Football is a results business. It’s driven by outcomes. But, sometimes, the results (aka the outcomes) don’t offer a true reflection of the performances (aka the processes). What if your team have been playing really well but running cold in front of goal? What if your team have been creating lots of gilt-edged chances, but...
#1 Fulham and West Brom have the most points in the EFL. The recently-relegated sides have amassed 13 points from their opening five games, with the Cottagers sitting on top of the Championship pile thanks to their +10 Goal Difference. Are they set for an immediate return to the Premier League? #2 After already wracking...
#1 Four games into the season and the Championship’s top goalscorer is… Aden Flint! The towering centre half has scored four goals in his last two games. Will it last? Probably not. Will we enjoy it while it does? Absolutely. #2 Speaking of Cardiff, the Bluebirds have scored eight goals so far this season and...
#1 We’re only two games into the new Championship season and no side can boast a 100% record. Fulham lead the way but they are one of ten teams on four points. It really is the division that keeps on giving. #2 Three games into the 2021/22 season, QPR centre half Rob Dickie has a...
#1 Emiliano Marcondes scored the final goal of the 2020/21 Championship season at Wembley in May. On Friday night, the new Bournemouth man scored the first goal of the 2021/22 Championship season as the Cherries drew 2-2 with West Brom. #2 A staggering 833 days after their last competitive game in their city, Coventry came...
Happy EFL Day! To celebrate the start of the new season, we’ve made a 1-24 prediction for each league. Remember – the EFL is an unpredictable beast at the best of times, so don’t panic if we’re tipping your team for relegation! After all, who would have thought that Barnsley would reach last season’s Championship...
For the purpose of this article, a ‘youngster’ is a player aged 21 or under as of August 1st 2021. Brennan Johnson (Nottingham Forest) After watching him shine in League One last season, Chris Hughton will be hoping that Brennan Johnson can take the Championship by storm this time around. The Wales International is being...
It’s been a busy old summer and you can’t be expected to keep up with all of the comings and goings in the EFL, so here are eleven free transfers that you might have missed but you need to know about. Lucas Covolan – Torquay United to Port Vale After his goal-scoring heroics in the...
It’s 17 years since ‘Division One’ became the ‘Championship’. In that time, only two men have scored 30 goals (or more) in a single Championship season. Glenn Murray was the first to achieve the feat, as his goals fired Crystal Palace towards promotion in 2012/13. The Cumbrian, who joined Palace from their arch-rivals Brighton in...
Automatic promotion from the Championship to the Premier League. For many EFL fans, the above statement is just a dream but, for the lucky few, it’s a reality. Granted, going up through the play-offs is often seen as the ‘sexy’ way to win promotion, but the play-offs are fraught with danger and, for three in...