The odds on the 20 confirmed Championship teams being promot

Cardiff City and Swansea City are among the early favourites to be promoted back to the Premier League next season.


Monday 6th May 2019


The Bluebirds have been installed as third favourites for promotion at 11/4 with Sky Bet, while Swansea are joint sixth at 4/1.

Relegated Fulham and Stoke City are joint favourites at 5/2, with Huddersfield and Middlesbrough at 3/1 and Brentford and Sheffield Wednesday at 4/1 alongside the Swans.

In terms of winning the 2019/20 Championship title, Cardiff are 10/1, with the Swans at 16/1.

The current odds, of course, do not include the four play-off teams, Leeds United, West Brom, Aston Villa and Derby County, who will battle it out for a place in the the top flight over the coming weeks.



Barnsley, who have been promoted from League One for next term, are 2/1 favourites for relegation, with Luton Town at 5/2.

You can get 12/1 on Swansea going down and 16/1 on the Bluebirds to suffer a second consecutive relegation.

Both Welsh teams will have ambitions to challenge for promotion, with much depending on what happens during the summer transfer window as Cardiff come to terms with the financial realities of life outside the Premier League and Swansea remain hamstrung by their own money issues.






The odds on the 20 confirmed Championship teams being promoted next season

Fulham 5/2

Stoke 5/2

Cardiff 11/4

Huddersfield 3/1

Middlesbrough 3/1

Brentford 4/1

Sheffield Wednesday 4/1

Swansea 4/1

Bristol City 5/1

Nottingham Forest 5/1

Blackburn 7/1

Birmingham 8/1

Hull 8/1

Preston 8/1

Barnsley 9/1

Luton 9/1

Millwall 9/1

QPR 9/1

Reading 9/1

Wigan 9/1

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Cant see how Fulham are favourites. They will probably lose the best players they would want to keep either in order to comply with FFP rules, or because they want to leave or loan period is up. They are in danger of being stuck with a few mercenaries who don't want to be there and who no one else wants but they cant get rid of because of the wages they are on.


I would say we are in a much better position. Nucleus of a good squad, can spend at least 20 million and still comply with the FFP rules due to parachute payment and the profit we must have made this season. Whether Tan gives the OK to spend that money is another thing.

Cant see how Fulham are favourites. They will probably lose the best players they would want to keep either in order to comply with FFP rules, or because they want to leave or loan period is up. They are in danger of being stuck with a few mercenaries who don't want to be there and who no one else wants but they cant get rid of because of the wages they are on.


I would say we are in a much better position. Nucleus of a good squad, can spend at least 20 million and still comply with the FFP rules due to parachute payment and the profit we must have made this season. Whether Tan gives the OK to spend that money is another thing.

favourites for me. Scott Parker has them playing well in the prem and will defo be backed

Cant work out why Stoke would even be close to favourites they have been awful this year

I would say at the moment it would be between us leeds and fulham

Cant see how Fulham are favourites. They will probably lose the best players they would want to keep either in order to comply with FFP rules, or because they want to leave or loan period is up. They are in danger of being stuck with a few mercenaries who don't want to be there and who no one else wants but they cant get rid of because of the wages they are on.


I would say we are in a much better position. Nucleus of a good squad, can spend at least 20 million and still comply with the FFP rules due to parachute payment and the profit we must have made this season. Whether Tan gives the OK to spend that money is another thing.

favourites for me. Scott Parker has them playing well in the prem and will defo be backed

Parker won't have most of those players at his disposal next season though. Mitrovic off, Babel only on loan, Sessegnon most probably gone, they've gambled this season, it's backfired and drastic cut backs will have to be made and a big rebuilding job on a sensible budget will need to be done.

Overall, I think those odds are horrendous. Teams like Wigan (no disrespect) should be a minimum of 20/1 for promotion, not 9/1! I think Barnsley will be the surprise package, their manager has got them playing some outstanding football. They must be a very good price to stay up if they're 2/1 to go down?

Cant see how Fulham are favourites. They will probably lose the best players they would want to keep either in order to comply with FFP rules, or because they want to leave or loan period is up. They are in danger of being stuck with a few mercenaries who don't want to be there and who no one else wants but they cant get rid of because of the wages they are on.


I would say we are in a much better position. Nucleus of a good squad, can spend at least 20 million and still comply with the FFP rules due to parachute payment and the profit we must have made this season. Whether Tan gives the OK to spend that money is another thing.

favourites for me. Scott Parker has them playing well in the prem and will defo be backed

Parker won't have most of those players at his disposal next season though. Mitrovic off, Babel only on loan, Sessegnon most probably gone, they've gambled this season, it's backfired and drastic cut backs will have to be made and a big rebuilding job on a sensible budget will need to be done.

Overall, I think those odds are horrendous. Teams like Wigan (no disrespect) should be a minimum of 20/1 for promotion, not 9/1! I think Barnsley will be the surprise package, their manager has got them playing some outstanding football. They must be a very good price to stay up if they're 2/1 to go down?

I think the odds will change and its a sort of preliminary list...boro 3/1 to win promotion { not favs } yet rank outsiders to be relegated 33/1 don't make much sense really.

Baffling how Stoke are so high up, im assuming that will change later but still. They're mid table, don't even look close to challenging for play offs let alone automatic, have a manager that's promising but inexperienced at this level and is a gamble to say the least with no previous championship experience and they'll most likely have to sell some key players to keep in line with ffp such as Jack Butland, Bruno Martins Indi, and Joe Allen.

Think Fulham have a good chance depending on who they keep. I don't see Mitrovic being there next season but Cairney has signed a new contract and I don't see anyone wanting Ryan Sessegnon just yet as he seemed to struggle this season so teams may leave him get a bit more experience before forking out 30m+ on him or may sign him and loan him back. Either way Fulham have money to burn and think they will spend a lot in their first season. Huddersfield seem to have a talented squad but they seem to be sinking like the titanic atm. Players like Kongolo, Billing, Mooy, will more than likely leave and their manager is still a bit unknown atm.

Annis unless stoke invest in players thay will be nowhere near again.

Cardiff City and Swansea City are among the early favourites to be promoted back to the Premier League next season.


Monday 6th May 2019


The Bluebirds have been installed as third favourites for promotion at 11/4 with Sky Bet, while Swansea are joint sixth at 4/1.

Relegated Fulham and Stoke City are joint favourites at 5/2, with Huddersfield and Middlesbrough at 3/1 and Brentford and Sheffield Wednesday at 4/1 alongside the Swans.

In terms of winning the 2019/20 Championship title, Cardiff are 10/1, with the Swans at 16/1.

The current odds, of course, do not include the four play-off teams, Leeds United, West Brom, Aston Villa and Derby County, who will battle it out for a place in the the top flight over the coming weeks.



Barnsley, who have been promoted from League One for next term, are 2/1 favourites for relegation, with Luton Town at 5/2.

You can get 12/1 on Swansea going down and 16/1 on the Bluebirds to suffer a second consecutive relegation.

Both Welsh teams will have ambitions to challenge for promotion, with much depending on what happens during the summer transfer window as Cardiff come to terms with the financial realities of life outside the Premier League and Swansea remain hamstrung by their own money issues.






The odds on the 20 confirmed Championship teams being promoted next season

Fulham 5/2

Stoke 5/2

Cardiff 11/4

Huddersfield 3/1

Middlesbrough 3/1

Brentford 4/1

Sheffield Wednesday 4/1

Swansea 4/1

Bristol City 5/1

Nottingham Forest 5/1

Blackburn 7/1

Birmingham 8/1

Hull 8/1

Preston 8/1

Barnsley 9/1

Luton 9/1

Millwall 9/1

QPR 9/1

Reading 9/1

Wigan 9/1

Don't get either Fulham or Stoke????

We can tell yet until we see who leaves and who arrives, but I'm not surprised with Warnock and our squad we are one of the favourites, the playoff teams will all be up there too !!!

Cant work out why Stoke would even be close to favourites they have been awful this year

I would say at the moment it would be between us leeds and fulham

Agree with your thoughts on Stoke .

Very early days.

Expect that list will change dramatically by August.

But we will have the basis of a decent team at that level before any signings are made.