31 23 8 7 8 26 28
  14   QPR 45 16 10 19 61 70 -9 58 LLLO 23 10 3 10 40 37 22 6 7 9 21 33
  15   Sheffield United 45 17 6 22 64 65 -1 57 LLWW 23 9 4 10 38 33 22 8 2 12 26 32
  16   Watford 45 14 15 16 53 61 -8 57 LLLL 22 10 7 5 30 23 23 4 8 11 23 38
  17   Stoke City 45 15 10 20 51 54 -3 55 LLLX 23 9 6 8 34 28 22 6 4 12 17 26
  18   Portsmouth 45 14 12 19 48 63 -15 54 WLWW 22 8 5 9 24 22 23 6 7 10 24 41
  19   Charlton Athletic 45 13 14 18 43 55 -12 53 WLXL 23 9 4 10 23 26 22 4 10 8 20 29
  20   Blackburn Rovers 45 13 13 19 42 55 -13 52 WXLX 22 4 9 9 19 26 23 9 4 10 23 29
  21   WBA1 45 13 14 18 47 56 -9 51 OWWO 23 8 10 5 28 25 22 5 4 13 19 31
  22   Oxford United 45 11 14 20 45 57 -12 47 WLLW 23 7 8 8 24 27 22 4 6 12 21 30
  23   Leicester City2 45 11 16 18 57 68 -11 43 XXLL 23 7 7 9 31 34 22 4 9 9 26 34
  24   Sheffield Wednesday3 45 1 12 32 27 88 -61 -3 LLXO 22 0 7 15 12 43 23 1 5 17 15 45
1 WBA (-2)
2 Leicester City (-6)
3 Sheffield Wednesday (-18)
 
Final day of the regular season.
 
Bottom three are relegated, Coventry City are champions, the teams in blue type all have something left to play for. Those placed 2nd- 5th are guaranteed a playoff spot, but one of them will be promoted automatically at lunchtime on Saturday. That is most likely to be Ipswich Town who are in a "win and they are in" situation. Wrexham need to win and stay ahead of Hull City, or to equal the result of the Tigers and County without giving up an extra goal to finish top 6!
 
Fixtures.... 
 
 
The six games in blue type are effectively "friendlies". It is possible that some clubs might have a top half finish or top 10 bonus written into contracts, but it is impossible to find that out and, in any case, I think that is far more usual in the EPL and at this level it would be for top 6 if at all.
 
Three seasons ago I wrote on this day ........
 
Final round of the regular season .
 
This day of the Championship is one which usually produces goals and ahead of this round five seasons ago I noted  .........over the last ten seasons an average of 4.1 games per round have produced four or more goals which equates to odds of 2.93 . The five subsequent campaigns have seen 28 games go "over" 3.5 goals, which is 46.67% and goals continue to rise and for obvious reasons . Those are flat numbers/ odds across all games , but we can narrow that down and focus solely on those that are "friendlies" and we have landed one or two very big pay days in doing so in the past and were very close with a couple of others at HUGE odds . It is stating the obvious that teams going into the last day needing a point to secure a promotion/ playoff spot or survive are going to at least start looking to keep things tight, so we should almost always be focusing on teams with no such distractions.
 
It has been another incredibly demanding and draining campaign with almost no free midweeks and we can expect teams to relax and try and enjoy the day, providing entertainment for supporters on a sunny Bank Holiday weekend and to play without pressure, which should mean goals and the Championship is up 0.14 gpg up from last season as a starting point.
 
Good luck!
 

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Country: 
England
Sport: 
Football
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English Championship

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