Overview
- Preseason odds published this week put the three promoted Premier League sides — Hull City, Coventry City and Ipswich Town — as the likeliest to go down, with Hull repeatedly singled out in individual markets.
- Some bookies list Hull as the prime candidate to finish bottom, and aggregate markets have offered short prices on two of the three promoted teams being relegated.
- Relegated clubs West Ham and Wolves are priced among the favourites to win promotion from the Championship, with firms such as Betfred and Bet365 showing them as front-runners.
- Commercial activity has altered the public markets, for example BOYLE Sports temporarily boosted combined promotion odds for West Ham and Wolves and offered free-bet incentives that change the value available to punters.
- These prices are provisional ahead of the Championship starting on 14 August and the Premier League on 21 August and will shift with summer transfers, injuries and early results, so bettors and clubs should expect volatility.