As next season's Championship fixtures are released on Thursday (June 21), the bookies have priced relegated sides Leicester City, Leeds United and Southampton to bounce back and return to the Premier League at the first attempt. The Foxes, who have recently appointed Man City coach Enzo Maresca, are priced as the favourites to win the title with Leeds and the Saints breathing down their necks.
Bookies Betway have the former Premier League champions priced at 6/1 to lift the trophy with their fellow relegated rivals at 7/1 and 8/1 respectively. They will still have plenty of tough challenges along the 46-match season with Michael Carrick's Middlesbrough expected to maintain their fine form next season despite heartbreak in last season's play-offs.
In the play-off race, the bookies are expecting another close encounter with relegation contenders Huddersfield Town priced only at 7/1 to achieve a top 6 finish. The Terries, however, have been priced as likely relegation contenders at 11/4 along with the newly-promoted Plymouth Argyle as the favourites for the drop at 7/4.
The Pilgrims surprised many by winning League One last season with an impressive 101 points but the bookies still reckon they are more likely for the drop than fellow promoted sides Ipswich Town at 8/1 and play-off winners Sheffield Wednesday at 5/1 too. But head coach Steven Schumacher may take some reassurance in knowing the other five teams to have reached 100+ points survived the following season and even four of them went on to reach the Premier League afterwards.
Outright
- Leicester City - 6/1
- Leeds United - 7/1
- Southampton - 8/1
- Middlesbrough - 10/1
- Norwich City - 12/1
- West Brom - 12/1
- Watford - 14/1
- Coventry City - 20/1
- Ipswich Town - 20/1
- Stoke City - 20/1
- Sunderland - 20/1
- Swansea City - 20/1
- Blackburn Rovers - 25/1
- Millwall - 25/1
- Cardiff City - 33/1
- Hull City - 33/1
- Preston North End - 33/1
- QPR - 33/1
- Sheffield Wednesday - 33/1
- Birmingham City - 50/1
- Bristol City - 50/1
- Huddersfield Town - 50/1
- Plymouth Argyle - 50/1
- Rotherham United - 100/1
Promotion
- Leicester City - 6/4
- Leeds United - 2/1
- Southampton - 5/2
- Middlesbrough - 3/1
- Norwich City - 4/1
- Watford - 4/1
- West Brom - 4/1
- Coventry City - 13/2
- Stoke City - 13/2
- Sunderland - 7/1
- Ipswich Town - 15/2
- Blackburn Rovers - 8/1
- Swansea City - 8/1
- Millwall - 9/1
- Cardiff City - 11/1
- Sheffield Wednesday - 11/1
- Hull City - 12/1
- Preston North End - 12/1
- QPR - 12/1
- Bristol City - 14/1
- Huddersfield Town - 16/1
- Birmingham City - 20/1
- Plymouth Argyle - 25/1
- Rotherham United - 28/1
Top 6
- Leicester City - 4/9
- Leeds United - 4/7
- Southampton - 5/6
- Middlesbrough - 11/10
- Norwich City - 15/8
- West Brom - 15/8
- Watford - 2/1
- Coventry City - 11/4
- Ipswich Town - 11/4
- Stoke City - 3/1
- Sunderland - 3/1
- Swansea City - 3/1
- Blackburn Rovers - 7/2
- Millwall - 7/2
- Cardiff City - 9/2
- Hull City - 9/2
- Preston North End - 9/2
- Sheffield Wednesday - 9/2
- QPR - 11/2
- Bristol City - 6/1
- Huddersfield Town - 7/1
- Birmingham City - 8/1
- Plymouth Argyle - 10/1
- Rotherham United - 14/1
Relegation
- Plymouth Argyle - 7/4
- Rotherham United - 15/8
- Birmingham City - 5/2
- Huddersfield Town - 11/4
- QPR - 3/1
- Bristol City - 4/1
- Cardiff City - 5/1
- Hull City - 5/1
- Sheffield Wednesday - 5/1
- Preston North End - 13/2
- Swansea City - 7/1
- Ipswich Town - 8/1
- Sunderland - 9/1
- Blackburn Rovers - 11/1
- Coventry City - 12/1
- Millwall - 12/1
- Stoke City - 12/1
- West Brom - 12/1
- Watford - 14/1
- Norwich City - 16/1
- Middlesbrough - 25/1
- Leeds United - 50/1
- Leicester City - 50/1
- Southampton - 50/1
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