Ahead of the new season, the ever-popular Season Handicap market has been released for the 2024/25 Championship.
For those new to the market, each team is assigned a points total which essentially acts as a head start for the season.
At the end of the campaign, each team’s handicap is added to their actual points total, and whoever finishes with the most points wins.
Keep in mind, the team you back must finish above all other teams after all handicaps have been added. See last season’s final table as an example below:
Team | Handicap | Points | Total |
Ipswich Town | +12 | 96 | 108 |
Leicester City | +0 | 97 | 97 |
Leeds United | +4 | 90 | 94 |
Southampton | +6 | 87 | 93 |
Hull City | +22 | 70 | 92 |
West Bromwich Albion | +12 | 75 | 87 |
Cardiff City | +24 | 62 | 86 |
Preston North End | +22 | 63 | 85 |
Bristol City | +22 | 62 | 84 |
Norwich City | +10 | 73 | 83 |
Coventry City | +16 | 64 | 80 |
Queens Park Rangers | +24 | 56 | 80 |
Plymouth Argyle | +28 | 51 | 79 |
Middlesbrough | +8 | 69 | 77 |
Millwall | +18 | 59 | 77 |
Swansea City | +20 | 57 | 77 |
Sheffield Wednesday | +22 | 53 | 75 |
Sunderland | +18 | 56 | 74 |
Blackburn Rovers | +20 | 53 | 73 |
Birmingham City | +22 | 50 | 72 |
Stoke City | +16 | 56 | 72 |
Huddersfield Town | +26 | 45 | 71 |
Watford | +12 | 56 | 68 |
Rotherham United | +28 | 27 | 55 |
Last season's table was dominated by high-performing Ipswich, Leicester, Leeds and Southampton, with Hull just missing out on the play-offs.
Each-way betters were paid out on the first four, with Ipswich the only side to clear the 100-point mark.
Team | Handicap | Odds |
Leeds United | +0 | 18/1 |
Burnley | +6 | 18/1 |
Coventry City | +10 | 18/1 |
Middlesbrough | +13 | 18/1 |
Coventry City | +16 | 18/1 |
Sheffield United | +16 | 18/1 |
West Bromwich Albion | +17 | 18/1 |
Norwich City | +18 | 18/1 |
Stoke City | +18 | 18/1 |
Sunderland | +19 | 18/1 |
Hull City | +20 | 18/1 |
Sheffield Wednesday | +20 | 18/1 |
Queens Park Rangers | +21 | 18/1 |
Portsmouth | +24 | 18/1 |
Watford | +26 | 18/1 |
Bristol City | +28 | 18/1 |
Derby County | +28 | 18/1 |
Swansea City | +28 | 18/1 |
Blackburn Rovers | +30 | 18/1 |
Cardiff City | +30 | 18/1 |
Millwall | +30 | 18/1 |
Preston North End | +30 | 18/1 |
Plymouth Argyle | +34 | 18/1 |
Oxford United | +36 | 18/1 |