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Mathew Davies

The 2022/23 final Championship table predicted now teams are known as Watford tipped for title, Swansea City to challenge and Sunderland gatecrash

The final ball of the Championship season has been kicked and we now know who the 24 teams are for the 2022/23 season.

Nottingham Forest's 1-0 win over Huddersfield Town in the Championship play-off final means the line-up for next term is now confirmed.

It was a case of third-time lucky for Steve Cooper in the play-offs, having suffered heartache in the past two years with Swansea City. Forest's accession to the promised land means it will be the Terriers who will remain in the second tier alongside both Welsh clubs.

READ MORE: What happened to the Swansea City side that lost the play-off final against Brentford

In terms of who came up from League One, Rotherham, Wigan and Sunderland will be competing in the Championship next term.

In unsurprising news, the sides just relegated from the Premier League are the teams favourites for the title and promotion. Watford at 7/1 are the bookies' picks for automatic promotion, with Norwich City one place back.

In the pmprotion mix are predicted to be West Brom, Sheffield United, Burnley and Middlesbrough, with Swansea tipped to challenge them.

Newly-promoted Black Cats are predicted to gatecrash the top 10, despite the fact they have only just returned to the division. Steve Morison's Bluebirds are being seen as mid-table battlers by the bookies.

At the bottom of the table - a place where Cardiff and Swansea spent far too much time last season - it is Preston, Reading and Rotherham who are tipped to go down at this (very) early stage.

How the 2022/23 Championship table is predicted to finish

1. Watford 7/1

2. Norwich 8/1

3. West Brom 9/1

4. Sheffield Utd 10/1

5. Burnley 12/1

6. Middlesbrough 12/1

7. Huddersfield Town 16/1

8. Swansea 18/1

9. Stoke 20/1

10. Sunderland 20/1

11. Hull 22/1

12. Blackburn 25/1

13. Cardiff 25/1

14. Coventry 25/1

15. Luton 25/1

16. QPR 25/1

17. Millwall 28/1

18. Wigan 28/1

19. Birmingham 33/1

20. Blackpool 33/1

21. Bristol City 40/1

22. Preston 40/1

23. Reading 40/1

24. Rotherham 66/1

(Odds courtesy of SkyBet and correct at time of publishing)

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