The 2025/26 Championship season is more than halfway through and we are set for a thrilling second half of the season.
The second division in English football has been as chaotic and drama as ever at both ends of the table with plenty of big clubs battling to climb up to the top flight.
Let's take a look at the latest betting and odds for the EFL Championship.
Championship pre-season predictions 2025/26: Title winners
Coventry City's lead has been cut to six points in recent weeks, with Middlesbrough improving since the surprise departure of Rob Edwards and the appointment of Kim Hellberg.
Ipswich Town have bounced back from a slow start and look very well placed to challenge for one of the two automatic promotions spots.
Relegated from the Premier League last season, Leicester City and Southampton have begun to find some form of late but remain way off the pace.
| Championship winner | Odds |
| Coventry City | 4/6 |
| Ipswich Town | 9/4 |
| Middlesbrough | 7/1 |
Championship predictions 2025/26: Top six & promotion contenders
Among the other contenders for this season include surprise packages Stoke City and Preston North End, as well as Millwall, Bristol City and Derby County.
Newly promoted and big-spending pair Birmingham and Wrexham are just outside the playoffs and could go again in January in a bid to earn promotion.
Here's the latest odds for promotion.
| Championship Promotion | Odds |
| Coventry City | 1/12 |
| Ipswich Town | 1/4 |
| Middlesbrough | 11/10 |
| Watford | 10/3 |
| Sheffield United | 5/1 |
Championship predictions 2025/26: Relegation candidates
Off-field issues were always expected to make things difficult for Sheffield Wednesday. Administration has seen them fall to -9 points and they are heading down to League One but there is optimism for the post-Dejphon Chansiri era.
Norwich City remain in the bottom three and the relegation places, too, alongside Oxford United. Portsmouth are the team hovering just above the danger zone.
When is the start and end date of the Championship season 2025/26?
The 2025/26 Championship season got underway on the weekend of August 8-10 2025.
There are 46 rounds of league matches scheduled across 33 weekends, with nine midweeks and four Bank Holidays on the agenda in the Championship.
The season is scheduled to finish on the weekend of May 2/3rd, with the Championship play-off final 25/26 slated for Saturday, May 23, 2026.
How to watch the Championship 2025/26 season
The Championship season is available to watch in the U.K. Via Sky Sports, who will screen over 1,000 EFL games across the Championship, League One, League Two and the EFL Cup and EFL Trophy.
Matches will be shown on Sky Sports or the Sky Sports+ streaming service, which is also available to all Sky Sports subscribers or through NOW TV.
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