English Football

AI Football Tips: EFL Championship round 7

The roar of the crowd fills every stadium as we enter matchday 7 in the EFL Championship. With two-thirds of the season still ahead, each point earned carries significant weight as teams battle for promotion dreams and survival hopes.
In the table below you will find our AI prediccions for EFL Championship round 7.

Date Home Team Away Team Prediction
2024-09-27 Plymouth Argyle Luton Town 1
2024-09-28 Blackburn Queens Park Rangers 1
2024-09-28 Derby County Norwich City 1
2024-09-28 Sheffield Weds West Brom 2
2024-09-28 Oxford United Burnley 1
2024-09-28 Hull City Cardiff City 1
2024-09-28 Leeds United Coventry City 1
2024-09-28 Middlesbrough Stoke City 1
2024-09-28 Millwall Preston 1
2024-09-28 Portsmouth Sheffield Utd 1
2024-09-28 Watford Sunderland 1
2024-09-29 Swansea City Bristol City 1

The table below shows the goal averages for each encounter based on home teams average performance (goals scored and conceded) at home, and away teams average performance away.

Date Home Team Away Team Goal Avg.
2024-09-27 Plymouth Argyle Luton Town 2.08
2024-09-28 Blackburn QPR 2.18
2024-09-28 Derby County Norwich City 2.02
2024-09-28 Sheffield Weds West Brom 2.75
2024-09-28 Oxford United Burnley 1.95
2024-09-28 Hull City Cardiff City 1.95
2024-09-28 Leeds United Coventry City 2.46
2024-09-28 Middlesbrough Stoke City 2.68
2024-09-28 Millwall Preston 2.58
2024-09-28 Portsmouth Sheffield Utd 2.08
2024-09-28 Watford Sunderland 2.90
2024-09-29 Swansea City Bristol City 2.38

The median goal  provides a stable measure of a team’s typical scoring performance. Unlike the mean, which can be influenced by outliers, the median is robust and useful for predicting future performance. Please see the table below for the teams median performance at home or away, respectively.

Date Home Team Away Team Median Home Median Away
2024-09-27 Plymouth Argyle Luton Town 2.3 1.8
2024-09-28 Blackburn QPR 1.9 2.3
2024-09-28 Derby County Norwich City 2.6 1.7
2024-09-28 Sheffield Weds West Brom 1.9 2.3
2024-09-28 Oxford United Burnley 2.0 1.8
2024-09-28 Hull City Cardiff City 2.2 1.9
2024-09-28 Leeds United Coventry City 2.0 1.6
2024-09-28 Middlesbrough Stoke City 3.3 2.0
2024-09-28 Millwall Preston 2.6 2.6
2024-09-28 Portsmouth Sheffield Utd 2.7 1.8
2024-09-28 Watford Sunderland 2.6 2.8
2024-09-29 Swansea City Bristol City 2.1 2.8

We also have calculated the average goals scored and conceded for the teams. See the table below.

Team Home Goals Home Conceded Away Goals Away Conceded
Middlesbrough 2.40 0.63 1.23 0.87
Leeds United 1.97 0.67 1.60 0.40
Millwall 1.90 0.63 1.60 1.43
West Brom 1.77 0.67 1.70 1.10
Coventry City 1.87 0.67 1.17 1.13
Sunderland 1.13 0.60 1.83 1.03
Bristol City 1.90 1.47 1.03 1.43
Watford 1.70 1.23 1.20 2.30
Norwich City 1.93 1.13 0.77 0.90
Luton Town 1.53 1.10 1.03 0.73
Sheffield Utd 1.67 0.47 0.83 1.00
Oxford United 1.30 0.77 1.17 2.00
Hull City 1.30 0.90 1.03 1.03
Sheffield Weds 1.83 0.87 0.50 2.03
QPR 1.27 1.17 0.90 1.27
Stoke City 1.23 1.33 0.93 1.40
Swansea City 1.43 0.87 0.57 2.23
Blackburn 1.30 0.90 0.67 1.07
Derby County 1.33 1.03 0.60 1.43
Portsmouth 0.67 1.67 1.10 2.37
Burnley 0.87 0.77 0.73 1.10
Plymouth Argyle 1.07 1.33 0.37 2.97
Preston 0.40 1.13 0.73 1.90
Cardiff City 0.53 1.83 0.53 1.17