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Championship Opta Stats: Best bets for every game on Boxing Day

  • Max Liu
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Championship Boxing Day Opta stats and tips
Get the best bets for the Championship on Boxing Day

Festive football is the best so get an Opta stat and corresponding tip for all 12 Boxing Day fixtures in the EFL Championship...


Birmingham City v Derby County - Back a Rams raid in Brum

12:30, Live on Sky Sports

Opta Stat:

Derby have won their last two Boxing Day league games, beating Wigan in 2023 and West Brom in 2024. They last won three in a row on Boxing Day between 1956 and 1958.

Betfair Bet: Back Derby @ 15/44.75


Millwall v Ipswich Town - Back goals at both ends

13:00, Live on Sky Sports

Opta Stat:

Ipswich Town have kept just one clean sheet in their last 27 away league games, winning 2-0 at Hull City last month.


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Coventry City v Swansea - Back Lampard's leaders to march on

15:00, Live on Sky Sports

Opta Stat:

Coventry have won their last seven home league matches - they haven't had a longer home winning run since between October 1959 and February 1960 (9 in a row).

Betfair Bet: Back Coventry and Over 1.5 goals @ 8/111.73


Leciester City v Watford - Back Foxes to beat Hornets

15:00, Live on Sky Sports

Opta Stat:

Leicester have won each of their last four league games against Watford, their longest ever winning run against the Hornets.

Betfair Bet: Back Leicester @ 13/102.30


Middlesbrough v Blackburn - Back Boro to beat Rovers

15:00, Live on Sky Sports

Opta Stat:

Middlesbrough have won 11 of their last 16 home league games (D3 L2), with their only two defeats in this time coming against last season's champions Leeds in April and current league leaders Coventry in November.

Betfair Bet: Back Middlesbrough @ 4/51.80


Norwich v Charlton - Back goals for both sides at Carrow Road

15:00, Live on Sky Sports

Opta Stat:

Norwich are unbeaten at Carrow Road under Philippe Clement in the Championship (W2 D1), having lost seven out of seven under Liam Manning. The Canaries are looking for three home wins in a row for the first time since between January and April 2024 (8). 

But they are yet to keep a clean sheet at home under Clement.

Betfair Bet: Back Both Teams to Score 'Yes' @ 8/111.73


Oxford v Southampton - Back the hosts for more Boxing Day success

15:00, Live on Sky Sports

Opta Stat:

Oxford have won four of their last five Boxing Day league games (L1), with all four of those victories coming in home games.

Betfair Bet: Back Oxford @ 16/54.20


Portsmouth v QPR - Back Pompey at 4/1

15:00, Live on Sky Sports

Opta Stat:

QPR have won just one of their last 11 Boxing Day league games (D2 L8), failing to score in each of their last five since a 3-0 win against Ipswich in 2018.


Sheffield Wednesday v Hull - Back more goals at Hillsborough

15:00, Live on Sky Sports

Opta Stat:

Sheffield Wednesday haven't kept a single home league clean sheet in 2025 and have shipped 40 goals at Hillsborough this calendar year - only in 1957 have they conceded more in a year (42).

Betfair Bet: Back Both Teams to Score 'Yes' @ 4/61.67


Stoke v Preston - Back North End for at least a point

15:00, Live on Sky Sports

Opta Stat:

The away team is unbeaten in the last 11 league meetings between Stoke and Preston (D4 L7), since the Lilywhites' 3-1 home win in August 2019.

Betfair Bet: Back Preston and Draw @ 4/61.67


West Brom v Bristol City - Back the Baggies

15:00, Live on Sky Sports

Opta Stat:

West Brom have won seven of their last eight home league games against Bristol City, with the exception being a 2-0 loss in October 2022.

Betfair Bet: Back West Brom @ 1/12.00


Wrexham v Sheffield United - Back bet builder at 5/1

17:30, Live on Sky Sports

Opta Stat:

Wrexham have won their last two Football League games on Boxing Day, last winning more consecutively between 1928 and 1932 (5).

Striker Kieffer Moore has scored eight goals this season - more than anyone else on either team.


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