2025-26 SEASON CHAMPIONSHIP PREDICTION: Opta Supercomputer Game Day Picks

At Opta Supercomputer, we offer our Championship Round 2 predictions for each match 2025-26.

Championship soccer returned with a bang last weekend. There were some surprising results, with a total of 26 goals scored, while only one of the 12 matches failed to produce a goal.

Of course, we've got you covered with Opta's predictions for the Championship season Supercomputer, plus new players we think you should keep an eye on and our case that the league is the most exciting in Europe.

Now our focus shifts to the second matchday battle of the 2025-26 season and how the supercomputer predicted each game to be played throughout the weekend.

The Championship is a notoriously unpredictable league, but Ota In any case, the supercomputer will give it a go ......

Matchday 2 Predictions

The Opta supercomputer is predicting a strong weekend of home wins, with 9 of the 12 matches having the most home team wins often in its simulations. Only two of the home teams have more However, the odds of winning are 50%, which suggests that the MD2 fixtures are close.

Home advantage is more important than any other game in the Championship England's top four leagues last season saw 253 of their 552 games end in a home win (46%).

MD1 have won six of their 12 games at home but only three away - the biggest shock of which came when Bristol City broke up the Sheffield Bramall Lane combine.

The Opta supercomputer's prediction was so wrong that it made Sheff Utd the pre-match favorites (58.61 TP3T), which gave City a mere 19.91 TP3T chance of taking all three points.

The supercomputer has learned its lesson, but that's not the case This time it underestimated Gerhard Struber's Bristol City team around. In 10,000 games before the tournament, no team had won more often than this Simulating more than they had done before MD2, City had 63.4% to beat Charlton Athletic.

Sheffield United may have lost that game and their midweek EFL Cup trip to Birmingham Manchester City, but they are backed as title favorites for three points away to Swansea Saturday afternoon in the city.

Rubén Sellés' team won a share of 42.3% of Opta Supercomputer simulation and is one of only three pre-game away teams this weekend's favorite.

Other away teams considered more likely to win this matchday draw or lose are Coventry Derby City County (38.2%) and Leicester Preston City (51.1%) North End.

Coventry have won just one of their last 21 away league games against Derby County (D9 L11) - a 3-1 win in October 2003 - so the supercomputers must consider recent form rather than their Derby history ominous.

Middlesbrough beat Swansea 2-1 at home on the opening weekend, but have yet to make their debut Having won two league games in a row since the 1994-95 season Tier Two.

Rob Edwards' side have a tough trip to Millwall on Saturday, with fans looking to take on the midweek 0-4 defeat at home to Doncaster Rovers League Cup clash.

However, the supercomputers were not keen on their chances as they only won the simulation at 28.2% and failed the simulation at 45.0% time.

Watford suffered heartache in extra time in their last game against Charlton Athletic over the weekend, and lost again midweek in the EFL Cup to Norwich. This time they face another tough test with Queens Park Rangers visiting Vicarage Road.

QPR ended last season on a three-game winning streak on the road, but they've failed to score in their last two games away from Watford The League.

MD1 drew 1-1 at Preston and then lost to Plymouth in the League Cup on Tuesday, so this game will see the two sides Basketball's new manager Julian Stefan and Watford's Paolo Pezzolano take to the field in a bid for a first win at their respective clubs.

Wasps won the Supercomputer pre-game simulation game by 42.81 TP3T, so like Sheffield go into the game Wednesday as favorites to win.

The Owls' off-field issues have been widely reported, but their performance so far this season suggests their players are capable of producing results.

After taking the lead over one of the title favorites last weekend, Leicester City, they ended up losing the game 2-1 in the last minute. They beat League One side Bolton Wanderers away from home on Wednesday night in the League Cup after a 3-3 draw on penalties, though.

Despite the problems, they're backing to provide fans with some This weekend hi, supercalculated pre-tournament 47.01 TP3T win rate The Sims vs Stoke City City.

Other matches on Saturday see Portsmouth (v Norwich) Manchester City), Wrexham (v West End) Bromwich Albion) and Blackburn Rovers (v Birmingham) favored by the supercomputer to ensure a safe home win.

On Sunday, two of the Championship's biggest clubs will host Southampton in front of the TV cameras at Portman Road, as Ipswich Town. It's a Premier League clash that saw last-minute goals in both matches change the outcome last season.

Southampton's Will Steele era started with two last-minute goals also turned the game around, although they fell behind as the game went into extra time with a 2-1 defeat at Wrexham.

Nonetheless, it was an impressive performance as Southampton had the highest total points scored (4.1), completed the most successful passes (527) and had the highest possession (74.4%) of any team in the championship on MD1.

Ipswich double over Southampton on their way to promotion 2023-24 and the Opta supercomputer is favoring them to pick up all three points from this game as well. Kieran McKenna's side have won 52.6 pre-match simulated games with 10,0001 TP3T, while Southampton have been given a 23.21 TP3T chance of winning on the road.

Sunday's other game in the Championship features two teams expected to play in the bottom half of the table in desperate need of points.

Oxford Manchester United are the most likely team to be relegated at the moment Opta Supercomputer Season Predictions in the Championship (29.6%), while Hull As things stand, City have a 13.9% chance.

Neither Oxford nor Hull managed to score on MD1, but at least Hull City got a point at Coventry, while Oxford went down 1-0 at home to Portsmouth.

Opta Supercomputer is backing the home team in this race (46.5%), which, based on their history, could be a wise choice for the record.

Hull City are unbeaten in their last nine home league games Against Oxford (W6 D3), who have won their last three games Inheritance, while scoring at least two goals in each.