Today's Biggest EFL Games

A kid at Christmas vs Ali Maxwell at Easter? There's no difference in excitement levels. A preview of Good Friday's EFL slate...

Good morning, Good Friday…

Great Friday, more like! Simple humour from me today, because all of my brain power is being spent on keeping my wobbly knees upright. If the Play-Offs are the best part of the EFL season as a whole, Easter Weekend is my favourite chunk of the regular season.

Four games remain for 90% of the EFL, half of them over the next four days. That’s two matchdays on two Bank Holidays, bookending a regulation weekend of relaxation (lol, as if). Saturday and Sunday might involve some chores, some life admin, taking a trip to Dunelm or the tip—the perfect mind-taker-offer when you’re doing your best trying not to explode from the stress of it all.

What am I most looking forward to? What should you be watching out for? Let’s take a look shall we?

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CHAMPIONSHIP

It’s a second tier day for the ages…

Credit: BBC Sport

Down the bottom…

Derby (21st) v Luton (23rd) catches the eye immediately, and kicks off the day at 12:30pm. With three points between them, a Luton win would bring the teams level. A glance at the home/away stats suggests this is unlikely - Derby’s home ppg of 1.48 dwarves Luton’s pitiful away output of 0.57 ppg - but with both sides currently playing out games defined by tension and low margins, a single goal could win it. A moment of quality? Thelo Aasgaard? Maybe. Defensive error? More likely.