2024/25 EFL Championship predictions: Who gets promoted?

The 2024/25 EFL Championship is underway, and anyone can make predictions for how the table will finish this season. The second tier of English soccer is regularly one of the most competitive and volatile leagues in the world. A team that was close to promotion one season can easily plummet down the table to the relegation scrap in the next. That is what happened to Huddersfield Town last season. In the 2021/22 campaign, Huddersfield lost to Nottingham Forest in the promotion playoff final. Two seasons later, the Terriers finished 23rd, and they are playing this season in League One.

Granted, there are certainly favorites and expectations regarding the 2024/25 Championship season. Burnley, which won the Championship two seasons ago, is back in the second tier. The Clarets are the consensus pick to win the division again to earn promotion. Middlesbrough, Leeds, and Coventry are all among the top picks to reach the Premier League, as well.

Portsmouth, Derby County, and Oxford United are the three teams that came up from League One this season. It is a tall task for these clubs in the second tier, but clubs have been known to have early success. Ipswich Town, for example, spent a single season in the Championship. Back-to-back promotions for the Tractor Boys mean it is playing in the Premier League this season. Could Pompey, Derby or Oxford have that kind of success? it is unlikely, but such is the nature of the Championship. Truly anything could happen in the Championship.

Coverage of the Championship is already underway in a new broadcast deal with CBS. Paramount+ will have coverage of Championship games throughout the year. It is the best place to watch the 24 teams in the league battle in a wild 46-game season.

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World Soccer Talk made its predictions for how the league will finish. Let us know in the comments how the league will turn out in the 2024/25 campaign.

Kartik Krishnaiyer

1. Burnley 
2. Middlesbrough
3. West Bromwich Albion
4. Luton Town
5. Coventry City
6. Leeds United
7. Norwich City
8. Sheffield United
9. Portsmouth
10. Hull City
11. Sunderland
12. Watford
13. Sheffield Wednesday
14. Stoke City
15. Preston North End
16. Bristol City
17. Blackburn Rovers
18. Derby County
19. Swansea City
20. Millwall
21. QPR
22. Cardiff City
23. Oxford United
24. Plymouth Argyle

Chris Moore

1. Burnley
2. Sheffield United 
3. Leeds
4. Coventry
5. Middlesbrough
6. Luton Town
7. Norwich
8. West Brom
9. Sunderland
10. QPR
11. Hull City
12. Bristol City
13. Blackburn Rovers
14. Stoke City
15. Swansea City
16. Sheffield Wednesday
17. Millwall
18. Cardiff
19. Portsmouth
20. Watford
21. Oxford
22. Derby County
23. Preston North End
24. Plymouth Argyle

Kyle Fansler

1. Leeds United
2. Burnley
3. Coventry City
4. Luton Town
5. Middlesbrough
6. West Bromwich Albion
7. Sunderland
8. Norwich City
9. Sheffield United
10. Swansea City
11. Watford
12. Hull City
13. QPR
14. Sheffield Wednesday
15. Preston North End
16. Portsmouth
17. Bristol City
18. Blackburn Rovers
19. Stoke City
20. Cardiff City
21. Derby County
22. Preston North End
23. Millwall
24. Plymouth Argyle

Christopher harris

1. Sheffield United
2. Burnley
3. Coventry City
4. Sunderland
5. Leeds United
6. Watford
7. Luton Town
8. Portsmouth
9. Norwich City
10. Middlesbrough
11. Swansea City
12. Stoke City
13. Oxford United
14. WBA
15. Blackburn Rovers
16. Sheffield Wednesday
17. Cardiff City
18. QPR
19. Hull City
20. Bristol City
21. Preston North End
22. Millwall
23. Derby County
24. Plymouth Argyle

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