Championship sack race: EFL giants are starting to get twitchy after latest surprise developments

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But throughout the EFL, gigantic clubs are considering managerial changes after difficult starts to the season. Ryan Mason remains under huge pressure at West Brom, with his side having lost four of their last five Championship games.Marti Cifuentes was on the verge of the sack at Leicester City at the start of the month, and the Spaniard is not free of trouble yet.

Credit: ImagoChris Davies leads sack race as EFL giants consider changesThere have been several managerial changes already in the Championship so far this season. MORE FOOTBALL INSIDER STORIES Watford followed suit by firing Paulo Pezzolano, with Will Still, Liam Manning, and Alan Sheehan being the other names to have received the boot.Championship managersSacked fromRuben SellesSheffield UnitedPaulo PezzolanoWatfordWill StillSouthamptonLiam ManningNorwich CityAlan SheehanSwansea CitySome of the biggest clubs in the EFL have struggled this season, with their owners all keen to strike the right time with their managerial changes.

A change looks very likely at St Andrews’, where Davies has failed to lead his team to victory in any of their previous five fixtures.Friday’s 1-1 draw with Derby County looked as if it could be the final nail in the coffin, but an announcement is yet to be made.The odds of Davies’ departure have shortened to 11/8 in recent days, with Englishman closely followed by Mason (2/1), Cifuentes (3/1), and Henrik Pedersen at Sheffield Wednesday (6/1), according to one major bookmaker.Boxing Day results have thrown managerial futures into doubtBirmingham’s draw with Derby on Boxing Day was made even more disappointing by the fact that the visitors had been down to 10 men after just 39 minutes. Elsewhere in the Championship, under-pressure managers continued to see their sides falter.Leicester lost 2-1 to Watford at home, with goals from Othmane Maamma and Matthew Pollock piling on the misery for Cifuentes.