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EFL Championship 2026-27 forecastpre-season

Pre-season projection — schedule out, no matches played yet; probabilities are statistical priors · updated 2026-07-27
Auto
44.8%
Auto
21.6%
Relegation
37.5%
Relegation
29.2%

Projected table

#ClubPtsProjAutoPlayoffPromotedReleg
1Southampton085.344.8%32.4%57.8%<1%
2West Ham United078.025.4%34.4%37.1%<1%
3Lincoln076.421.6%33.3%31.9%1.2%
4Millwall076.321%34.1%31.8%1.2%
5Middlesbrough076.120.9%33.8%31%1.2%
6Norwich City070.811.9%27.5%18.8%2.7%
7Derby County068.39.1%23.8%14.8%3.9%
8Sheffield United066.17.2%21%11.6%5.7%
9Wrexham064.76.2%19.1%9.8%7.1%
10Swansea City063.75%17.7%8.5%7.5%
11Wolverhampton Wanderers063.34.6%17.1%7.9%7.5%
12Birmingham City062.13.7%15.4%6.7%8.9%
13Cardiff060.23%13.1%5.2%11%
14Bristol City060.13.1%12.8%5.4%11.5%
15West Bromwich Albion058.72.5%10.8%4.3%12.7%
16Burnley058.02.2%10.3%3.8%13.7%
17Portsmouth055.21.5%7.6%2.6%19.5%
18Queens Park Rangers054.41.6%7%2.5%21.3%
19Blackburn Rovers053.81.1%5.8%2%20.8%
20Preston North End053.51.2%6.6%2.1%22.9%
21Bolton052.8<1%5.6%1.7%23.5%
22Stoke City050.7<1%4.3%1.2%28.4%
23Charlton Athletic050.5<1%3.9%1.1%29.2%
24Watford047.5<1%2.8%<1%37.5%

Upcoming matches — win probabilities

Fri Aug 14Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Blackburn Rovers44.7% W · 32% D · 23.3% L
Sat Aug 15Bolton vs Preston North End40.2% W · 29.2% D · 30.6% L
Sat Aug 15Bristol City vs Millwall27.8% W · 30.2% D · 42.1% L
Sat Aug 15Charlton Athletic vs Derby County26.9% W · 30.7% D · 42.4% L
Sat Aug 15Middlesbrough vs Lincoln41.2% W · 28.3% D · 30.5% L
Sat Aug 15Norwich City vs West Bromwich Albion48.1% W · 29.5% D · 22.4% L
Sat Aug 15Portsmouth vs Queens Park Rangers42.8% W · 26.9% D · 30.4% L
Sat Aug 15Stoke City vs Swansea City30.2% W · 30% D · 39.7% L

Competition rules

Top 2 promoted automatically · 3–6 promotion playoff, winner also promoted · bottom 3 relegated

How these forecasts work

Entenser estimates football outcomes from match results, expected goals, and team-strength ratings. Every forecast is graded in public after the fact, with hits and misses shown together.

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