Feb 16 Championship Betting Tips & Predictions

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Football Betting Tips

5 August, 2024

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Aston Villa v West Brom

The first of our Feb 16 Championship Betting tips is for Aston Villa v West Brom. Aston Villa enters the weekend with time running out on a top-six finish needed to secure an extended season and a promotion play-off place. The home board set targets of pushing for a place back in the Premier League when looking forward to this campaign, but things haven’t gone exactly to plan so far. They ended last week with a record reading 10-14-7 and it’s plain to see draws continue to hamper their progress. They drew back-to-back when ending level with Reading and Sheff Utd in their first two starts of the month, but those points did stretch their unbeaten run to four games, keeping them in the mix.

That draw vs The Blades was a dramatic one, to say the least. Sharp scored a stunning hat-trick with goals on 11, 53 and 62 minutes to put his employers in a commanding position. They lead 3-0 going into the final 10 minutes, but the game ended in a six-goal draw with Villa staging a late smash and grab. Mings started the fightback with a goal on 82; Abraham made things interesting when getting another on 86 and there was to be one final twist in the tale as Green smashed home as a stoppage-time equaliser. Dean Smith felt for Chris Wilder but thought the comeback was a result of the hard work and character shown by his troops. Another draw is 12/5 at 888sport, the home win 7/5 jolly when punting at Bet365.

Baggies Target Top-Two

West Brom went into the week in fourth, with 15 wins and eight draws against seven defeats. That left them with 53 points on the board, five behind Leeds United in second and a spot in the automatic promotion places. At this stage of the season, everyone connected to the Hawthorns will believe they have a decent chance of being involved in the top-tier fixture list next season. There’s still plenty of football to be played; however, it’s there to be won and they are in a decent position to force the issue down the home straight.

The Baggies’ form has been patchy of late with their last five showing lose-draw-win-lose-win. They beat Stoke City 1-0 last weekend with striker Dwight Gayle scoring the only goal of the game on 25 minutes to down a determined Potters. Head coach Darren Moore was delighted with the goal and the way his boys handled themselves off the ball to defend their lead. They must take their chances again here if they are to continue that progress, but traders have the away day written off. Backers will get 9/5 – top price at Bet365 – on an away win and, in a 50/50 match, that’s good enough to get our vote. Best used as a super single.

Our Tip: West Brom to win – 9/5 at Bet365