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This is your one-stop hub for discovering expert Championship betting tips. Here you’ll find Championship predictions for the league’s most important fixtures, whether that be between two promotion hopefuls or two relegation-threatened clubs.

Our EFL Championship tips use a data-driven, analytical approach through meticulous research which aims to provide value tips to our readership. These Championship league tips cover a range of different markets, including win-draw-win picks, over/under 2.5 goals, handicap betting, and a number of play prop selections, such as first and anytime goalscorers, players to be carded and player shots on target.

2024/25 Championship Predictions & Odds

Championship Outright Odds
Teams	Odds	Bookmaker
Leeds United	7/4	Betfair
Burnley	7/1	Betfred
Sunderland	8/1	bet365
Middlesbrough	10/1	Paddy Power
West Brom	12/1	BetMGM
Sheffield Utd	14/1	BetMGM

Championship Winner Prediction

The biggest of our Championship football tips comes in the form of an outright winner prediction, where we’re siding with Burnley to be promoted again as champions for the second season in the last three renewals. Scott Parker already has two promotions on his CV, helping both Bournemouth and Fulham to return to the Premier League from the tricky second tier. The Clarets have recruited well in addition to the talent they’ve held onto since suffering the drop, making them a fantastic proposition against the favourites Leeds United.

Top Six Prediction

Leeds, Burnley, Middlesbrough, Sunderland, Sheffield United and West Brom were the six teams tipped most likely for promotion in the early stages of the season. However, Championship followers will know that the betting favourites seldom reflect the final standings in such a competitive, 46-game league season. It pays to back an outsider in this market, which is why we recommend a team like Blackburn Rovers. John Eustace had Birmingham City just outside of the play-offs last term before being dismissed by his former employers. It isn’t about how you start in this division but rather how you finish, and although Rovers have flown out of the traps, they’ll require a padded squad to display the longevity needed to achieve promotion.

Relegation Team Prediction

Three teams are relegated from the Championship into League 1 every season and often the likely candidates are usually propositioned as at least one or two of the newly-promoted clubs. Wayne Rooney’s Plymouth Argyle, who survived the drop by just a single point before the coach onboarded over the summer, are staring down the barrel of another relegation threatened season and look prime candidates to suffer this fate having only managed two points from their opening four matches.

Top Goalscorer Prediction

Deciding on the Championship top goalscorer is always a tricky task, especially in a season like 2024/25 where there are a number of early contenders for the prize. Josh Maja is averaging 1.11 goals per 90 for West Brom so far, with Millwall’s Duncan Watmore and Oxford United’s Mark Harris also joining him at the top of the leaderboard with four goals apiece. It’s unlikely that the latter two can sustain this level of clinical goalscoring, so an outside option like reliable target man Kieffer Moore, who is already off the mark for his new suitors and will be in contention for the play-offs at Sheffield United, remains a far more appetising choice.

Player of the Season Prediction

The previous two Championship player of the season awards have gone to a pair of individuals who surprisingly didn’t achieve promotion with their club’s during those respective campaigns. That broadens the possibilities for the eventual winner, but identifying a strong individual within a more modest team is sometimes a path for success. Teemu Pukki and Emi Buendia were talismanic presences in older Norwich City sides, while Chuba Akpom, the award’s 2023 recipient, earned himself a move to Ajax off the back of his work with Middlesbrough during that season.

Manager of the Season Prediction

A manager of a promoted club has won the manager of the season trophy on both occasions since the award was introduced in 2023. Kieran McKenna’s stunning work with Ipswich Town was recognised last term, while Vincent Kompany’s formidable Burnley team helped him scoop the prize in its inaugural year. We believe that Scott Parker, who is being tipped to lead Burnley back to an immediate return to the Premier League, could be the third manager to have his name added to the list, especially if the Clarets are able to somewhat replicate the performance of their predecessors from two seasons earlier.

Next Manager to Be Sacked Prediction

Studying poor early season form against a club’s expectations is a good formula for selecting the first Championship manager to be sacked. Ryan Lowe was relieved of his duties at Preston North End after just one game – an opening 2-0 defeat to Sheffield United at Deepdale. Possible contenders for the next manager to go include the struggling Wayne Rooney at Plymouth Argyle, who has no wins from his first four fixtures, and Errol Bulut of Cardiff City, whose team sit bottom of the table entering September.

Young Player of the Season Prediction

The Championship is extremely good at fostering young talent, with four of the five most recent winners now plying their trade in the Premier League and 2020’s winner Jude Bellingham an undeniable superstar among Real Madrid’s ranks. Just like when it comes to selecting a player of the season candidate, this award can often acknowledge the efforts of a player outside of the division’s top clubs. Will Osula at Sheffield United, on loan from Newcastle United, is certainly one to watch, as is teammate Oli Arblaster. Abu Kamara is a name that will become familiar to many in the division if it isn’t already, and the forward’s recent switch to Hull City could now provide him with the platform required to fully shine.

Latest EFL Championship Betting Tips

It is our job to provide readers with the best Championship betting tips for the division’s most important fixtures. Our bets are typically centred around the second tier’s televised matches and explore the best punts and predictions from accumulator tips to correct score bets – all designed to put you on the podium with the selections that are most likely to win.

In order to make informed decisions when it comes to your betting, there are multiple different methods for success which include analysing team form and head-to-head results between two teams in relation to more straightforward match-based bets. Things are slightly different for betting on player prop markets, which requires users to investigate game-by-game player data based around a certain area involving a chosen individual.

For example, say you want to bet on a player to score in a fixture between Burnley vs Blackburn. As the Clarets are likely to be favourites and happen to be playing at home during this particular game, you might side with a Burnley player to register a certain amount of shots on target in the match. Assessing areas such as the frequency of which the player has achieved the designated betting line this season, how many times they’ve done so at home, and also how often he’s met this line against teams similar to Blackburn can help direct you towards more profitable selections.

What Are the Most Popular Championship Bets?

With matches taking place in the Championship most weekends during the regular season along with a fair few midweek schedules, there’s always an opportunity for multiple bets, be that BTTS tips, or your more popular Win-Draw-Win accas. The match predictions that we select for each and every game differ in markets as we choose these bets specifically and carefully, taking into account the form and statistics involving each side.

Are There Any Specific Markets That Tend to Offer Better Value in the EFL Championship?

Popular betting options such as the win-draw-win result market, anytime goalscorers and players to be carded are all markets which can offer incredible value, especially to punters who do their research into game and player statistics. Additionally, with interest on leagues outside of the Premier League increasing year-on-year, more betting options are becoming available to punters, with some of these fresher markets tending to possess better value too, like player shots on target, player fouls and specific SOT areas, including outside of the box efforts or headed shots on target.

When Are Our Championship Tips Available?

Our Championship tips are regularly updated at least 24 hours before a game’s kick-off and most likely will be available to view around 48 hours ahead of any match that is being covered.

How Does Promotion Work in the EFL Championship?

Each season the top two teams are 46 games automatically gain promotion to the English Premier League. The teams that finish third, fourth, fifth and sixth then enter the play-offs, with third facing sixth and fourth facing fifth across two two-legged semi-finals, with the eventual victors from both matches meeting in the Championship play-off final – a winner-takes-all final staged at Wembley Stadium.

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