The Championship season is heating up with tight promotion battles and intriguing rivalries. This week sees several exciting matchups, including Norwich City hosting former manager Daniel Farke's Leeds United and Burnley welcoming Plymouth Argyle, managed by Wayne Rooney, facing his old England teammate Scott Parker.
The Championship season might only be seven games old but already the nip-and-tuck nature of the division is prevalent once again.Tightly contested promotion and relegation battles are starting to take shape and there is a bumper midweek round of fixtures upon us.
Scott Parker and Wayne Rooney have one victory apiece as opposition head coaches in two previous meetings The last time the pair met was in the 2021-22 Championship season when Parker was in charge of Bournemouth and Rooney was at Derby, with each coming out on top in their home fixtures. John Eustace's Blackburn and Sheffield United are the only two teams still unbeaten in the Championship
Victory for Blackburn could put them top of the table, depending on West Brom's result against Middlesbrough and the outcome of Sunderland's game with Derby. Coventry are also unbeaten in their past seven league meetings with Blackburn and have won the previous two home head-to-heads 1-0. Will the visitors end their mini-Sky Blue hoodoo on Tuesday?Narcis Pelach and John Mousinho are still looking for their first wins of the season at Stoke and Portsmouth respectivelyThe Potters followed up a 3-1 defeat at home by Hull City in Pelach's first game in charge with a disappointing 2-0 loss at Middlesbrough on Saturday.
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