Championship Play-offs Preview.

Hello my dear friends! So, the season in the Championship ended for almost all teams, with the exception of four clubs. Aston Villa and West Bromwich Albion, as well as Derby County and Leeds United will find out which one is more worthy of the Premier League. The first semifinal matches will be held today and now we will try to figure out what to expect from these teams.

The first semifinal match will be held in Birmingham at 12 30 local time, where Aston Villa will play with West Bromwich. It is unlikely that in this match the teams will rush at each other without thinking. "Villans" are favorites and matches and, perhaps, of the tournament as a whole, they had a great finish in the final segment of the Championship, scoring ten wins in a row. In the past two matches, they allowed themselves to relax and ended up tied with Leeds and lost to Norwich. At home, this team is capable of much, for the whole season they lost just four home games and at the moment they look like a real team, in which everyone is in his place.

Their rival cannot answer them with something similar. Recently, the "Throstles" have lost a lot of points in the Championship, with Darren Moore the team overtook the crisis as a result of which they withdrew from the fight for 1-2 places, with the new coach little has changed. At the moment, the Throstles are an absolutely home team, in the past five away matches they won only one victory over Brentford with a score of 0-1, lost three times and tied 0-0 with Reading. Alas, but to oppose Aston Ville Albion now can only experience the game of many players at the highest level. The rest of West Bromwich is now a collection of individuals who can give a great match and show great football, but in the next round fail miserably. They do not add confidence to the team and the actions of the head coach, who has not yet decided on the basis and used various combinations of players until the end of the season.

Norwegian goalkeeper Villa Orjan Nyland will not play exactly in this match. It is also not yet known whether the main scorer Tammy Abraham and James Chester will take part in this match. At West Brom will definitely not take part in the match Robson-Kanu, who received a red card in the final round. Gareth Barry and Jake Livermore in question for this match.

In this match, Aston Villa will try to squeeze the maximum, as in the guest games "Throstles" are weak. A good option to take on this match the victory of Aston Villa for 1.9, also in live you can consider the option with a goal of the guests. You can also consider a bet. Both teams score for 1.78.

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In the evening, another match is waiting for us at Pride Park, where Derby County will take on Leeds United. In this confrontation, we are also waiting for a bitter struggle already in the first match. Derby looked powerful at the finish of the season, but most of the points the team scored in home games. If Derby does not win at home, then on Elland Road they will win even harder. Surely Frank Lampard understands this and has a plan for both games, especially since this season Leeds defeated Derby twice. However, now Leeds simply can not show his best game, which will be a prerequisite for the victory over Derby. The last four rounds the team failed, and even lost its main scorer Patrick Bamford, who earned a disqualification. Guest matches more often fail “peacocks”, but the statistics of personal meetings here on their side. In this match, it is important for Leeds not to lose, and it is from this that Marcelo Bielsa will come.

There are quite a few Derby losses before this match: maybe Martin Woghorn and Duane Holmes will not play. Andy King, Ashley Cole, Curtis Davies, Craig Bryson and Craig Forsyth still haven't healed their injuries.

In this match, you can consider the option with Both teams score for 1.87 or rely on a strong home game Derby and try the W1 (0) bet for 2.28. Also in the live you can consider bet total over 2 (at the moment the coefficient is around 1.6).

We are waiting for an exciting game. Good luck to all.