The 2023-24 Championship season began on Friday night as Sheffield Wednesday took on Southampton at Hillsborough and the Saints bagged an early big boost as an 87th-minute strike from Che Adams gave Russell Martin’s visitors a 2-1 victory.
There were then a further eight Championship games upon the season’s first Saturday programme which featured a particularly big win for Watford who hammered Queens Park Rangers 4-0 at Vicarage Road. But there was a blow for last season’s play-off semi-finalists Middlesbrough who suffered a 1-0 reverse to visiting Millwall as part of a day on which Blackburn Rovers, Norwich City, Plymouth Argyle and Stoke City all recorded victories.
Leeds will begin their quest for promotion on Sunday with the visit of Cardiff City but there have already been changes in the bookmakers’ final predicted finishing positions based on the very latest odds for the title and relegation as of Saturday evening. Leeds had been predicted to finish second but this is how the oddsmakers now see it.
1. 24th: Rotherham United (relegated)
Title odds: 250-1. Relegation odds: 8-5. Photo: Charlotte Tattersall
2. 23rd: Queens Park Rangers (relegated)
Title odds: 200-1. Relegation odds: 15-8. Photo: Julian Finney
3. 22nd: Huddersfield Town (relegated)
Title odds: 150-1. Relegation odds: 3-1. Photo: George Wood
