While Bavaria is killing the intrigue in the Bundesliga, Man City is preparing to regain the Premier League medals, and the circus starring Neimar does not prevent PSG from destroying everyone in France, there is a league where extremely funny things happen.

If you do not follow the best second league of the world, which besides this, is among the ten richest championships, you lose a lot. But you can start boldly, as only 16 tours from the incredible 42 (!). This guide will help you get on the course and open some very interesting stories.

Leader stories Top 6 (places that give the chance to play in the Premier League) looks like this now: Wolves, Sheffield United, Cardiff, Bristol City, Middlesbrough, Aston Villa.

Wolverhampton broke English football media in the summer: the team was led by ex-coach Porto and Valencia Nuno Santo, who took Ruben Neves from the same Porto for record money for the "wolves" (? 17m) and rented from Atletico Diogo Zhota. Not bad for the second league, right?.

Their ambitions for the promotion Wolves showed already at the very start, beating the first rounds of direct competitors: Middlesbrough, Derby and Hull.

The main argument in favor of the direct exit of Wolverhampton in the Premier League, in addition to the strongest in the league, along with Aston Villa, is their form. If the team dismounts equal results without a swing in 3-4 matches, this gives it a big advantage. For stability is not about the Championship.

Last year such a team was Newcastle Benitez and had no special problems with direct access to the elite. "Wolves" have all the chances and resources to repeat their fate.

Sheffield United - this is an incredible story for which we so love football, and that did not end after the championship of Leicester.

And even as in the story with the "foxes" two years ago, the main culprit of the miracle is the coach, comparing Ranieri and Chris Wilder is completely incorrect.

Chris, who was a player in Sheffield in the 80's and 90's, since 2001 began his coaching career in the English lower classes. During this time he managed to work in four clubs, whose names you are unlikely to say anything until in 2016 he finally returned home. And Sheffield is really his home: he uses public transport, spends his free time in bars with friends and creates a story.

Since the start of the 2016-17 season, and his Sheffield started in League 1 (third division), Wilder has won 66% of matches including 100 points in the last draw. Better indicators only in Conte and Pochettino: 77% and 68% respectively.

Now he, along with his guys on the run broke into the Championship and proudly took a place at the top. And while it is completely unclear what awaits us further.

For Cardiff, the main task is not to fall prey to the already mentioned instability. Dragons started the season very strongly, issuing a wild start from 5 consecutive wins, including over Wolves with Villa. For comparison last season, they scored only 5 points in the starting eight mats.

And then went the roller coaster: 4 wins, 4 draws and 3 losses. Such results have thrown Cardiff to third place. But of the top 6 wards Neil Warnock should not fall out, for a place in the playoffs, guys should not be worried.

Bristol City team is a mystery, which is most likely only temporarily so high. Last year they were hardly saved from relegation and, having lost their leader, the incredibly talented striker Tammy Abraham, before the season were among the top 3 applicants for the flight.

If you look at the advanced modern statistics, then Bristol is now sorting out points, and consequently sooner or later its results regress to the average. But even a place in the middle of the table will be a very good result.

After an unsuccessful first attempt to return to the elite of English football, Aston Villa very actively held a transfer window: Ahmed al-Mohammadi of Hull, Glen Willan from Stoke and John Terry. At the same time, the basic composition. In the opinion of the bookmakers, Villans were an unconditional favorite to win, the opinion of the fans was not very different.

But the Championship would not be myself, if everything was so simple. After four starting rounds, "Villa" had one point and walked in the penultimate place. Talk about the resignation of Steve Bruce shook the team, and now they are in the playoff zone and do not intend to stop. And if you look at the advanced statistics (xG), then the team should go in third place, and accordingly we still should expect progress.

Briefly about the rest Do not write off the accounts of Leeds, for the playoffs the most popular club Shipa will definitely fight. A month ago, the "foxes" went to the top 3, followed by a terrible series of 7 defeats in 8 games and the tenth place as a result.

A terrible failure teams that last season played in the Premier League. And if the "Hull" led by Slutsky staggers from the middle of the table to the departure zone, then Sunderland is at the very bottom. The fact that these teams are unlikely to fight for promotion, it was clear even in the summer, because they have rubbed most of their strongest performers. But even in this situation, they must be higher.