Brighton vs Sheffield Wednesday Prediction & Betting Tips - Championship

Prediction published on 15/05/2016, 17:15  by | Modified on 17/05/2016 at 04:35 in Championship Predictions

The savage unfairness of the play-off system was shown in the first leg of this semi-final. Brighton and Hove Albion finished three places and 15 points ahead of Sheffield Wednesday but their hopes of reaching the Premier League are looking slim now. The first leg saw Brighton lose four players to injury ending up with just ten men on the pitch. Sheffield Wednesday ran out 2-0 winners but surely promotion should be decided on a whole season's performances?  Brighton have had a tough time of it over the past few weeks with important matches and that championship promotion decider with Middlesbrough. Sheffield Wednesday were able to rest almost their entire team before Friday's first leg. Back in the day they'd get fined for doing that, how football has changed. So what's going to happen here in the second leg? Brighton have to be patient rather than go gung-ho looking for goals. Conceding is going to be a disaster for the home side as they failed to get an away goal in the first leg. Brighton have an excellent home record but have injuries and no wins in their last three games. They have to go for it and I think that'll end up with a situation where the game becomes more and more open and both teams will score in this game.