Championship odds: Sheffield United’s chances of winning the title vs Watford, Middlesbrough, West Brom and others UK News

Still, it’s nice to have the “champions” label next to your team name at the end of the campaign to show that you were top of the list.

Sheffield United haven’t finished top of the table since 2016/17, when Chris Wilder finally led the Blades out of League One in stunning fashion.

And if United do win the league this season, it will be the first time they have moved past second in 70 years.

Having narrowly missed promotion straight to the Premier League only to be denied a date at Wembley by a penalty shootout loss to Nottingham Forest in the play-off semi-final, the bookies are keen for Paul Heckingbottom’s side to continue this time -this.

As always, the Championship is going to be a tough one to exit, with Burnley and Watford going downhill after quite a long stay in the Premier League, while Norwich City, who have also been relegated, are familiar with the winning promotion.

There is also the challenge of recently promoted Sunderland who are set to come after finally dragging themselves out of League One and a group of clubs who have underperformed, such as West Brom, Cardiff, Swansea and Stoke, whose fans s will be waiting to mount a promotion. offer.

That’s how the bookmakers see it in terms of who is likely to match Fulham’s achievement from last season and finish top.

SkyBet odds correct as of June 3.