
James McClean and Tyrese Campbell: The inspirations in Stoke’s victory over Brentford
Stoke City claimed their first home win in the Championship this season after beating Brentford 3-2 at the Bet365 Stadium.
Stoke City claimed their first home win in the Championship this season after beating Brentford 3-2 at the Bet365 Stadium.
Three games in and Chris Hughton’s Nottingham Forest are showing the signs of a much-improved squad than under their predecessor – but there are still notes of concern.
Nottingham Forest will hope to make it two wins from two under Chris Hughton when a struggling Rotherham side visits the City Ground tonight.
If you didn’t look at the back of the shirt, you’d have thought that Ollie Watkins was still at Brentford, banging in the goals. Ivan Toney who made all the headlines as Brentford comfortably strolled past Coventry 2-0 at the Brentford Comminigh stadium.
A spirited performance from a struggling Barnsley side saw them earn a point against the early Championship leaders in dramatic fashion.
It has been more than 100 days since Nottingham Forest last enjoyed the sweet taste of victory. Saturday’s hard-fought victory at Blackburn Rovers has been a long time coming.
Joao Pedro’s superb strike was the decisive moment of quality in a tepid affair between Derby and Watford at Pride Park but a fourth defeat in five games will leave Phillip Cocu’s men desperate for momentum before going into battle with local rivals Nottingham Forest next weekend.
Chris Hughton will hope to kick-start his Nottingham Forest tenure with a win at high-flying Blackburn Rovers.
Brentford will be without Said Benrahma ahead of the visit of Coventry after his departure from the club was confirmed on Friday night.
To say that Norwich City’s return to the second tier of English football has been underwhelming is an understatement as the Canaries have only won once since their relegation back to the Championship.
Wycombe are still seeking their first points and goal in the Championship and Millwall provide a decent opportunity to get both.
Barnsley are set to start life without their miracle-working manager at the helm, as they welcome table-toppers Bristol City to Oakwell.
With rumours circulating in the media that Wayne Rooney is being lined up to replace Phillip Cocu after a poor start to their 2020/21 campaign, defeat at home to Watford on Friday evening will pour fuel onto speculation that Derby are seeking managerial inspiration from elsewhere.
Bright Osayi-Samuel terrorised Middlesbrough’s defence, but his QPR side couldn’t snatch all three points on a cold afternoon at the Kiyan Prince Foundation Stadium.
Oakwell on Saturday was not the place to be for careering freeloading action. But it was a hotspot for intrinsic and ‘geeky’ football between two teams entwined in a tactical embrace that would ultimately prove to be a deadlock.
Following their fourth consecutive defeat to the season at the hands of Carlos Corberan’s Huddersfield Town, their latest failure has given Forest their worst start to a season in sixty-six years with the vultures edging closer to The City Ground dugout.
Barnsley look to bounce back from a poor start to the season as they play host to Championship newcomers Coventry City.
Late goals were a trademark feature of Norwich’s performances in their last Championship campaign, and they relied on one again to earn a point against Preston North End.
After a disastrous end to their Premier League campaign, Norwich City will get the chance to make things right in front of their fans against Preston North End.
Since their ill-fated 4-1 defeat to Stoke City in the final game of the previous campaign, Nottingham Forest will be desperate to shake off the hangover which ultimately defined their season, as a failure as they welcome Neil Harris’ Cardiff City to Trentside on Saturday, both clubs will be hoping of a return to winning ways.
Saturday’s return to league action proved a frustrating one for Nottingham Forest as mistakes at both ends resulted in a 2-0 defeat to Queens Park Rangers.
Nottingham Forest take on Queens Park Rangers on the opening weekend of the Championship season. The Reds won 4-0 on their last visit to Loftus Road, but it will be a difficult one this time round.
After 111 days, Brentford returned to what is about to be their ex-home, Griffin Park. Abdi Rashid watched on from the stands.
Fourth-placed Brentford will look to make it back-to-back wins and cement their place in the play-off spots ahead of the visit of top of the table West Bromwich Albion.