Feb 9 Championship Betting Tips & Predictions

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Football Betting Tips

5 August, 2024

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Aston Villa v Sheff Utd

The first of our Feb 9 Championship betting tips is Aston Villa v Sheffield Utd. Aston Villa and Sheffield United get the weekend’s Championship fixtures started when meeting at Villa Park on Friday evening in a fixture shown live on Sky Sports from 7.45pm. The home side seeks the points needed to breathe new life into their season and close the gap between themselves and Bristol City in the top-six promotion play-off places, four points the gap at present. Villa has time on their side; however, the race is as competitive as ever and fans know their team can’t afford too many more slip-ups if they are to extend their campaign.

Villa has lost only one of their last five. Having said that, the same period shows no less than three draws with a failure to finish opponents off from a winning position hampering their progress. They’ve won one and drawn two of their last three, ending all-square with Reading last time out in a match they were expected to win. The goalless finish was another disappointment and backers eager to stick with the draw can get their hands on a market best price of 13/5 with Unibet. The home cheer is favourite, 8/5 trading with the same firm. We’re sitting on the fence and taking the value about another draw.

Blades Have Cutting Edge

Sheff Utd can move into the top two automatic promotion places with an away win and would go into Saturday joint-top of the league with Norwich and Leeds if able to see off Villa. They have won three and drawn one of their last five and the importance of taking this chance and applying real pressure to the leaders if only overnight, won’t be lost on this ambitious group of players. Four points from the last half-dozen available have them in the mix for a place back in the Premier League and their fate is in their own hands.

The Blades were last seen dealing out a 2-0 defeat to lowly Bolton a week ago, the victory achieved thanks to goals from McGoldrick, who broke the deadlock on 56 minutes, and Sharp, who rounded things off with 76 on the clock. A comfortable afternoon’s work and although fans would love to see more of the same, they’re experienced enough to know this will be a much tougher test. Chris Wilder spoke of the importance of getting the first goal at this level and he’ll be keen to do the same again on Friday. The away win looks to have been overpriced at 17/10 (Bet365), but we’re happy with what we’ve got.

Our Tip: A draw – 13/5 with Unibet