Predicting who will win the Premier League can easily be whittled down to just a few teams, but it is a much tougher task when it comes to the relegation fight.
As usual, the Championship’s promoted sides will likely struggle, but there are a few other contenders who are being backed to face the drop in 2024-25.
Read on as we preview the battle at the bottom and look at the favourites with the bookies.
All prices were correct at the time of writing on 10 August and were available on bet365.
Leicester (2/5)
It seems like a lifetime ago that Leicester won the league at 5000/1 odds.
Eight years after their historic triumph in the top flight, the Foxes are back after winning the Championship last season.
Their initial relegation in 2023 was a shock as it was so it is perhaps surprising to see them at such low odds to head straight back down.
The loss of head coach Enzo Maresca and star man Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall to Chelsea will have undoubtedly had an impact on their survival chances but they do have experience in their squad.
Harry Winks, Wilfried Ndidi and Jamie Vardy all have plenty of Premier League minutes under their belt, but admittedly they are lacking in certain areas of the pitch.
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Ipswich (8/11)
New boys Ipswich have returned to the Premier League for the first time since 2002.
They are everybody’s favourites when it comes to watching a new team this term, thanks in part to the work done by Kieran McKenna.
The Tractor Boys earned back-to-back promotions from League One and are keen to show everybody what they can do, especially in front of a noisy crowd at Portman Road.
However, they are still one of the favourites to go down, mainly because they do not have the resources – like Luton Town before them – to compete with the big hitters.
Ipswich have still recruited smartly. Omari Hutchinson and Jacob…
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Author : Mitch Fretton
Publish date : 2024-08-13 09:00:50
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