Betting Trends : Opening Fixtures of the English Championship 2009/10

A look into the opening day fixtures in the English Championship 2009/10 season and the betting trends from the opening matches from the past ten seasons with an overall prediction across several markets.

Newcastle, Middlesbrough, Bristol City, Peterborough, Swansea, Scunthorpe, Doncaster, and Blackpool have been omitted from the trend analysis due to the small number of seasons they have participated in the Championship over the past ten seasons.

7th AUGUST 2009

Middlesbrough v Sheff Utd

Sheff Utd have only won 22% of their opening fixtures with 44% of them being drawn.

PREDICTION : Draw

8th AUGUST 2009

Reading v Notts Forest

Reading have lost more than they have won on the opening day.

Notts Forest's last six openers in the Championship have produced two goals or less.

PREDICTION : Under 2.5 goals.

QPR v Blackpool

QPR have won more than they've lost in their previous seven attempts although four of these have been drawn.

86% of QPR's games end up with an even score.

PREDICTION : Even amount of goals.

Cardiff v Scunthorpe

Cardiff's last four openers have resulted in an odd number of goals.

PREDICTION : Odd amount of goals.

Crystal Palace v Plymouth

67% of Crystal Palace's games on the opening day end up with 3 goals or more being scored.

Crystal Palace have won over half of their games.

Plymouth have never lost an opening day fixture in the past ten years.

60% of Plymouth's opening games end up with 3 goals or more being scored.

PREDICTION : Over 2.5 goals.

Leicester v Swansea

Leicester have won only 20% of their opening matches.

80% of Leicester's matches end up with two goals or less.

PREDICTION : Under 2.5 goals.

Preston v Bristol City

Preston have not lost an opening day fixture since 2003.

78% of Preston's openers produce at least three goals or more.

78% of Preston's openers produce an odd number of goals.

67% of Preston's openers produce exactly three goals.

PREDICTION : Either a 2-1 win for Preston or Over 2.5 goals.

Derby v Peterborough

Derby have not won a season's opener in the Championship in their previous five attempts.

PREDICTION : Draw

Watford v Doncaster

57% of Watford's first games end in defeat.

71% of Watford's openers in the past ten years have yielded exactly three goals.

PREDICTION : Over 2.5 goals.

Sheff Wed v Barnsley

Over half of Sheff Wed's opening matches have ended in a draw with 43% ending up 0-0.

Last season was Sheff Wed's only opening day victory in the Championship from seven previous attempts.

83% of Barnsley's openers have ended in defeat.

83% of Barnsley's openers have produced three goals or more.

PREDICTION : Too many trends cancelling themselves out. Leave this one.

West Brom v Newcastle

West Brom have only won once in the past six attempts from a Championship opening fixture.

PREDICTION : Draw

9th AUGUST 2009

Coventry v Ipswich

100% of Coventry's opening games in the past ten years have not been lost.

75% of these have been won. 63% of Ipswich's openers have been won.

Ipswich's last three openers have produced three or more goals. Coventry's last three have resulted in the same amount of goals being scored on two occasions.

PREDICTION : Over 2.5 goals.