Championship top 6 odds | Parimatch Football

Most teams in the English Championship begin the season with aspirations of finishing in the league’s top six positions.

The beauty of the Championship is that practically any team can make it to the end-of-season showdown if they put a good run of form together at the right time. This makes the Championship one of the world’s most exciting football leagues.

With a place in England’s top flight at stake, the scramble for the top six positions produces many goals. Read on to learn more about betting on the Championship top six at our Sportsbook and discover other outright markets for this much-loved league at Parimatch.

Finishing in the top six of the Championship is significant because it gives the team a chance of winning promotion to the English Premier League.

The teams that finish in the top two places automatically qualify for the EPL via their league position. However, the teams that finish third, fourth, fifth, and sixth compete in the post-season playoffs via the following format:

• Semi-final 1: Third-placed team vs sixth-placed team.
• Semi-final 2: Fourth-placed team vs fifth-placed team.
• Final: Winner of semi-final 1 vs winner of semi-final 2.

In the semi-finals, each team plays one game at home and one game away. The winners of the semi-finals meet in the end-of-season showcase at Wembley Stadium. The playoff winners join the top two teams in the English Premier League for the following season.

So, who’s in the running for the 2024/25 Championship playoffs and automatic promotion places? Here are the teams to bet on during this campaign:

Leeds United

Daniel Farke’s Leeds United will hope to secure automatic promotion back to the English Premier League this season after their disappointing play-off showing last season.

Leeds undoubtedly have the most talented squad in the English Championship, and in Farke, they have a manager who knows how to get out of the league.

Joel Piroe is enjoying a productive season, but Farke will need more from his talented front line if Leeds are to get over the line this time around. Given their strength in depth, Leeds look a sure bet to finish in the top six places this season.

Sheffield United

Sheffield United suffered a disappointing season in the English Premier League in 2023/24, but Chris Wilder has assembled an experienced squad to challenge once again for the Championship title.

Wilder is a Bladesman through and through, and impressive on-field performances this season by Callum O’Hare and Gustavo Hamer look set to fire the Blades back to the Premier League at the first time of asking.

Tyrese Campbell is also showing promise following his move from Stoke City and his goals could be enough to get United over the line as the business end of the season approaches.

Burnley

Burnley are one of those teams that seem too good for the Championship but not quite good enough for the English Premier League.

Therefore, they bounce between the two leagues, playing great football in the second tier and struggling to keep the goals out when they make the step up.

This season, Scott Parker has done an admirable job of replacing Vincent Kompany, who swapped Burnley for Bavaria last season to lead German giants Bayern Munich.

The influential Josh Brownhill has had a brilliant campaign for the Clarets so far. Still, Parker will be hoping for more from Luca Koleosho and Jeremy Sarmiento as the season progresses if they’re to finish in this season’s automatic promotion spots.

Middlesbrough

Michael Carrick has done a steady job at the Riverside Stadium and has Middlesbrough playing an attractive brand of football. While they don’t seem to have enough to finish in the top two, Boro will hope to secure a playoff spot this time around after missing out last year.

However, Carrick’s name keeps cropping up when EPL jobs become available, and Middlesbrough’s top-six chances will suffer if the talented young English manager leaves the club.

Sunderland

Though their form has been indifferent following an electric start to the season, the Black Cats are enjoying one of their best campaigns for a long time under new manager Regis Le Bris.

Though anything can happen at the Stadium of Light, Sunderland are in a great position to secure a top-six finish this time and hope to return to the English Premier League for the first time since the 2016/17 campaign.

Other teams to watch

West Bromwich Albion will likely be there or thereabouts at the end of the season, particularly if Josh Maja stays fit and keeps finding the net for the Baggies. Though not at their best, Norwich City will likely mount a challenge for the top six, with Borja Sainz proving to be a key asset.

Blackburn Rovers, Watford, Sheffield Wednesday, and Coventry City, now under Frank Lampard, may also make a late charge for the top six if they can find form at the right time.

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• The player you think will finish the Championship season as the top goalscorer.

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