Championship 2022/2023 predicted table as Sheffield United challenge but Huddersfield Town drop

Huddersfield Town and Sheffield United are both hoping to go one better than reaching the play-offs in the upcoming Championship season, with both clubs harbouring winners aspirations.

It’s still early in the transfer window and there is still plenty of time for the complexion to change, especially since there are three clubs who are still on the lookout for a permanent manager (get your act together, Lancashire).

Still, the bookies have put together their odds for the season ahead, and we’ve averaged out SkyBet’s odds of each side winning or getting relegated to come up with a predicted table for the Championship campaign to come.

Have a new manager at the helm in Rob Edwards and are tipped to continue their yo-yoing between the top two divisions, as is fitting of a club seemingly in a constant state of flux.

Norwich gonna Norwich, apparently. The Canaries come back down without Daniel Farke this time after appointing Dean Smith in his place midway through last season – but not soon enough to rescue them from finishing bottom.

Might have had automatic winners hopes if they hadn’t made a misstep in appointing Slavisa Jokanovic last summer only to sack him in November. His replacement, Paul Heckingbottom, led the Blades up the table and into the play-offs, and the bookies now expect them to come back even stronger this season.

Actually started the season really well last year, but like with Sheffield United it quickly became apparent they had hired the wrong manager in the summer. Steve Bruce replaced Valerien Ismael in February, but was unable to turn their results around quick enough to mount a play-off push.

Looked well-placed to make the top six last time out but a poor run of results in April saw them