Championship Best Bets

Millwall are a side who are consistently underrated by bookmakers and pundits alike, but Neil Harris is doing a tremendous job at the New Den, winning 82 of his 174 games in charge. That success is surely in part down to the stability that stems from having the same man at the helm for such a period, and isn't something to overlook lightly.

8th in the Championship is a fine reward at this stage of the season, and the Lions are just a point of the play-offs, so an exciting run-in is a certainty. Usefully, Millwall are now unbeaten in 14 Championship matches, winning nine of those, and their 21 shots against Ipswich on Saturday should surely have improved that record further!

While Millwall were dominating play at Portman Road, Bristol City were entertaining Brentford, and it was entirely one-way traffic with Brentford great value for money for their 1-0 won. In all, Brentford won the shot could 27-2 in that one, and the shots on target count 7-0! Bristol City have now won just three of their last 19.

4pts Millwall to beat Bristol City at 11/10 (Coral, Betfred, UniBet)

Next up we have Aston Villa - keen to keep their form going ahead of what looks a certain play-off place now. They smashed Reading 3-0 last time out, and aside from a little blip against QPR and Bolton, have been extremely reliable for punters since the turn of the year.

Having won nearly half their away games, Villa shouldn't be too fearful of Norwich - a side who look pretty toothless at home having won just six of their 20 matches and scored just a goal per game over that spell. For context, only Burton, Sunderland, Barnsley and Birmingham have scored fewer at home this season - and those sides occupy the bottom four spots in the division. With just a single win in their last 10 outings, Norwich have to be vulnerable here.

1pt Aston Villa to beat Norwich at 17/10 (Marathon or Betway)

QPR are another away side who look a smidge of value at nearly 3/1 when they make the trip to Hull. It's easy enough to make a case for any of the three possible outcomes in this one such has been the level of inconsistency the sides have shown this campaign. Hull for instance have won 11 times this season, but only strung back-to-back victories together on a single occassion.

Both sides look to be performing better on all metrics than they did in the first half of the season, but QPR get the nod by virtue of the attractive 29/10 price on offer, and their current form, which saw them smash four past Norwich last time out, and take four points from away games at Villa and Fulham prior to that.

1pt QPR to beat Hull at 29/10 (Coral)

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