Championship
Fixture: Reading 0-1 Sheffield United
Venue: Madejski Stadium (Reading home)
Kick-off: 5.30pm BST (Fri)
Verdict: The odds that we have been waiting for regarding Sheffield United. The form team in the Championship will be chomping at the bit for a chance to play the teams around them. Reading are in dire straits, they can't score for toffee and are likely to be blown out of the race for an automatic promotion race right here and now.
Betting Advice: 4pts Sheffield United at 12/5 (3.4 at Betfred, Victor Chandler and extrabet)
Fixture: Charlton 0-0 Birmingham
Venue: The Valley (Charlton home)
Kick-off: 3pm BST (Sat)
Verdict: Birmingham reached an epiphany last week against Wolves. Beating the league leaders 2-0 with only ten men showed their superstars working together and it is truly possible they can go unbeaten for the rest of the season. Which makes me worried about Wolves who looked sluggish and toothless without Sylvain Ebanks-Blake up front.
Betting Advice: 4pts Birmingham to win at 20/19 (2.05 generally)
Fixture: Burnley 1-0 QPR
Venue: Turf Moor (Birmingham home)
Kick-off: 3pm BST (Sat)
Verdict: The sacking of Paulo Sousa at QPR has placed a club in general disorder into complete disarray. Their season was effectively finished last weekend with a 0-0 draw with Crystal Palace, their top striker has been loaned out to a Championship rival, and now a coach that every player adored has been given the flick. I can imagine a protest sulk by the QPR players which Burnley, in the final play-off place, can benefit from.
Betting Advice: 7pts Burnley to win at 11/13 (1.85 expekt.com)
League One
Fixture: Hereford 1-3 Leicester
Venue: Edgar Street (Hereford home)
Kick-off: 3pm BST (Sat)
Verdict: Leicester can get back to winning ways against a Hereford side suffering from the death throes of their time in League One. They lost to lowly Brighton at home last week, which was their last chance of digging themselves out of a relegation hole.
Betting Advice: 3pts Leicester to win at 4/6 (1.67 generally)
League Two
Fixture: Brentford 1-1 Exeter
Venue: Griffin Park (Brentford home)
Kick-off: 3pm BST (Sat)
Verdict: The league leaders are struggling up front and struggling a little bit with their form (just a blip). Meanwhile, third place Exeter are putting a cheeky late run together for the title.
Betting Advice: 1pt Exeter to win at 14/5 (3.8 at extrabet)
