Predict the 2026/27 Championship table
The Championship gives you 552 fixtures, 24 clubs and 46 rounds, and this free table predictor lets you call every one of them. Enter a scoreline in any fixture above and the table re-ranks straight away, from the two automatic promotion places through the play-off spots down to the three-club drop into League One.
The 2026/27 season kicks off on Friday 14 August 2026 with Wolves against Blackburn at Molineux, and the last round plays out on Saturday 1 May 2027 with all twelve games starting together at 12:30pm. West Ham, Wolves and Burnley arrive from the Premier League with parachute money and a target on their backs, which is exactly the sort of storyline that makes this division brutal to forecast.
During the season we lock confirmed results into the page. Played games show as full-time and count in the standings, while your predictions cover everything still to be decided. If you fancy calling the top flight too, our Premier League table predictor runs on the same engine.
How to use the table predictor
- Choose your round. The dropdown lists all 46 matchweeks with their dates, or step through them with Prev and Next. Kick-off times show in UK time, venue included.
- Fill in scorelines. Home goals on the left, away goals on the right. Enter moves you to the next box, so a twelve-game round takes about a minute.
- Read the zones. Green bars mark the top two, who go up automatically. The white bars cover third to sixth, the play-off places. Red marks 22nd to 24th, relegated to League One.
- Leave and return. Your season saves in this browser as you go. No login, nothing sent anywhere, and the table waits for you next visit.
- Rewrite history. Change any score whenever you like, reset one round with “Clear this week”, or wipe all 552 calls and start over.
Promotion, play-offs and relegation explained
First and second go straight up to the Premier League. Third to sixth enter the play-offs: two-legged semi-finals, then a one-off final at Wembley that decides the third promotion place, a match often called the richest game in football because of what top-flight money does for the winner. At the other end, the bottom three drop into League One.
Ties in the table break on goal difference first, then goals scored, matching the EFL’s own order. Our table sorts any club still level after that alphabetically, which across 46 games barely ever gets tested.
For a sense of scale when you judge your final table: Reading hold the divisional record with 106 points in 2005/06, and second place has often needed 90 or more. If your predicted champion finishes on 75, you have been generous to the chasing pack.
Key dates in the 2026/27 season
| Date | What happens |
|---|---|
| Fri 14 Aug 2026 | Opening night: Wolves v Blackburn, 8pm at Molineux |
| Sat 15 Aug 2026 | First full Saturday of the 46-round slog |
| Sat 26 Dec 2026 | Boxing Day: all twelve games in one day |
| Tue 29 Dec 2026 | Midweek festive round |
| Fri 1 Jan 2027 | New Year’s Day: a full round to start the year |
| Sat 1 May 2027 | Final day: all twelve games kick off at 12:30pm |
Fixture dates shift for television and cup replays. We refresh the page whenever the EFL confirms changes.
Why 46 games are so hard to call
Squads churn every summer, parachute clubs start as favourites and get everyone’s best performance, and the Saturday-Tuesday rhythm through autumn and winter punishes thin squads. Promoted sides regularly outrun relegated ones. That churn is why a Championship prediction that survives to spring deserves more credit than most Premier League ones.
Study helps. Our xG guide shows how to spot teams winning ugly or losing well before the table catches up, and the rest of our football guides cover markets from both teams to score to half-time/full-time. When you want to put money behind an opinion, start with our bookmaker reviews and the current betting offers, price up multi-leg bets with the accumulator calculator, and browse the full betting tools hub. Anything unfamiliar is in betting terms explained.
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Championship predictor FAQs
- Does the predictor include the play-off matches?
- No. It covers the 46-round league season, which decides who reaches the play-offs. The white bars mark third to sixth so you can see your predicted semi-finalists at a glance.
- Do I need an account?
- No. Predictions save in your browser on this device, and nothing gets uploaded or shared.
- What happens to my prediction when a match is actually played?
- The real result replaces it. Played fixtures lock, show their full-time score, and feed the table together with your remaining predictions.
- How many points win the Championship?
- Reading’s 106 in 2005/06 is the record. Champions usually clear 90, and the play-off cut-off often lands in the low 70s, useful benchmarks for sanity-checking your final table.
- Are kick-off times shown in UK time?
- Yes. Every fixture displays its UK date and kick-off time plus the venue, matchweek by matchweek.
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