EFL Championship Betting Odds & Markets

Updated: August 14, 2026 at 1:20 pm GMT+1

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The EFL Championship is one of the UK's most competitive football betting markets, with odds constantly shifting as the season unfolds and the promotion and relegation races take shape.

Check out the latest Championship betting odds across match and outright markets, with prices updated throughout the season as results, form and team news influence the market.

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Championship Winner Odds

Check the latest Championship title odds, with prices showing which clubs the bookmakers currently rate as the leading contenders to win the title and secure promotion to the Premier League.

Championship Winner Odds

Best Odds

Teams Best Odds

West Ham

7/4

7/4

7/4

7/4

7/4

7/4

5/4

5/4

7/4

Wolves

5/1

11/2

5/1

11/2

11/2

5/1

5/1

5/1

5/1

Middlesbrough

10/1

10/1

8/1

9/1

9/1

8/1

10/1

10/1

10/1

Burnley

10/1

10/1

12/1

11/1

11/1

12/1

12/1

12/1

11/1

Southampton

12/1

14/1

12/1

14/1

14/1

12/1

12/1

12/1

12/1

Norwich

14/1

16/1

16/1

14/1

16/1

16/1

14/1

14/1

16/1

Birmingham

14/1

14/1

20/1

16/1

16/1

20/1

12/1

12/1

14/1

Sheffield Utd

18/1

16/1

20/1

16/1

16/1

20/1

25/1

25/1

16/1

Wrexham

20/1

16/1

25/1

22/1

20/1

25/1

25/1

25/1

20/1

Millwall

25/1

25/1

22/1

28/1

28/1

22/1

25/1

25/1

28/1

Derby County

33/1

33/1

28/1

33/1

33/1

28/1

33/1

33/1

33/1

Bristol City

40/1

40/1

40/1

40/1

40/1

40/1

33/1

33/1

40/1

West Bromwich

40/1

40/1

40/1

40/1

40/1

40/1

40/1

40/1

40/1

Stoke City

33/1

33/1

50/1

33/1

33/1

50/1

33/1

33/1

33/1

Swansea

66/1

50/1

50/1

50/1

50/1

50/1

66/1

66/1

50/1

Watford

66/1

50/1

50/1

66/1

50/1

50/1

50/1

50/1

66/1

QPR

66/1

66/1

66/1

66/1

66/1

66/1

80/1

80/1

66/1

Portsmouth

80/1

80/1

100/1

80/1

66/1

100/1

66/1

66/1

80/1

Cardiff City

80/1

80/1

66/1

80/1

80/1

66/1

125/1

125/1

80/1

Bolton

100/1

100/1

66/1

100/1

80/1

66/1

125/1

125/1

100/1

Blackburn

80/1

66/1

100/1

66/1

66/1

100/1

150/1

150/1

66/1

Preston

100/1

100/1

150/1

100/1

80/1

150/1

100/1

100/1

100/1

Charlton

125/1

100/1

100/1

100/1

100/1

100/1

150/1

150/1

100/1

Lincoln City

150/1

150/1

150/1

150/1

150/1

150/1

200/1

200/1

150/1

Championship Promotion Odds

See the latest Championship promotion odds, covering the teams fancied to secure automatic promotion or make it through the play-offs.

Championship Promotion Odds

Best Odds

Teams Best Odds

West Ham

8/15

4/7

4/7

1/2

4/7

1/2

1/2

8/15

Wolves

11/8

13/8

11/8

13/8

11/8

13/8

13/8

13/8

Middlesbrough

5/2

11/4

2/1

5/2

2/1

11/4

11/4

9/4

Burnley

5/2

3333/1000

3/1

3/1

3/1

3/1

3/1

3/1

Birmingham

4/1

4/1

4/1

4/1

4/1

4/1

4/1

4/1

Southampton

7/2

9/2

7/2

4/1

7/2

4/1

4/1

4/1

Norwich

9/2

5/1

9/2

11/2

9/2

5/1

5/1

5/1

Sheffield Utd

11/2

9/2

11/2

5/1

11/2

5/1

5/1

9/2

Wrexham

5/1

5/1

6/1

11/2

6/1

6/1

6/1

11/2

Millwall

8/1

8/1

7/1

7/1

7/1

8/1

8/1

7/1

Derby County

8/1

8/1

8/1

8/1

8/1

10/1

10/1

8/1

Stoke City

9/1

8/1

12/1

8/1

12/1

9/1

9/1

8/1

West Bromwich

10/1

9/1

12/1

9/1

12/1

12/1

12/1

9/1

Bristol City

12/1

10/1

10/1

12/1

10/1

10/1

10/1

12/1

Swansea

14/1

12/1

10/1

14/1

10/1

14/1

14/1

14/1

QPR

16/1

18/1

16/1

18/1

16/1

16/1

16/1

18/1

Watford

16/1

16/1

20/1

14/1

20/1

16/1

16/1

14/1

Blackburn

16/1

14/1

20/1

14/1

20/1

20/1

20/1

14/1

Portsmouth

16/1

16/1

20/1

14/1

20/1

20/1

20/1

18/1

Cardiff City

20/1

18/1

20/1

18/1

20/1

25/1

25/1

18/1

Preston

20/1

20/1

25/1

20/1

25/1

20/1

20/1

20/1

Bolton

25/1

20/1

20/1

20/1

20/1

25/1

25/1

20/1

Charlton

33/1

25/1

33/1

25/1

33/1

40/1

40/1

25/1

Lincoln City

40/1

33/1

50/1

33/1

50/1

50/1

50/1

33/1

Championship Relegation Odds

Compare the latest Championship relegation odds and see which clubs are considered most at risk of dropping into League One.

Championship Relegation Odds

Best Odds

Teams Best Odds

Lincoln City

4/6

4/5

8/11

7/10

4/5

4/6

Bolton

5/4

5/4

11/10

11/10

5/4

11/10

Charlton

6/4

11/8

11/8

27/20

11/8

11/8

Cardiff City

5/4

7/4

5/4

5/4

7/4

5/4

Preston

7/2

3/1

5/2

5/2

3/1

5/2

Blackburn

4/1

7/2

9/2

9/2

7/2

9/2

Portsmouth

5/1

4/1

9/2

9/2

4/1

9/2

Watford

6/1

5/1

6/1

6/1

5/1

6/1

QPR

11/2

11/2

6/1

6/1

11/2

6/1

Swansea

6/1

11/1

7/1

7/1

11/1

7/1

Derby County

10/1

12/1

8/1

8/1

12/1

8/1

West Bromwich

14/1

14/1

14/1

14/1

14/1

14/1

Bristol City

16/1

14/1

14/1

14/1

14/1

14/1

Stoke City

16/1

12/1

20/1

20/1

12/1

20/1

Sheffield Utd

25/1

16/1

20/1

20/1

16/1

20/1

Millwall

25/1

25/1

25/1

25/1

25/1

25/1

Wrexham

28/1

25/1

25/1

25/1

25/1

25/1

Norwich

40/1

40/1

40/1

40/1

40/1

40/1

Southampton

40/1

50/1

50/1

50/1

50/1

50/1

Burnley

50/1

66/1

66/1

66/1

66/1

66/1

Birmingham

66/1

50/1

66/1

66/1

50/1

66/1

Middlesbrough

66/1

100/1

66/1

66/1

100/1

66/1

Wolves

100/1

80/1

100/1

100/1

80/1

100/1

West Ham

100/1

100/1

100/1

100/1

100/1

100/1

Championship Top Goalscorer Odds

Check the latest Championship top goalscorer odds and see which strikers are leading the race to finish the season with the most goals.

Championship Top Goalscorer Odds

Best Odds

Teams Best Odds

Jarrod Bowen

11/2

5/1

5/1

5/1

5/1

5/1

5/1

Raul Jimenez

7/1

9/1

7/1

9/1

6/1

6/1

7/1

Will Lankshear

10/1

8/1

8/1

8/1

8/1

8/1

10/1

Valentin Castellanos

10/1

10/1

10/1

10/1

8/1

8/1

10/1

Adam Armstrong

16/1

16/1

16/1

16/1

12/1

12/1

16/1

Mohamed Toure

16/1

14/1

16/1

14/1

16/1

16/1

16/1

Samuel Szmodics

16/1

16/1

16/1

16/1

Lorent Tolaj

16/1

20/1

16/1

20/1

16/1

16/1

16/1

Zan Vipotnik

16/1

20/1

20/1

20/1

16/1

16/1

20/1

Cyle Larin

22/1

20/1

25/1

20/1

20/1

20/1

20/1

Jay Stansfield

18/1

20/1

25/1

20/1

25/1

25/1

20/1

Pablo Felipe

20/1

25/1

25/1

25/1

25/1

25/1

25/1

Luca Kjerrumgaard

25/1

Ross Stewart

25/1

Jovon Makama

25/1

25/1

25/1

25/1

25/1

25/1

25/1

Morgan Whittaker

14/1

25/1

33/1

25/1

25/1

25/1

33/1

Patrick Bamford

20/1

25/1

25/1

25/1

33/1

33/1

25/1

Tommy Conway

22/1

25/1

25/1

25/1

33/1

33/1

25/1

Zian Flemming

25/1

25/1

25/1

25/1

33/1

33/1

25/1

Mathias Kvistgaarden

33/1

Mohamed Zeki Amdouni

25/1

40/1

25/1

40/1

33/1

33/1

25/1

Cameron Archer

22/1

40/1

33/1

40/1

33/1

33/1

25/1

Lewis Dobbin

25/1

40/1

25/1

28/1

Mihailo Ivanovic

33/1

40/1

33/1

40/1

33/1

33/1

33/1

Kieffer Moore

33/1

40/1

33/1

40/1

33/1

33/1

33/1

Lyle Foster

28/1

33/1

33/1

33/1

40/1

40/1

33/1

Armando Broja

33/1

33/1

33/1

33/1

40/1

40/1

33/1

Tyrese Campbell

33/1

33/1

40/1

40/1

33/1

Mateus Mané

40/1

40/1

Leo Scienza

40/1

David Strelec

22/1

50/1

25/1

50/1

33/1

33/1

25/1

Dominic Ballard

25/1

33/1

25/1

25/1

25/1

50/1

Emil Riis Jacobsen

28/1

50/1

33/1

50/1

33/1

33/1

33/1

Thomas Cannon

33/1

33/1

50/1

33/1

25/1

25/1

50/1

Carlton Morris

40/1

50/1

40/1

50/1

40/1

40/1

40/1

Jaydon Banel

40/1

40/1

50/1

50/1

40/1

Richard Kone

40/1

40/1

50/1

40/1

50/1

50/1

50/1

Yousef Salech

50/1

40/1

50/1

40/1

50/1

50/1

50/1

Marko Milovanovic

50/1

50/1

50/1

Josh Windass

50/1

50/1

50/1

50/1

50/1

50/1

50/1

Aune Selland Heggebø

50/1

40/1

66/1

40/1

40/1

40/1

66/1

Jimmy-Jay Morgan

66/1

66/1

50/1

66/1

50/1

Josh Coburn

66/1

40/1

66/1

40/1

50/1

50/1

66/1

Rumarn Burrell

66/1

66/1

50/1

50/1

66/1

Kyle Joseph

50/1

66/1

66/1

66/1

66/1

66/1

66/1

Tyreece Campbell

66/1

66/1

Lars-Jorgen Salvesen

66/1

Marvin Ducksch

66/1

66/1

66/1

66/1

66/1

Carlos Vicente Robles

66/1

66/1

66/1

Ante Crnac

66/1

Fernando Lopez

66/1

Rodrigo Gomes

66/1

Sam Smith

80/1

40/1

80/1

40/1

80/1

80/1

80/1

Leo Castledine

80/1

Divin Mubama

100/1

40/1

100/1

Tairyk Arconte

66/1

100/1

50/1

100/1

Adam Idah

100/1

66/1

100/1

66/1

66/1

66/1

100/1

Finn Azaz

80/1

100/1

100/1

100/1

66/1

66/1

100/1

Tomas Soucek

100/1

80/1

Iker Bravo

100/1

Damion Downs

100/1

Matt Godden

100/1

Róbert Boženík

100/1

100/1

100/1

Scott Twine

100/1

100/1

100/1

100/1

Milan Smit

100/1

100/1

100/1

100/1

100/1

100/1

100/1

Nestory Irankunda

100/1

100/1

Othmane Maamma

100/1

100/1

Sonny Carey

100/1

100/1

Charlie Kelman

100/1

100/1

100/1

100/1

100/1

100/1

100/1

Callum Lang

100/1

100/1

Femi Azeez

100/1

100/1

100/1

Ollie Tanner

125/1

Adrian Segecic

80/1

150/1

80/1

150/1

Yuki Ohashi

80/1

100/1

125/1

100/1

100/1

100/1

150/1

Million Manhoef

100/1

100/1

125/1

100/1

100/1

100/1

150/1

Andri Guðjohnsen

100/1

125/1

150/1

Colby Bishop

150/1

100/1

150/1

100/1

100/1

100/1

150/1

Milutin Osmajic

150/1

100/1

150/1

100/1

100/1

100/1

150/1

Sam Dalby

125/1

100/1

150/1

100/1

150/1

Rhian Brewster

100/1

100/1

150/1

100/1

150/1

150/1

150/1

Mason Melia

100/1

150/1

100/1

150/1

Robert Street

125/1

150/1

150/1

Ryoya Morishita

150/1

Barney Stewart

150/1

Elijah Just

150/1

150/1

Zanka

150/1

150/1

150/1

Sam Gallagher

150/1

150/1

150/1

150/1

150/1

Andre Brooks

150/1

Callum Robinson

150/1

150/1

150/1

150/1

150/1

Lyndon Dykes

150/1

150/1

Freddie Draper

150/1

Rúben Rodrigues

150/1

Ben House

150/1

150/1

Cian Ashford

150/1

James Collins

150/1

150/1

Jack Moylan

150/1

Rubin Colwill

150/1

200/1

150/1

Alfie Lloyd

200/1

Todd Cantwell

150/1

500/1

How to Bet on the Championship

The EFL Championship offers a wide range of betting opportunities, from the promotion race and play-offs to individual fixtures and in-play markets.

Whether you're backing a team for promotion or picking a result on the weekend's card, the process is simple:

Choose your market – decide what you want to bet on, such as match result, both teams to score, goals, player markets, promotion or relegation.
Compare the prices – check the available odds across betting sites before choosing where to place your bet. Prices can vary, particularly on competitive Championship markets.
Set your stake – choose an amount you're comfortable risking and remember that any bet can lose.
Build your bet – place a single selection or combine multiple picks in an accumulator. Championship fixtures can also offer Bet Builders combining different markets from the same match.
Review and confirm – check the selections, odds, stake and potential return on your bet slip before placing the wager.

In-play betting is available throughout the Championship season, allowing you to react to the action as matches develop.

Prices can move rapidly following goals, red cards, substitutions and changes in the balance of a game, so always check the latest odds before confirming an in-play bet.

Championship Betting Markets Explained

Match Result (1X2) – Back the home win (1), draw (X) or away win (2), with the market settled after 90 minutes plus stoppage time.
Double Chance – Cover two of the three match outcomes with one selection, such as home win or draw, for a lower-risk alternative to backing a single result.
Both Teams to Score (BTTS) – Predict whether both sides will find the net at least once during the match.
Over/Under Goals – Bet on whether the total number of goals will finish above or below a set line, such as 1.5, 2.5 or 3.5.
Correct Score – Pick the exact final score; odds are generally higher due to the number of possible outcomes.
First Goalscorer – Predict which player will score the opening goal, with odds varying according to their position, form and expected playing time.
Draw No Bet – Back either team to win, with your stake returned if the match finishes level.
Handicap Betting – Give one team a virtual advantage or disadvantage before kick-off to create a more balanced market.
Bet Builder – Combine several selections from the same Championship fixture, such as a match winner, goals market and player selection, into one bet.
Accumulator (Acca) – Combine picks from multiple Championship matches, with the potential return increasing as selections are added, although every leg must win.
Promotion & Play-Off Markets – Bet on which clubs will secure automatic promotion, reach the play-offs or win the play-off final.
Relegation Markets – Predict which teams will finish in the bottom three and drop into League One at the end of the season.
Outright / Futures Markets – Season-long bets covering markets such as Championship winner, promotion, play-off qualification, relegation and top goalscorer.

Championship Format & Key Dates

The EFL Championship features 24 clubs, with each team playing 46 matches across the season (home and away against every other club) for a total of 552 fixtures.

Teams pick up three points for a win, one for a draw, and none for a defeat, with the final league table decided by points, goal difference, and then goals scored.

Promotion & Relegation

The top two clubs are automatically promoted to the Premier League each season, while teams finishing third to sixth enter the Championship play-offs, with the winner of the play-off final claiming the third promotion place. The bottom three clubs are relegated to League One and replaced by three promoted teams.

Play-Offs

The teams finishing third to sixth compete in the Championship play-offs, with two semi-finals followed by the play-off final at Wembley. The winner earns promotion to the Premier League alongside the top two finishers.

The 2026/27 Championship Season at a Glance

2026 Champions: Coventry City
Relegated from Premier League: West Ham United, Burnley, Wolverhampton Wanderers
Promoted from League One: Lincoln City, Cardiff City, Bolton Wanderers
Season Runs: Friday, 14 August, 2026 – Saturday, 1 May, 2027

The Championship is the second tier of English football and one of the most competitive leagues in Europe, with promotion to the Premier League offering a massive financial incentive, while three clubs face relegation to League One each season.

Championship Betting FAQS

How does promotion from the Championship work?

The top two clubs earn automatic promotion to the Premier League, while teams finishing 3rd to 8th battle it out in the play-offs for the third and final promotion spot, meaning three Championship sides go up each season.

How many teams are promoted from the Championship?

Three teams earn promotion to the Championship: the top two go straight up, while the sides finishing 3rd to 8th battle it out in the play-offs for the final promotion spot.

What are the Championship play-offs?

The six teams finishing 3rd to 8th enter the play-offs, with 5th hosting 8th and 6th hosting 7th in one-legged eliminators before the winners join 3rd and 4th in two-legged semi-finals. The surviving sides then meet in a Wembley final, with the winner claiming the final promotion place.

How many teams are relegated from the Championship?

The bottom three clubs are relegated to League One, with three teams from the division below taking their places in the Championship the following season.

What's the difference between the Championship winner and promotion markets?

The winner market is settled on the club that finishes top of the Championship, while the promotion market covers all three teams that make it to the Premier League — the top two automatically and the play-off winner.

What betting markets are available on the Championship?

Popular Championship bets range from season-long markets such as the title, promotion, relegation and top goalscorer to matchday options including the result, BTTS, goals, correct score, handicaps and Bet Builders.

Can you bet each-way on the Championship outright markets?

Yes, some bookmakers offer each-way betting on Championship outright markets, splitting your stake between the selection to win and finish within the specified places. Place terms and odds vary between betting sites, so it's worth checking the full terms before placing your bet.

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