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Ollie’s midweek predictions
- Updated: September 12, 2016
The Sky Bet Championship returns for a full round of midweek action and Ian Holloway is back with his predictions.
Brighton v Huddersfield (Tuesday, 7.45pm)
I’m going for a Brighton win. They’ve lost two in a row now and I can’t see them losing three. They’ve got a better squad than last season and Chris Hughton’s teams usually fight back.
Huddersfield have been marvellous so far, but the competition is so hard in the Championship and it’s very, very difficult to keep on winning. It might carry on but I can’t see it. Brighton away after they’ve been beaten by Brentford is such a tough fixture.
OLLIE PREDICTS: 1-0 (11/2 with Sky Bet)
Derby v Ipswich (Tuesday, 7.45pm)
I thought Ipswich played quite well against Reading at the weekend and I’m going to go for an away win, with Derby’s goal curse continuing.
Facing Ipswich at home is an absolute nightmare for Derby, but they’ve got to try and get that front line scoring goals. The expectations are really high and Nigel Pearson made some changes at the weekend and it still didn’t happen for them.
Mick McCarthy keeps losing his best players but he just grinds things out and keeps going.
OLLIE PREDICTS: 0-1 (9/1 with Sky Bet)
Fulham v Burton (Tuesday, 7.45pm)
Fulham have surprised me. I knew their manager was good but I thought they would struggle without Ross McCormack and Moussa Dembele, but how wrong was I? It’s very impressive what they’re doing, the organisation they’ve got and the way Slavisa Jokanovic has got them playing, it’s exhilarating and exciting.
Burton have had a fantastic start, their squad is so refreshing but I’m betting against them here, Fulham will be too strong at home.
OLLIE PREDICTS: 2-1 (15/2 with Sky Bet)
Leeds v Blackburn (Tuesday, 7.45pm)
Both teams have had a horrendous start, that’s all you can say. I look at Garry Monk at the weekend, Aaron Mooy scored a great winner for Huddersfield against Leeds but he made a horrendous tackle before that and he should have been sent off.
It was always going to take time, they’ve lost a lot of good players and it’s early days, but boy do Leeds need a win. Blackburn, though, have had a torrid time, so I’ve gone for a home win.
Leeds …
