EFL Championship: High-Stakes Friday Slate

0:00On April 3rd, yo, Championship fans, gear up for a stacked Friday 3rd, April slate in the EFL second tier. Middlesboro host, Mill Wall at 1230, then eight matches kickoff at 3pm, including Birmingham versus Blackburn, Charlton facing Bristol. City and West Brom taking on Rexham. Coventry wraps it at 8pm against Derby. Right now, Coventry lead with 80 points from 39 games chasing automatic promotion. Meanwhile, Middlesboro sits second on 71 points, Ipswich and Mill Wall both at 69 in the playoff hunt. Hull, Southampton and Rexham round out the top 7, all battling for those precious spots. Down the table, it's tense, Birmingham and QPR on 53, Preston and Swansea at 52. Sheffield wins the prop of the standings on negative 6 points after heavy deductions for admin issues and payments, while Leicester drops 6-4. Rule breaches, sitting second bottom on 39.

1:03Spotlight on Charlton at 18th with 48 points versus Bristol City, 16th on 51. Charlton's struggle at home this year, but their bench has been fired with nine different sub-scoring. Bristol edge recent head to heads, winning two of the last five lead clashes. These results could shake up the promotion race and relegation fight, big time. Keep an eye on how the leaders handle the pressure.