Championship Best Bets
In the Championship, Mick McCarthy loves nothing more than a renewal against his old flame Wolves, and has faced them eight times since taking over at Ipswich. In that run he's won twice, drawn five and lost just once.
With a good home record this season (8-2-4) the Tractor Boys won't have given up hope of a play-off spot just yet, and although are reasons to beleive they may have over achieved a little thus far, once we get into the run-in there are few better motivators than McCarthy to squeeze that last effort out of the players. He'll be asking for that effort on Saturday for sure. Wolves are a class act of course, but it's hard to judge Ipswich as 9/2 shots at home in this one against a side who have lost back-to-back games now.
1pt Ipswich to beat Wolves at 9/2
We'll bet on a poor match at Barnsley as the Tykes take on Fulham at Oakwell. Only Birmingham have scored fewer goals in front of their own fans in the division than Barnsley, while the 17 against isn't too bad for a team in the bottom half. In fact, eight of the last 10 at Oakwell have ended with two or fewer goals.
With Fulham coming here as favourites, there is every chance that Barnsley will look to shut the doors and play for the draw, or hope a single goal falls their way, so the 6/5 on under 2.5 goals looks reasonable enough.
1pt Under 2.5 Goals at Barnsley v Fulham at 6/5