EFL Championship promotion odds and prediction: Former relegation battlers now 6/1

We've reached the final stages of this EFL Championship season – the playoffs. With Leeds and Burnley already claiming their spot in the Premier League for next season, only one spot remains, and four teams entered the battle for that final spot during these playoffs.

After the semi-finals, only two teams remain and in this article we will take a closer look at both teams ahead of their upcoming final at Wembley, as well as the latest EFL Championship promotion odds.

Best EFL Championship promotion odds

For clarity, the odds for EFL Championship promotion are totally different from the EFL Championship winner odds. Of course, these describe two different markets, as three teams gain promotion, while only one can win the league.

This season, both Leeds and Burnley have collected 100 points, but Leeds have been crowned the champions due to a better goal difference.

Meanwhile, two teams remain in the battle for promotion to the Premier League and these are the current odds:

A closer look at the Championship playoffs

Ahead of the second leg of the playoffs, let's take a closer look at each team and their chances of reaching the Premier League.

Sheffield United

As one of the the teams that was in the race for direction promotion until the final few rounds of this Championship season, Sheffield United have entered the playoffs as the main favourites to secure promotion and after their dominant display against Bristol City in the semi-finals and a 6-0 aggregate win over them, the Blades remain the favourites for promotion over Sunderland.

Sheffield United have been struggling a bit at the end of the regular season and it has been a close tie against Bristol City until the final minutes of the first half in the first leg, when Bristol had a player sent off and Sheff Utd awarded a penalty. After that, it was smooth sailing for the Blades, who won both matches in this tie 3-0.

Sunderland

While Sunderland were at one point among the main candidates for promotion, they couldn't keep up the pace with the three teams ahead of them and they have ended the season on a particularly bad run, losing five in a row. Despite that, they were still the second favourites to earn promotion ahead of the playoffs and they've shown us why by eliminating Coventry in the semi-finals.

That being said, the Black Cats didn't have an easy time against Coventry and while they managed to win 1-0 in the first leg away from home, they ended up losing the reverse fixture at home with the same result. Then, just when it seemed that the game was headed for a penalty shootout, Daniel Ballard scored the winning goal in the 122nd minute to send Sunderland to Wembley.

Our verdict on EFL Championship promotion

As always in the Championship playoffs, the third and final promotion spot is truly anyone's guess.

That being said, Sheffield United have proven this season that they're way ahead of the other three teams in the playoffs and despite their poor form at the finish line, we can see them getting promoted in the end.

This was our thinking even before semi-final matches took place and we would still back the Blades now when they only have one match left to win to secure promotion to the Premier League.

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