Championship Best Bets

We'll start at Brentford, where the Bees are more than backable at 5/6 in their match with QPR. Brentford have been excellent at home all campaign, winning 10 of their 17 matches at Griffin Park - only Norwich, Sheffield United and Leeds have won more on their own turf, and they have also scored more than any other side at home this season.

Form is also on their side - boasting a 7-2-3 record over their last 12 matches and six successive home wins, and Neal Maupay is in excellent nick right now - scoring in seven of his last 11 games, and 11 in 18 at home all season.

QPR have been hit-and-miss all season, but have been missing more frequently lately. They have lost eight of their last 12, winning just three - one of which was against League One opposition.

2pts Brentford to beat QPR at 5/6 (Bet Victor)

1pt Neal Maupay to score at anytime at 11/10 (Sky Bet)

If Ipswich aren't already relegated (1/33 best price now) then they certainly will be if they lose at home to Reading this weekend. The visitors of course are much more borderline and this match will be a huge game for them - one they simply have to win in all honesty.

I'm not planning to speculate on the outcome of this one - Ipswich are perhaps a shade over-priced, but not enough to tempt me to play.

Instead, I like the look of the cards markets, with Darren England taking charge in the middle - a stern disciplinarian who likes to flash his coloured cards given even half a chance. He's shown 114 yellows and five reds in just 30 matches this season - an average of 42pts per match, and he's shown each side at least two cards in 14 of those 30 matches. Quite a record.

In a match which means so much, and with Ipswich (17th) and Reading (20th) both well down the fair-play table, this could be a decent angle. William Hill offer 2/1 that each side gets over 1 card in the match.

2pts Each Team Over 1 Card in Ipswich v Reading at 2/1 (Will Hill)

Stoke have won just once in six home matches and are easily opposed when they face Nottingham Forest - a side in slightly better form all-round.

Stoke have now won just once in 12 - a record of 1-5-6 with a (-9) goal difference over that run. Forest over the same period have recorded 4-3-5 and a (-2) goal difference, and look a better side than their rivals along the A500.

It's certainly true that most of Forest's results have come at home, but they have enough about them to make them value at 5/2 in this one.

1pt Nottingham Forest to beat Stoke at 5/2 (Bet365)

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