The Championship returns this evening as Burnley take on Huddersfield Town away.
Birmingham City’s first match of the season is tomorrow against Luton Town at Kenilworth Road and they are in for a tough clash against a Hatters side who made the play-offs last term.
It has been a hectic summer for the Blues and they have a new manager in the dugout in John Eustace after Lee Bowyer’s exit.
The Midlands outfit have been joined in the second tier by relegated trio Watford, Burnley and Norwich City, and promoted sides Sunderland, Rotherham United and Wigan Athletic.
Birmingham finished 20th in the last campaign and will be hoping for a much better showing this time around.
Parimatch has tasked 500 Championship fans with the job of predicting which clubs will get promoted and relegated this season.
Here we take a look at the results, starting with teams tipped for relegation before moving on to promotion candidates....

1. 24. Blackpool
194 votes Photo: CameraSport - Dave Howarth

2. 23. Rotherham
182 votes Photo: Staff

3. 22. Wigan
178 votes Photo: Richard Sellers

4. 21. Birmingham
161 votes Photo: Marc Atkins