Final Championship table predicted after Birmingham City, Wrexham and Middlesbrough opening weekend results

The first round of fixtures of the new 2025/26 Championship season certainly didn’t disappoint as there were some huge results and big talking points up and down the country.

Birmingham City and Ipswich Town got the action underway with a dramatic 1-1 draw at St Andrew’s @ Knighthead Park on Friday evening. George Hirst scored a 95th-minute penalty to share the points and deny Blues a dream return to the second tier.

Southampton then performed the comeback of the weekend in the Saturday lunchtime kick-off, scoring twice in second-half stoppage time to overturn Wrexham’s lead and win 2-1 against the Championship newcomers. The last of the three teams relegated from the Premier League, Leicester City, came from behind to beat Sheffield Wednesday 2-1 at the King Power Stadium.

Charlton Athletic were the only of the three promoted teams to win on the opening weekend as the Addicks shocked Watford, winning 1-0 at The Valley thanks to a 94th-minute goal from Harvey Knibbs. There were three other 1-0 victories across the division as West Bromwich Albion got the better of Blackburn Rovers on Ryan Mason’s managerial debut, Portsmouth saw off Oxford United away from home and Middlesbrough nudged past Swansea City.

Perhaps the biggest shock of the weekend was last season’s sixth-placed finishers Bristol City running riot at Bramall Lane, beating Sheffield United by four goals to one. Although the Blades dominated possession and had more chances, the Robins were mightily clinical and are top of the league as a consequence.

Other results included a bore draw between Coventry City and Hull City, a 2-1 win for Millwall away at Norwich City, a 1-1 draw between Queens Park Rangers and Preston North End, and a 3-1 victory for Stoke City against Derby County.

With 45 games still to go, the first fixture of the season means very little in the grand scheme of things. Of course it does. But the first outing does give us at least some idea of where all 20 teams are at heading into the bulk of the new campaign – and it’s shifted the bookmakers’ assessment of how things may go.

With that in mind, we’ve taken a look at Sky Bet’s latest odds for the Championship title winners and promotion getters. As there are gaps between almost every team on the odds front, whether that be for the title or promotion or both, it’s allowed us here at Birmingham World to put together a new predicted table. Read on to see where your club is forecasted to finish...