Followers of the EFL Championship will likely be looking forward to subsequent 12 months and who might win the 2019/20 Championship title. Here is our tackle the darkish horses that may shock us all.
The three groups relegated from the Premiership within the earlier season are at all times fancied, so Huddersfield, Fulham, and Cardiff Metropolis will likely be price maintaining a tally of. Groups like Leeds and Derby County who had robust seasons final 12 months will even be within the combine. However which groups are the darkish horses that may shock us all?
Middlesbrough
One crew that had a stable sufficient 2018/19 and appear effectively set to make a tilt for the title are Boro. New Jersey sports activities betting websites at present peg them round ninth within the general betting at 16/1. It’s a comparable story round different on-line sportsbooks. The gamers will likely be eager to not solely impress a brand new supervisor now that Tony Pulis has left but additionally erase the reminiscence of final 12 months’s poor end which ended their playoff hopes. If the nucleus of Pulis’s facet may be stored collectively and defensive solidity and stronger attacking instincts are proven by gamers, it might be an excellent 12 months for Boro followers.
Stoke Metropolis
For Stoke followers, the season of 2018/19 was one to overlook. Earlier than a ball was kicked, they have been closely fancied to make an on the spot return to the Premier League. That didn’t work out as deliberate although and in the long run supervisor Gary Rowett paid the worth. Though new supervisor Nathan Jones didn’t instantly enhance issues, many assume a number of new faces over the summer season and a clear-out of underperforming gamers will make an actual distinction. Jones actually has the managerial expertise to get Stoke difficult for the title and everybody across the membership will likely be determined to maneuver again into the Premier League. At odds of round 11/1, they aren’t out of it but.
Sheffield Wednesday
With promotion guru Steve Bruce in cost, Wednesday might effectively be darkish horses for subsequent 12 months’s Championship trophy. Though they completed twelfth final time round, a profitable summer season within the switch market to refresh the squad might be all Bruce must work his magic. They’re at present being given odds of round 14/1 which reveals they aren’t that far down the betting. The robust begin made underneath Bruce’s reign in 2018/19 provides them the proper platform to construct from for subsequent season.
What about Barnsley?!
It might be superb to assume that Barnsley might bag the Championship title of their first season again subsequent 12 months. With Daniel Stendel in cost and a feel-good issue across the membership, something is feasible. Nevertheless, it does appear that the crew may have a season establishing themselves once more earlier than pushing for this. The 2019/20 Championship is bound to be one other thrilling one and, like Norwich final 12 months might be received by a crew outdoors of the betting favourites.
