It is not only the promotion and play-off races within the Championship hotting up, the scramble on the backside is already a humdinger with five groups separated by simply 4 factors with two locations to be stuffed.
Third-bottom Oxford have the hardest ask as they head to Southampton (15:00 GMT), unbeaten in 13 video games in all competitions after climbing into the highest six for the primary time because the opening day of the season, courtesy of Wednesday’s 1-0 home win over Norwich.
The U’s did, nevertheless, run-out 2-1 winners within the reverse fixture on Boxing Day and have been inside a whisker of creating it 4 straight wins, just for a stoppage-time penalty to make sure Charlton some extent on the Kassam on Saturday.
Leicester lie some extent under Oxford earlier than their journey to Watford (15:00 GMT), who stay firmly within the play-off image.
The inexperienced shoots of restoration Foxes followers witnessed within the draw at Ipswich and residential win over Bristol City have been, nevertheless, washed out by QPR’s comeback from a aim all the way down to win 3-1 at the King Power Stadium final outing.
While it was a fifth defeat in six at house, Leicester are additionally 9 with out a win on the highway relationship again to six December, although the previous two have been attracts at high-flying Middlesbrough and Ipswich.
After a thumping win over Hull at The Hawthorns lifted them out of the underside three, West Brom will search to finish their very own 15-game winless run away from house, relationship again to 1 October, once they go to Bristol City (15:00 GMT), who’ve taken only a level from their previous 4 at Ashton Gate.
Portsmouth lie above Albion on aim distinction going into their journey to QPR (15:00 GMT), in search of a primary win in six, with only a level from their previous five video games.
