Wednesday night sees three games taking place in the Championship with Blackpool preparing to host Leicester City, as the race for promotion to the Premier League begins to heat up (Blackpool 13/10, draw 12/5, Leicester 2/1 – Match Betting).
Only nine games of the regular season remain and these two sides are battling for a place in the play-offs as they bid to stand a chance of returning to the top flight.
The Foxes are running out of games and their chances of finishing in the top six are slim but teams are continuing to drop points in the top half of the table and a play-off place is not beyond the realms of possibility.
But wins must come swiftly and points have been hard to come by for manager Nigel Pearson and his men as they prepare to make the trip to Bloomfield Road.
Leicester head into this game on the back of a 3-1 win over Birmingham City in their last Championship outing and they will have to produce a similar performance if they are to get a result.
With the likes of Jermaine Beckford (6/1 – First Goalscorer) and David Nugent up front, the Foxes are set to cause problems for the Seasiders’ defence.
Blackpool have been in similar form to their opponents, having recorded a 3-1 win of their own against Brighton in their last outing following two straight defeats to Derby County and Peterborough United.
Kevin Phillips (11/2 – First Goalscorer) has been a key performer for the Tangerines and he is another striker to look out for as the first player to hit the back of the net on Wednesday night.
Another side pushing for a top-six place are Cardiff City and they will be desperate to stay in the hunt with a win over Coventry City (Cardiff 8/13, draw 11/4, Coventry 9/2 – Match Betting).
The Bluebirds are just a point off the play-off spots, having endured two frustrating games against Hull City and Burnley, with a defeat and a draw in those games respectively.
Cardiff now come up against a Coventry outfit who have fought hard to three consecutive draws against Watford, Birmingham and Crystal Palace. They will be looking to cause the Bluebirds yet more frustration but the Welsh outfit should take all three points at the Cardiff City Stadium.
Wednesday’s other encounter sees a mid-table clash between Ipswich Town and Burnley at Portman Road (Ipswich 10/11, draw 12/5, Burnley 12/5 – Match Betting). Both these teams will be hard pushed to finish in the top six this season, with inconsistency being the main reason they have been unable to compete at the top.
Burnley are five games without a win and they have seen their promotion hopes dwindle in the past few weeks.
Ipswich are capable of causing an upset against any team in the Championship and are likely to add to the Lancashire outfit’s woes with a win on home soil.
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Sven-Goran Eriksson has been named as Leicester City’s new manager, the ex-England boss replacing Paulo Sousa (Leicester 66/1 to win Championship title).