The 2021-22 Championship season gets underway this Friday as last season’s play-off semi-finalists Bournemouth host recently relegated West Bromwich Albion
It’s relegated trio Fulham, Sheffield United & West Brom who dominate the outright market.
|
The Cottagers head the betting at 11/2 with bet365.
A sluggish start, just 1-point from their opening 6 games- mixed with too many draws toward the end of the season saw the west London outfit fall out England's top tier last year. |
The Whites have relied on the play-offs in their last 2 campaigns in the Championship and Marco Silva, who has taken over at the helm replacing Scott Parker, will be hoping they can achieve automatic promotion this time around.
Fulham start their season at home to Neil Warnock’s Middlesbrough before trips to Huddersfield & Millwall respectively.
West Bromwich Albion are next in the betting with bet365 with the Baggies available to back at odds of 13/2.
Valerien Ismael led Barnsley to the play-offs last season, winning 25 & drawing 6 of his 44 games in charge of the Tykes- and the Frenchman is the man tasked with leading West Brom’s return to the Premier League.
Valerien Ismael led Barnsley to the play-offs last season, winning 25 & drawing 6 of his 44 games in charge of the Tykes- and the Frenchman is the man tasked with leading West Brom’s return to the Premier League.
|
Influential midfielder Alex Mowatt has followed Ismael to the Midlands club and it’s hoped he and Karlan Grant can strike up a rapport together. Grant was on target no fewer than 19-times for Huddersfield in 2019/20.
The Baggies forward is 12/1 to be the leading marksman in the Championship for 2021-22. |
The 3rd and final of last season’s Premier League drop-outs is Sheffield United. The Blades finished in the top half of the top tier in 2019/20 but plummeted to rock bottom last term, picking up just 23-points from their 38 matches.
Slavisa Jokanovic guided Fulham back to the Premier League in 2018 and the Serbian boss abandoned his post at Qatari outfit Al-Gharafa to manage the Steel City club.
Slavisa Jokanovic guided Fulham back to the Premier League in 2018 and the Serbian boss abandoned his post at Qatari outfit Al-Gharafa to manage the Steel City club.
|
It could be a defining season for 21-year old striker Rhian Brewster.
The England under-21 international signed from Liverpool last October for a reported fee of almost £25 million but failed to find the back of the net in 30 appearances in all competitions last year. He was on target 11 times for Swansea whilst on loan in 2019-20 and Jokanovic will be optimistic the return to England's second tier could be the key. |
Bournemouth are the last side in single figures to win the Championship with Scott Parker’s side 9/1 with bet365.
Parker has made the switch from London to the South-Coast following relegation with Fulham last season but the outgoings have been more significant than the incomings at the Vitality and the Cherries could struggle to improve on last year’s 6th place finish.
Parker has made the switch from London to the South-Coast following relegation with Fulham last season but the outgoings have been more significant than the incomings at the Vitality and the Cherries could struggle to improve on last year’s 6th place finish.
At the other end of the table, Wayne Rooney’s depleted Derby County side are odds-on at 5/6 to go down while newly promoted pair Blackpool & Peterborough are both 3/1 to be relegated back down to League 1.
Bet £10 & Get £50 in Free Bets.
Sign up, deposit between £5 and £10 to your account and bet365 will give you five times that value in Free Bets when you place qualifying bets to the same value and they are settled. Free Bets are paid as Bet Credits.
Min odds/bet and payment method exclusions apply. Returns exclude Bet Credits stake.
New Customers only. T&Cs, time limits & exclusions apply.
>>> JOIN NOW <<<
Sign up, deposit between £5 and £10 to your account and bet365 will give you five times that value in Free Bets when you place qualifying bets to the same value and they are settled. Free Bets are paid as Bet Credits.
Min odds/bet and payment method exclusions apply. Returns exclude Bet Credits stake.
New Customers only. T&Cs, time limits & exclusions apply.
>>> JOIN NOW <<<
