Sky Bet Championship: betting preview & free tips for Saturday's matches

Free football tips, best bets and analysis for Saturday's Sky Bet Championship games.

When to bet

From 12.30pm Saturday

Best bets

Wigan draw no bet
2pts 5-6 BoyleSports

Derby
2pts 23-20 Betfred, Betway, Hills

Swansea
3pts 8-11Betway

Wigan Athletic v Blackburn Rovers
3pm

One of the games of the day in the Championship is the Lancashire derby between Wigan and Blackburn, who both made winning returns to action last weekend.

Rovers have made impressive progress under Tony Mowbray and their 3-1 win over Bristol City took them to within a point of the top six.

However, Wigan are pulling clear of trouble in great style and their 2-0 victory at Huddersfield made it five clean sheets in a row for the Latics, who have won four of those games.

Seven of their 11 league wins this season have come since the turn of the year, including 1-0 successes over top two West Brom and Leeds.

Defender Antonee Robinson, who had been set for a January move to Milan before tests revealed an irregular heart rhythm, made an excellent return to action at Huddersfield and the Latics look a tempting price with the draw no bet.

Derby County v Reading
1pm

Wayne Rooney has been the centre of attention for Derby since making his debut in January but 18-year-old Louie Sibley stole the show with a hat-trick in the Rams' 3-2 win at Millwall on Saturday.

Derby are 12th in the table but just three points off the top six and they should be backed to extend their winning run at home to Reading.

The Rams' win at Millwall was their third on the bounce, having also put three goals past Sheffield Wednesday and Blackburn before the season was halted.

Since Christmas Phillip Cocu's men have won five of their seven home games, drawing with Huddersfield and promotion contenders Fulham.

Derby can see off a Reading side who had a four-game winning streak over Christmas and the new year but have won just three of 13 games since and conceded a late equaliser at home to struggling Stoke on Saturday.

Swansea City v Luton Town
12.30pm

A late strike from Callum McManaman earned Luton a 1-1 draw at home to Preston in the first game of Nathan Jones's second spell at the club but victory for Barnsley at QPR meant the Hatters slipped to the bottom of the Sky Bet Championship.

They may struggle to take anything from a tricky trip to Swansea, who were in fine fettle before the season was suspended and resumed with a 3-0 win at relegation-threatened Middlesbrough.

A Rhian Brewster brace and a penalty from Andre Ayew put the Swans in total control by half-time at the Riverside and they should have too much class for Luton.

They have been excellent against the weaker teams in the division, winning seven and drawing four of their 11 games against sides in the bottom six, and they held free-scoring leaders West Brom to a goalless draw in their last home match.

Luton have comfortably the worst defensive record in the division and they didn't offer much going forward against Preston. McManaman's equaliser in the 87th minute was their only attempt on target.

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