EFL action for 2020-21 starts in three weeks

The Football League season resumes in just over three weeks’ time with Cardiff City at home to Sheffield Wednesday and Swansea City away at Preston North End in the Championship, while Newport County head to Scunthorpe in League Two. The action gets underway at 3pm on Saturday, 12 September, with The Owls the first visitors…

Welsh rivals to clash in Carabao opener

Newport County host Swansea City in the first round of this season’s League Cup, sponsored by Carabao, with Cardiff City taking on Northampton Town. The mouthwatering prospect of an all-Welsh derby in the first round takes place on 5 September, with Mike Flynn’s League Two side welcoming the Swans to Rodney Parade. The last time…

Welsh rivals miss out on Wembley final

It was a case of huge disappointment for both Cardiff City and Swansea City in the Championship play-off semi-finals with both sides going out 3-2 on aggregate. The Bluebirds beat Fulham 2-1 at Craven Cottage last night, but their 2-0 defeat to the Cottagers at Cardiff City Stadium meant they exited the race for the…

Bees favourites to make play-off final

Andre Ayew’s 81st-minute winner at the Liberty Stadium on Sunday evening put Swansea in the driving seat going into tonight’s Championship play-off semi-final second leg, but Brentford remain favourites to book their place at Wembley next Tuesday. The Bees are 3/5 with SkyBet to beat the Swans in their Griffin Park send-off, with a two-goal…

Championship climax a real thriller

Last night the climax to the Championship season certainly lived up to expectations… with those destined for the play-offs, those on for automatic promotion and those set for the drop to League One in a state of constant flux as the evening progressed. West Brom, Brentford and Fulham were fighting out the second automatic spot…

Play-offs

Two from three in play-off showdown

Wednesday night promises to be an exciting evening in South Wales, when football fans will be glued to TVs, radios and phones eager to follow developments in the final round of games in the Championship season. Both the Bluebirds and Swans have it all to play for with just three points separating the sides… and…

Bluebirds hold edge in race for play-offs

With four games to go just one point separates Welsh rivals Cardiff City and Swansea City in the Championship table, both seemingly chasing the final play-off spot. The Bluebirds are currently in sixth place occupying that position… with the Swans hot on their heels in seventh. So which team has the better chance of reaching…

Welsh sides long-shots in promotion race

Just 10 games remaining in the race to gain promotion to the Premier League and both Cardiff City and Swansea City are in the pack vying for a Championship play-off place. Cardiff, dealt a heavy blow by a freak training injury to influential midfielder Lee Tomlin last month, are in 11th place on 51 points……

Lakesiders bit of a betting anomaly

Still very much in the race to win the Cymru Premier title, Bala Town present a bit of an anomaly. While Bet365 have them as 16-1 to pip The New Saints and Connah’s Quay Nomads to the title, on Oddschecker both Betfair and PaddyPower quote them at a far more generous 275-1… a staggering 17…