It is all to play for on the prime and backside on Tuesday night within the Championship, with two huge matches live on Sky.
Relegation-threatened Portsmouth host promotion-chasing Ipswich Town, whereas high-flying Southampton welcome Blackburn to St Mary’s.
There are additionally key video games live in League One and League Two, with a lot to play for as we method the ultimate phases of the 2025/26 season.
Portsmouth vs Ipswich
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Highlights of the Sky Bet Championship match between Norwich City and Ipswich Town
This one has been a very long time coming. Quite actually, actually. Portsmouth had been initially supposed to host Ipswich within the first week of January, however have postponed this recreation twice. The first fixture for a frozen pitch, and then once more in early March for a waterlogged pitch.
We’ve checked the forecast and it’s set to be balmy on Tuesday night on the south coast, with minimal possibilities of precipitation. We ought to be good to go.
And the sport comes at a great time for Portsmouth. They had been in dismal type heading into the worldwide break, however have picked up 5 factors from three video games since, together with a dramatic 1-0 win at Middlesbrough on Saturday. Conor Chaplin scored with the final kick of the sport to save Pompey from dipping into the underside three.
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Highlights of the Sky Bet Championship match between Middlesbrough and Portsmouth
Tuesday 14th April 7:30pm
Kick off 8:00pm
“We did get lucky, let’s be honest we got lucky, but that’s something we just haven’t had this season,” mentioned a barely disbelieving Portsmouth boss John Mousinho after the sport. “It tends to be the case when you’re down the bottom.”
Mousinho can be hoping they nonetheless have a little bit of fortune to spare for Ipswich. The Tractor Boys loved a buoyant win at bitter rivals Norwich on the weekend, and are in full management of second spot within the desk. A win right here would take them 5 factors away from Millwall in third.
And a visit to Fratton Park shouldn’t be as daunting because it as soon as was. Portsmouth have only one win at residence this calendar 12 months, and have only a level at residence of their final 4.
But the inducement is figuring out victory would take them 4 factors away from the drop, which can really feel like a chasm with 4 video games to play.
Southampton vs Blackburn
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Highlights of the Sky Bet Championship match between Southampton and Derby County
While Portsmouth vs Ipswich has been delayed twice over the course of three months, Southampton vs Blackburn comes to you from the longer term!
Initially scheduled for the ultimate weekend of April, and the penultimate spherical of fixtures of the season, it has been introduced ahead due to the very fact the Saints have a visit to Wembley to face Manchester City within the FA Cup semi-finals as an alternative.
Tonda Eckert will not thoughts. The Saints are on the march proper now and momentum is king at this stage of the season. Southampton’s comeback win in opposition to Derby on Saturday lifted them up to fifth within the desk, and a victory on Tuesday night in opposition to Rovers can be their sixth within the league in a row. It has been a reasonably unimaginable spell of type.
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Highlights of the Sky Bet Championship match between Stoke City and Blackburn Rovers
Tuesday 14th April 7:30pm
Kick off 8:00pm
“It was an outstanding performance, I think the best one of the week,” mentioned Eckert after they hit again to beat the Rams. Some reward contemplating the week began with a win over Arsenal, and was adopted by a 5-1 shellacking of Wrexham.
Blackburn will know they’re up in opposition to it. Back-to-back attracts has stalled their push away from the relegation locations.
They do nonetheless have a four-point hole, but when they decide up nothing at Southampton they may know all the edges under them have video games in hand.
And their subsequent recreation comes as shortly as Friday night, once they host the leaders Coventry. It does not take lengthy for issues to change shortly on this league, so Blackburn can’t afford to think about St Mary’s a free hit.
League One
- Live on Sky: Bolton vs Stevenage, Huddersfield vs Cardiff
- Leyton Orient vs Mansfield, Port Vale vs Barnsley, Wigan vs Rotherham
Bolton appear to be they’re destined for the play-offs in League One, and can be eager to guarantee they proceed to construct momentum heading there. They host a Stevenage aspect who occupy sixth spot, and may put 5 factors between themselves and the chasing pack within the play-off race with a win.
Cardiff City can take one other step in direction of what appears an inevitable promotion once they head to Huddersfield who nonetheless have hopes of sneaking into the play-offs.
Elsewhere, Leyton Orient can be hoping to push away from the relegation zone once they host Mansfield, Port Vale will transfer a recreation closer to what appears a sure drop as they host Barnsley, and Rotherham may have their relegation destiny sealed at Wigan. Defeat and they’re down.
League Two
- All live on Sky: Barrow vs Oldham, Cheltenham vs Gillingham, Chesterfield vs Grimsby, Colchester vs Accrington
Nothing might be confirmed in League Two on Tuesday night, however relegation-threatened Barrow will attempt and transfer closer to security as they host outdoors play-off hopefuls Oldham.
Chesterfield vs Grimsby is a large recreation within the top-seven shake-up, in the meantime. It is seventh first eighth, with only one level between them both aspect of the play-off line.
