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Matchday 3 · 12 matches
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Every fixture in the round, with where both clubs stand, what they have done so far and how they have gone at home and away. Millwall go into the round on top with 6 points.

13
Wrexham
2 pts
DD
v
13
Birmingham
2 pts
DD

Wrexham drew 1–1 at home to Watford. Birmingham drew 2–2 at home to Bristol City.

4
Wolverhampton
4 pts
DW
v
20
Stoke
0 pts
LL

Wolverhampton beat Preston NE 3–1 away. Stoke lost to Southampton 1–3 away.

16
Derby County
1 pt
LD
v
8
Swansea
4 pts
WD

Derby County drew 2–2 at home to Cardiff. Swansea drew 0–0 at home to Sheffield Utd.

11
Middlesbrough
3 pts
WL
v
2
West Brom
6 pts
WW

Middlesbrough lost to Blackburn 1–2 away. West Brom beat Burnley 3–1.

23
Norwich
0 pts
LL
v
18
Burnley
1 pt
DL

Norwich lost to Millwall 0–3 away. Burnley lost to West Brom 1–3 away.

8
Bolton
4 pts
WD
v
20
Lincoln City
0 pts
LL

Bolton drew 0–0 away at QPR. Lincoln City lost to Portsmouth 1–3.

19
Bristol City
1 pt
LD
v
10
Portsmouth
3 pts
LW

Bristol City drew 2–2 away at Birmingham. Portsmouth beat Lincoln City 3–1 away.

24
Southampton
-1 pts
LW
v
1
Millwall
6 pts
WW

Southampton beat Stoke 3–1. Millwall beat Norwich 3–0.

3
Charlton
6 pts
WW
v
20
Preston NE
0 pts
LL

Charlton beat West Ham 2–1 away. Preston NE lost to Wolverhampton 1–3.

6
Blackburn
4 pts
DW
v
5
QPR
4 pts
WD

Blackburn beat Middlesbrough 2–1. QPR drew 0–0 at home to Bolton.

12
Cardiff
2 pts
DD
v
15
Sheffield Utd
2 pts
DD

Cardiff drew 2–2 away at Derby County. Sheffield Utd drew 0–0 away at Swansea.

7
Watford
4 pts
WD
v
16
West Ham
1 pt
DL

Watford drew 1–1 away at Wrexham. West Ham lost to Charlton 1–2.

Reading the round

The Championship plays 46 rounds including regular midweek fixtures, so a round can be spread from Friday to Tuesday. Saturday at three o'clock is still the core of it, and those matches are not shown live in the United Kingdom.

Form here counts only finished matches, so a club with a game in hand looks worse than it is. Home and away records matter more than they look in a league this early: two home wins from two says less about a club than the same two results in November will.

Betting on this round

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The fixtures worth a second look are the ones where the table and the form disagree: a club sitting high after a soft opening, or one near the bottom that has played the two hardest away games available. Both get priced on position, and position this early is mostly a function of who they have already faced.

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