Championship Predictions & Betting Tips Season 2024/2025

Welcome to BettingOdds.com’s dedicated Championship predictions and tips page, where you’ll find information about the teams in contention for promotion/relegation, the most popular types of Championship betting tips, along with advice for how to find a winning bet, including goal scoring trends and key player availability.

Who will win the Championship title?

The 2024/25 Championship season is set to be another competitive affair, with numerous teams in contention to be crowned the Championship winner. Below we’ve provided you with a Championship betting odds comparison for this outright market, listing the 10 favourites:

Despite the expected fire sale at Elland Road, Leeds United are considered strong enough to win the 2024/25 Championship title.

Next in the betting are recently relegated Burnley, under the guidance of shrewd operator Scott Parker, who boasts two promotions from this division on his CV.

Another of last season’s relegated Premier League teams, Luton Town, are considered to be strong competitors, especially having retained manager Rob Edwards for their return to the second tier.

Michael Carrick’s Middlesbrough should be a more formidable prospect this term having developed key assets during last season’s 8th placed finish.

Despite three years of second tier football, there’s renewed optimism at Carrow Road as Norwich could mount a serious challenge with their coherent style of play under head coach Johannes Hoff Thorup.

Coventry look better equipped to challenge this season than last, having developed a team that is less reliant on star quality and looks a lot more balanced.

West Brom’s new sustainable model saw them involved in last campaign’s play-offs and the Baggies are expected to go strong again this time with Carlos Corberan at the wheel.

Financial difficulties aren’t enough to deter the bookies from propping up Sheffield United for an assault on the Championship title, with the ever-popular Chris Wilder, the club’s most successful manager in recent history, leading the charge.

Although the progress made under former head coach Liam Rosenior could easily be undone by his replacement Tim Walter, his aggressive, front-foot football could also dramatically improve the Tigers.

Five successive bottom half finishes have been mightily underwhelming for Stoke City, however, they’ll always remain a contender in this outright market due to the club’s ability to come up clutch when it matters.

Championship Promotion Predictions

Interest in the Championship 24/25 promotion picture sits high, with the top two teams in the division promoted to the Premier League automatically and the other four clubs occupying 3rd-6th battling for the third promotion spot via the play-offs. 

Continue reading for the top six shortest priced teams to achieve promotion, as well as playoff race analysis for this sextet.

Leeds United missed out on promotion last season at the final hurdle, losing to Southampton in the Championship play-off final at Wembley, therefore making them frontrunners to achieve promotion this time around.

Despite a change in management, Burnley were promoted two seasons ago as champions and should be a formidable force with the experienced Scott Parker presiding over them.

Rob Edwards’ Luton Town are one of the best run clubs in the country and as a result, bookmakers expect them to be right up there in the promotion race come the end of season.

Despite an overall disappointing campaign, Middlesbrough were only six points away from the play-offs last season and are poised to be much improved during the 2024/25 campaign.

Chris Wilder helped his beloved Sheffield United secure promotion from this league before, making the Blades a perfectly reasonable proposition under his tutelage once more.

Although the 2022/23 play-off finalists were unable to build on their success last season, the ever-present Mark Robins provides plenty of stability and balance to Coventry’s promotion bid.

Who will be relegated from the Championship?

The 2024/25 Championship relegation battle is also a contentious topic. Three teams are promoted from League One each season, meaning that the bottom three Championship clubs suffer the drop into England’s third tier.

One of those newly-promoted sides, Oxford United, are favourites to catapult straight back down, having earned their place in this division by winning the League One play-offs last term.

Plymouth Argyle avoided relegation during the 2023/24 campaign by just a single point and are heavily favoured to be one of three clubs whose luck will run out this term.

Bookmakers expect the bottom three to be rounded out with Blackburn Rovers. Two consecutive top-eight finishes were quelled by a disastrous campaign last time out when the Lancashire club managed a final day victory over champions Leicester City to survive.

When do we release the Championship Predictions and Betting Tips?

If you wish to follow our Championship football predictions then you can find dedicated match previews on our website at least 24 hours before a game’s kick-off.

Our dedicated independent contributors and in-house writing team will be covering the biggest and most important Championship matches for the 2024/24 season, providing two EFL Championship predictions in each match preview, with an emphasis on finding value bets in the Championship.

What Types of Championship Football Tips Do Our Expert’s Offer?

All televised 2024/25 Championship fixtures will receive a match preview from either our freelance writers or our in-house staff. Inside these previews there will typically be two Championship betting tips, supported by research using statistical data.

These selections could cover any multitude of popular betting markets from within this list below:

• Match Result
• BTTS
• Over/Under Goals
• Score Betting
• Anytime Goalscorer
• First Goalscorer
• Player To Be Carded

Which teams are in the Championship this season?

24 teams participate in the Championship every season. Here is a full list of each club present in the 2024/25 Championship campaign:

• Blackburn Rovers
• Bristol City
• Burnley
• Cardiff City
• Coventry City
• Derby County
• Hull City
• Leeds United
• Luton Town
• Middlesbrough
• Millwall
• Norwich City
• Oxford United
• Plymouth Argyle
• Portsmouth
• Preston North End
• Queens Park Rangers
• Sheffield United
• Sheffield Wednesday
• Stoke City
• Sunderland
• Swansea City
• Watford
• West Bromwich Albion

How do you bet on the EFL Championship?

No matter your chosen bookmaker, placing a bet on the Championship is simple. This step-by-step guide is not specific to any one bookie and can be generally applied to the full breadth of operators available in the UK:

1. Scroll to the homepage of your chosen bookmaker.
2. Select the ‘Football’ tab.
3. Choose the Championship and pick a fixture to bet on.
4. Decide on what market you’d like to bet on and click on a selection this market.
5. Once the bet has been added to your slip, set your stake and press the ‘Place Bet’ or equivalent button to process the wager.

How to Find a Championship Winning Bet

Although there is no exact formula to being a profitable gambler, there are strategies you can adopt to give you a better chance of winning a bet on the Championship.

Form & Trends

Whether you’re betting on a team or an individual player, diving into the statistical data to find emerging patterns is a great way to justify your selection. Establishing evidence to support an outcome you like the look of is possibly the number one tip for identifying a winning bet.

Odds & Value Bets

Assessing a selection’s odds and evaluating whether that particular bet poses value or not is often a strong system for finding a winning bet. If the history of a selection’s success suggests that its implied odds are higher than the perceived probability then punters will typically side with taking this supposed value.

Fixtures & Schedule

Diving into upcoming fixtures and analysing a team or player’s unique schedule can sometimes reward customers seeking to find a winning bet. When it comes to busier periods during a season, certain teams or players may rise to the occasion better than others, which can be especially fruitful for underdogs or unexpected player props.

Key Dates for the EFL Championship 2024/25

Where Can You Watch the Championship?

UK fans can catch televised Championship matches on Sky Sports at least every Saturday and Sunday minus during international breaks, when the league goes on a temporary hiatus. Due to the long Championship fixture calendar, this televised schedule also includes matches featured on Tuesday and Wednesday occasionally.

International viewers can also watch Championship matches through dedicated club streaming, with iFollow the home for international streaming of this league. All games can be streamed by clubs internationally, except for any matches selected for international broadcast.

Top Bookmakers and Betting Offers for the English Championship

All UK bookmakers offer outright and match odds for the Championship, with the 24/25 season being no exception. Here is a collection of our favourites, along with their current welcome offer, whose bonuses can be used on Championship-oriented bets:

• Bet365 - Bet £10 Get £30
• Sky Bet - Bet £10 Get £30
• BetMGM - Bet £10 Get £60
• Paddy Power - Bet £5 Get £20
• Betano - Bet £10 Get £30

Overachievers and Underachievers in the Championship  2023/2024 Season

The biggest overachievers from the 2023/24 Championship season were Ipswich Town. The Tractor Boys secured automatic promotion on the final day of the season, finishing as the division’s highest scorers with 92 goals and completely defying the odds with back-to-back promotions.

On the flip side, Birmingham City proved to be the greatest underachievers from the previous Championship season. The Blues were sitting pretty in the play-off places before bizarrely deciding to sack head coach John Eustace - a decision they would later regret after suffering relegation to the third tier.

The Most Improved Players in The Previous Season

Blackburn Rovers’ Sammie Szmodics had an enormous glow-up in the 2023/24 season, where he fired in 27 league goals to finish as the Championship top goalscorer despite his side’s threat of relegation. That tally solidified the striker had his most fruitful season to date, netting 22 more than his total of just five the season prior.

Who has won the most Championship titles?

Leicester City, last season’s title winners, are the Championship’s most successful team having won eight titles. The Foxes have won the second division title twice in the last ten years - 2013/14 and 2023/24 to be exact - also lifting the trophy during the 1924/25, 1936/37, 1953/54, 1970/71, 1979/80 and 1979/80 seasons.

EFL Championship Champions Recent Winners

The second tier was officially rebranded as the Championship in 2004, experiencing 13 different winners during its 20-year history. Here are the last 10 title winners:

• 2023/24 - Leicester City
• 2022/23 - Burnley
• 2021/22 - Fulham
• 2020/21 - Norwich City
• 2019/20 - Leeds United
• 2018/19 - Norwich City
• 2017/18 - Wolverhampton Wanderers
• 2016/17 - Newcastle United
• 2015/16 - Burnley
• 2014/15 - Bournemouth