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Championship fixtures: Friday December 17th: 2010

Match 1: Doncaster – Middlesbrough (7.45pm):

Doncaster lost at Leicester last Saturday as I predicted but I didn’t think they would get hammered 5-1 & that despite taking the lead. Doncaster have now slipped to 16th in the table after a good start to the season. I don’t think they will be relegated but they need a win to halt the slide.

Middlesbrough managed a shock win against Cardiff on Saturday with a first half penalty being the only goal of the game. They have now pulled out of the relegation zone with that win. This is quite a difficult game to predict but I am going to go for a Middlesbrough win as last time they won at home they won away the next game at Scunthorpe 2-1.

Result Prediction: Middlesbrough to win
Score Prediction: Doncaster 1 Middlesbrough 2

Championship fixtures: Saturday December 18th: 2010

Match 2: Cardiff – Burnley: (3pm):

Cardiff have failed to win for four games now after they lost 1-0 at Middlesbrough last Saturday. They need to get back to winning ways as Swansea have closed the gap to just goal difference between them both. Thankfully for Cardiff QPR lost at home last Friday nigh so at least the gap between them was not increased.

Burnley seem to have shot their bolt under their manager who I suspect won’t be in his job much longer. Of course he should have never have been appointed in the first place & if Burnley want to get back upto the Premiership than they need to get rid of him & fast.

This is a game that Cardiff will win as I believe that their desire is greater than Burnley’s who have yet to win away this season. A home win.

Result Prediction: Cardiff to win
Score Prediction: Cardiff 2 Burnley 0

Match 3: Coventry – Norwich (3pm):

This should be a good game as both sides are having good seasons & are playing reasonable football. Coventry increased their unbeaten run to 4 games after they drew at Reading 0-0 last Saturday while Norwich lost their unbeaten record with a home defeat to Portsmouth.

Coventry are above Norwich by one place & one point in 5th place. I think that because Norwich lost last weekend that this will give Coventry a slight advantage & plus they are at home. Should be a good game though.

Result Prediction: Coventry to win
Score Prediction: Coventry 2 Norwich 1

Match 4: Derby – Reading: (3pm):

Derby have slipped a bit & another defeat away at Bristol City last Saturday has seen them slip to 7th, three points out of the playoff zone. They need a win as do their visitors reading who drew yet again last Saturday, this time at home to improved Coventry.

Reading are six points behind Derby in 14th place which proves that a good run can get you up the table in this division. I think that as both sides are struggling to win at the moment that this game will end in a high scoring draw which won’t please either set of fans that much but as we are only half way through the season there is no need for panic yet.

Result Prediction: A Score draw
Score Prediction: Derby 2 Reading 2

Match 5: Hull – Bristol City (3pm):

Hull gained a useful away point at relegation threatened Crystal Palace last Saturday in a 0-0 draw. It leaves Hull in 19th place just outside the relegation places & to say that hull are having a bad season is an understatement.

Hull now face inform Bristol City who won again last Saturday when they beat Derby 2-0. It is no wonder that there manager won manager of the month as they have moved out of the relegation places to the safety of 17th place, three points above Hull.

Bristol city’s only defeat in this great run they are on was a 3-1 defeat at Leeds united. They have won their last two home games against Derby & Sheffield Utd without conceding a goal. An away win then.

Result Prediction: A Bristol City win
Score Prediction: Hull City 1 Bristol City 2

Match 6: Leeds – QPR: (3pm):

Leeds are on a great run as was proved by them winning at Burnley last Saturday when they came from 2-0 down at half time to win 3-2. Leeds’s recent good run has seen them move up the table into 4th place.

They now face a QPR side who are top of the table but lost their unbeaten start to the season record by finally losing last Friday against Watford of all teams at home. Watford’s win was no fluke either as they were three nil up before rangers scored the last goal of the game.

I think this game will be a close one but Leeds will just edge it as they seem to have some momentum going at present.

Result Prediction: Leeds to win
Score Prediction: Leeds 2 QPR 1

Match 7: Millwall – Barnsley: (3pm):

Millwall got a very good point away at Swansea last Friday night in a 1-1 scoreline. They will hope to repeat their last home result when they beat Scunthorpe 3-0. I don’t think they will repeat the scoreline but they should still win.

Barnsley are doing ok like Millwall. Barnsley beat their near neighbours Sheffield United last Saturday 1-0 as I predicted. Barnsley will finish in midtable this season which will please them I suspect. The same goes for Millwall. One final note regarding Millwall. I do strongly believe that their old ground “The Den” should have been preserved as it was a classic ground. It was intimidating, scary, warm & loads of atmosphere all rolled into one. I was lucky enough to have visited it for a game & may the mists of time forget how it & other terraced grounds were like in the 1980/90’s. The Den R.I.P.

Result Prediction: Millwall to win
Score Prediction: Millwall 2 Barnsley 0

Match 8: Nottingham Forest – Crystal Palace: (3pm):

Forest will be a bit frustrated as their last two games have been postponed due to the weather. As a consequence Forest have lost a bit of momentum & have dropped to 15th. They are still however only six points away from the play off places. Such is the table in the Championship this season.

Forest now play Crystal Palace who are still in the bottom three after last Saturday’s 0-0 home draw with Hull city. It is palace’s away form that is of the most concern as they have lost 4 of their last 5 away games, the latest one being a 2-1 defeat at Leeds.

Forest to win then as they were on a good run anyway before their enforced break.

Result Prediction: A Forest win
Score Prediction: Nottingham Forest 2 Crystal Palace 1

Match 9: Portsmouth – Scunthorpe: (3pm):

Portsmouth won again away last Saturday with a 2-0 win at inform Norwich. This followed up their win at Swansea the previous week. So two great away wins to take Portsmouth upto 12th. Portsmouth should take their run further with this home fixture against a struggling Scunthorpe side who haven’t won since a 1-0 win at Hull on the 6th November. As a consequence of this run Scunthorpe have dropped to second from bottom in the table.

Portsmouth may have lost their last home game 3-2 against Doncaster but I can’t see them losing this game & therefore winning their 5th home game of the season.

Scunthorpe are looking more & more like they are going to go down & I fully expect Portsmouth to add to their woes with victory in this game.

Result Prediction: Portsmouth to win
Score Prediction: Portsmouth 3 Scunthorpe 1

Match 10: Sheffield United – Swansea: (3pm):

Sheffield United manager Gary Speed left his post in midweek to take over the Wales International job. God help Wales is all I can say. United have really struggled this season under Speed’s brief spell & lost for the second successive time away last Saturday when they lost at Barnsley 1-0. This followed up their 3-0 defeat at Bristol City.

As a consequence of these two defeats United have dropped to 20th place in the table only 1 point above the drop zone. Hard times at the “Lane”. They now play Swansea who closed the gap on Cardiff to goal difference despite only drawing with Millwall at home. Swansea are third then.

Swansea’s away form is good & they won 3-1 at Ipswich in their last away game. Another three points on their travels then for Swansea.

Result Prediction: Swansea to win
Score Prediction: Sheffield United 1 Swansea 2

Match 11: Watford – Preston: (3pm):

Watford became the first side to beat QPR this season with a great 3-1 win at Loftus Road. They deserved it as well as QPR’s manager acknowledged after the game. This was a great result for Watford as they had beaten an improved Leicester side 3-2 the week before.

Watford are now unbeaten in four games & I suspect that they will be confident of winning this game against bottom side Preston. Watford have now moved upto 8th in the table with this run.

Preston managed to beat out of form Ipswich 1-0 last Saturday as I predicted to gain their first win since the titanic sunk…Preston are still bottom but now only two points adrift of safety.

A home win then & I don’t think that Preston will survive this season in the Championship.

Result Prediction: A Watford win
Score Prediction: Watford 3 Preston 1

Match 12: Ipswich – Leicester: (5.20pm):

Leicester are slowly climbing the table since the arrival of their former England Manager. They continued their improvement with a 5-1 win against Doncaster last Saturday despite going 1-0 down in the first half. Leicester are now upto 13th place & only 5 points behind a playoff place. Leicester lost their last away game at Watford 3-2 but I can’t see them losing this game as Ipswich are on a dreadful run.

Ipswich have now lost their last six games & have dropped to 18th place, just three points above the bottom three. Ipswich are in a relegation battle. How their manager has survived I am not too sure.

I think that Leicester will win this game to keep up their rate of improvement but it could spell the end of the Roy Keane era.

Result Prediction: Leicester to win
Score Prediction: Ipswich 1 Leicester 2

Douglas Martin

16th December 2010

European Championship Qualifying Fixtures: Friday to Sunday 25th to 27th March 2011:

Match 1: Serbia – Northern Ireland (Group C): Friday 25th March 2011: (7.30pm):

Northern Ireland had a disappointing result in their last Group game when they could only draw 1-1 in the Faroe Islands. It could have been worse for the Irish as they were 1-0 down in the game & only a latish saved them the humiliation of defeat against one of the minnows of International football.

The Irish after that result stand third in the group behind Italy & Estonia. The good news is that they are unbeaten after three games, one win & two draws. One of those draws was at home with Italy & their win was of course away against Slovenia which was an excellent away win.

Northern Ireland now play Serbia way who have already lost at home in their qualifying games when they went down 3-1 to Estonia who are doing much better in the group than I thought they would. In fact Serbia have failed to win both their home games as they drew their other home game 1-1 with Slovenia. Serbia’s only win in the group so far was away in the Faroe Islands when they won 3-0. A much better result for Serbia in The Faroe Islands than Northern Ireland.

Last time out Northern Ireland lost 3-0 to Scotland in a friendly played in Dublin. That was in February & to be honest I don’t think that result will have any bearing on this game against Serbia because basically players don’t give two shits about friendly games.

I think that as Northern Ireland have a recent bad a way form then they will struggle to win despite Serbia dropping four points at home already. Can’t really see Serbia dropping any more points at home & northern Ireland to feel the backlash of that poor home Form.

A home win & I don’t think that Northern Ireland are going to be playing in Poland & the Ukraine next summer which of course is a shame.

Result Prediction: Serbia to win
Correct Score Prediction: Serbia 2 Northern Ireland 0

Match 2: Wales – England (Group G): Saturday 26th March 2011: – (Cardiff) 3pm:

England won their last game a friendly against Denmark 2-1. This was a welcome win as they had lost 2-1 at home to France in their previous game. In their last Euro Qualifying game England had failed to break down a very defensive Montenegro side & had to settle for a 0-0 draw. Cue the predictable boo’s from some of the England supporters at the final whistle. Wonder how many of them read the tabloid papers?

England are however second in the table behind leaders Montenegro who have played a game more. England are not that good which we all know but they should fingers crossed still qualify from this group which will mean more humiliation next summer in Poland.

Wales lost their last game a friendly against the Republic of Ireland 3-0 in Dublin. That game was manager Gary Speed’s first game in charge & to be honest I don’t envy him in his task of trying to revive Wales Fortunes. They are bottom of group G with zero points & even managed to lose at home to Bulgaria in one of their games which considering Bulgaria’s recent bad form was a bad result.

I think that England will win this game but knowing England they will struggle for large parts of the game as the Welsh will obviously be up for this game for obvious reasons. Unless you are from the British Isles it is pointless trying to explain why the smaller countries on Britain don’t like England at Sport or anything else come to think of it.

Should be a good crowd & atmosphere in for this game but an England win.

Result Prediction: England to win
Correct Score Prediction: Wales 0 England 2

Match 3: Republic of Ireland – FYR Macedonia(Group B): Saturday 26th March 2011: – (Dublin – 7.45pm):

The Republic had an easy three nil win against Wales in their last game which was of course a friendly. The republic are third in group B after a 1-1 draw away against Slovakia which was a good point & made up for them losing 3-2 at home to group leaders Russia in their previous game at home.

The republic should at least qualify for the playoffs in this group but I am beginning to think that the group is already Russia’s as backed up by their win in Dublin. The republic should at least win this game against Macedonia who are one of the minnows of International Football along with Scotland. Ha.

Macedonia have already lost twice in this group to Slovakia & Russia but it must be noted that they only went down 1-0 to Russia. On the plus side for them have already gained four points which were all gained against Armenia, 2-2 at home & a 2-0 win away. Those four points might be the only points they gain in this group methinks.

A home win then which isn’t a particularly brave prediction. It is really only a matter of by how many betting goals the Republic win by & with an Italian manager It can’t be more than a 2-0 win. Ha.

Result Prediction: The Republic to win
Correct Score Prediction: Republic of Ireland 2 MFYR Macedonia 0

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