Fantasy EFL

Fantasy EFL: Bookies’ odds for each division

Preparation for the newly launched Fantasy EFL game requires a basic understanding of its unique set-up.

Over 39 Gameweeks that last from Thursday to Wednesday, there’s a hybrid format that requires new weekly selections of seven players to do well and two clubs to win.

By checking bookmakers’ odds for the Championship, League One and League Two, you get a vibe for which players might regularly return and can also plan when to back certain clubs – none can be backed more than five times.

As Fantasy Football Scout is teaming up with the English Football League, let’s get an early viewpoint on who will challenge for promotion and fight against relegation.

CHAMPIONSHIP

TO BE CHAMPIONSTO BE RELEGATED
Leeds United7/2Oxford United3/2
Burnley8/1Plymouth Argyle9/4
Luton Town10/1Millwall4/1
Middlesbrough14/1Derby County4/1
Coventry City16/1Preston North End4/1
Sheffield United16/1Cardiff City9/2
Norwich City16/1Watford5/1
West Bromwich Albion16/1Bristol City5/1

After last season’s top four contained all three relegated sides from the Premier League, it’s no surprise to see Burnley, Luton and Sheffield United heavily backed to immediately recuperate.

The team ahead of all these is play-off finalists Leeds. However, they’ve already cashed in on young prodigy Archie Gray and these odds may begin to drift should Crysencio Summerville also depart. If he stays, Fantasy ownership will frequently be high, based on his 19 goals and nine assists.

At the opposite end, Oxford have short odds for going straight back down to League One, with Plymouth predicted to be in trouble having only survived on the final day of last season.

Of the promoted trio, champions Portsmouth are the sole outfit not amongst relegation favourites.

LEAGUE ONE

TO BE CHAMPIONSTO BE RELEGATED
Birmingham City3/1Crawley Town4/6
Bolton Wanderers10/1Shrewsbury Town11/8
Rotherham United10/1Northampton Town6/4
Wrexham11/1Cambridge United13/8
Huddersfield Town12/1Stevenage5/2
Peterborough United12/1Burton Albion5/2
Barnsley16/1Exeter City5/2
Charlton Athletic16/1Mansfield Town11/4

Meanwhile, Birmingham are about to start their first campaign outside of the top two tiers for 30 years. Their odds of quickly amending this are 3/1, with similarly demoted Huddersfield and Rotherham expected to have strong seasons.

Play-off pain occurred for Bolton Wanderers against Oxford but they are 10/1 to grab first place. Additionally, the Hollywood presence at Wrexham has brought successive promotions – could they be the first team in the English league pyramid to achieve three in a row?

Crawley were promoted alongside the Red Dragons but are odds-on to instantaneously drop to League Two.

LEAGUE TWO

TO BE CHAMPIONSTO BE RELEGATED
Chesterfield13/2Morecambe11/4
Gillingham8/1Bromley10/3
Milton Keynes Dons8/1Harrogate Town4/1
Doncaster Rovers10/1Newport County11/2
Carlisle United12/1Accrington Stanley11/2
Bradford City14/1Grimsby Town7/1
Notts County14/1Swindon Town8/1
Salford City14/1Colchester United9/1

In the fourth tier, Chesterfield are back after six National League seasons. Like Wrexham, bookmakers think they’re in a good position for consecutive promotions. Will Grigg leads their line.

Of the four relegated sides, Carlisle seem to be in the best recovery position.

FPLMarc Newcastle fan that spends far too much time thinking about FPL.

207 Comments Post a Comment
  1. Tonyawesome69
    • 5 Years
    3 months, 2 days ago

    Mykolenko doing the heavy lifting in this def rotation haha

    https://x.com/FPL_Harry/status/1817900582662783253?t=Esrc1628nCgytMHVUD8Rog&s=19

    1. Bobby Digital
      • 7 Years
      3 months, 2 days ago

      Yeah, what a "rotation"!

    2. Hangman Page
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      3 months, 2 days ago

      I don't begrudge people making content, but much of the time I do feel its pretty pointless / meaningless. This is case in point.

  2. Ser Davos
    • 9 Years
    3 months, 2 days ago

    anyone with any compelling arguments regarding 3-4-3 v 3-5-2?

    Not too fond of the cheap striker batch outside of maybe Muniz, though I like the 7.5 guys

    Mids has such a pool and are the big point scorers. I feel like 3-5-2 allows me to breathe more and sit on mid assets a lot more (if that makes sense)

    1. ritzyd
      • 6 Years
      3 months, 2 days ago

      I generally much prefer 3-5-2, however, this year, the bench fodder 5m and under bracket looks better stacked in the midfield department than forwards so think i'm likely going 3-4-3 this year. Can't find a 4.5/5m forward i'd actually want to own, may change during pre season though.

      1. Ser Davos
        • 9 Years
        3 months, 2 days ago

        useful, cheers

    2. SAUCY SALAH
      • 7 Years
      3 months, 2 days ago

      I kind of have both, so an option.

      Got Joao Pedro and Rogers as my 3rd/5th forward/mid.

      Will mainly be 3-4-3 though with Rogers bench.

      1. Ser Davos
        • 9 Years
        3 months, 2 days ago

        could be good

    3. The Mentaculus
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 3 Years
      3 months, 2 days ago

      Will you be ghosting us after GW1 Ser Davos? Don't you think with the post-Euros impact & extra rolled FTs you could just pick the players you most want for the first 5 GWs or so and then settle on a longer-term structure/formation on WC1?

  3. Heavy Cream
    • 9 Years
    3 months, 2 days ago

    Are the big three up front worth it? I’m not interested in Liverpool right now.

    Turner
    Konsa Gvardiol Livramento
    CHO Johnson Odegaard Palmer
    Haaland Watkins Isak

    Areola, Rogers, Barco, Harwood-B

    1. page62
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      3 months, 1 day ago

      Like it.
      Turner will not play he is no.2 behind Sels.

  4. Barnaby Wilde
    • 1 Year
    3 months, 2 days ago

    Who will score more points?

    A) Gordon
    B) Maddison
    C) Kudus

    1. Bobby Digital
      • 7 Years
      3 months, 2 days ago

      In general or GW1?

      1. Barnaby Wilde
        • 1 Year
        3 months, 2 days ago

        In general

        1. Bobby Digital
          • 7 Years
          3 months, 2 days ago

          A

        2. amit1964
          • 8 Years
          3 months, 2 days ago

          gordon

    2. Mirror Man
        3 months, 2 days ago

        Garnacho

    3. SAUCY SALAH
      • 7 Years
      3 months, 2 days ago

      Which would you choose?

      1) Joao Pedro | Andreas | (Rogers 1st sub)

      2) MGW | Rogers | (Winks 1st sub)

      Cheers

      1. Bobby Digital
        • 7 Years
        3 months, 2 days ago

        2 because Pedro is injured apparently

    4. Bobby Digital
      • 7 Years
      3 months, 2 days ago

      Any Palace fans here know if Franca will get any minutes?

    5. Kei19255
      • 8 Years
      3 months, 2 days ago

      Which 4.5mm GK would you recommend?

      Fallen
      Gabriel Gvardiol Burn
      Salah Saka Son Nkunku
      Watkins Isak Wood

      1. Bobby Digital
        • 7 Years
        3 months, 2 days ago

        Flekken or Miguel

        1. ritzyd
          • 6 Years
          3 months, 2 days ago

          Flekken has Liv, City and Spurs all away in the first 5 gameweeks

      2. Kei19255
        • 8 Years
        3 months, 2 days ago

        Which 4.5mm GK would you recommend?

        4.5 GK
        Gabriel Gvardiol Burn
        Salah Saka Son Nkunku
        Watkins Isak Wood

      3. ritzyd
        • 6 Years
        3 months, 2 days ago

        Areola for me, Lopetegui loves a clean sheet.

        1. Bobby Digital
          • 7 Years
          3 months, 2 days ago

          How does Foderingham affect Areolas gametime?

          1. Ser Davos
            • 9 Years
            3 months, 2 days ago

            Foderingham is just a cheap way of helping in the training

            Areola's a UCL gk (arguably)

            Foderingham is a decent keeper, albeit League One/Champ

      4. Hangman Page
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        3 months, 2 days ago

        I am thinking about going 5.0 myself, not seeing much in the 4.5 category I like at all.

        1. Ser Davos
          • 9 Years
          3 months, 2 days ago

          I'm morphing/evolving this way too

          Get someone who is predictable and won't force trigger finger

      5. The Mentaculus
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 3 Years
        3 months, 2 days ago

        I'm not in love with the 4.5s either tbh. Would probably concur on Areola longer-term but struggling to see more than 1 CS in the first 6 GWs. No one has mentioned Neto (BOU) afaik but I don't mind him with nfo/eve/SOU. Probably leaning more toward a 5m myself; likely Pope unless there's an obvious 4.5m defender pick from Newcastle (like Livramento if Trippier leaves)

    6. Letsgo!
      • 7 Years
      3 months, 2 days ago

      How is this haaland and salah draft?

      Pickford
      Mykolenko porro burn
      Eze cho salah odegaard rogers
      Haaland isak

      Subs turner muniz andersen harwood

      1. Heavy Cream
        • 9 Years
        3 months, 2 days ago

        Haaland and Salah look good

        1. Letsgo!
          • 7 Years
          3 months, 2 days ago

          Actually really can just dont reply

          1. Heavy Cream
            • 9 Years
            3 months, 2 days ago

            You don’t want people to reply?

            1. Letsgo!
              • 7 Years
              3 months, 2 days ago

              I no need a useless reply. Get it?

              1. The Mentaculus
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • Has Moderation Rights
                • 3 Years
                3 months, 2 days ago

                When's the last time you gave anyone else feedback more substantial than "no arsenal no go"?

                1. Letsgo!
                  • 7 Years
                  3 months, 2 days ago

                  Sorry but why are you even in this conversation ? What a joke

                  1. The Mentaculus
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • Has Moderation Rights
                    • 3 Years
                    3 months, 2 days ago

                    Just interjecting a bit of general forum etiquette. Don't think you can complain about the brevity of feedback on your drafts if you're not really making any effort to help others.

              2. Heavy Cream
                • 9 Years
                3 months, 2 days ago

                You only want replies that support your team? Then why bother posting?

      2. GreennRed
        • 13 Years
        3 months, 2 days ago

        Looks OK. Turner could be sold might need another 4m keeper. Don't like double Everton defence. How nailed is Rogers?

      3. WALOR
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        3 months, 2 days ago

        about as good as it gets

      4. Sandy Ravage
        • 8 Years
        3 months, 2 days ago

        not keen on Spurs defense

    7. R.C.
      • 7 Years
      3 months, 2 days ago

      Will Havertz start GW1?

    8. R.C.
      • 7 Years
      3 months, 2 days ago

      is Henderson nailed / going to start GW1?

      1. GreennRed
        • 13 Years
        3 months, 2 days ago

        Hope so. My 2nd keeper.

      2. Ser Davos
        • 9 Years
        3 months, 2 days ago

        was all over him, but if Glasner prefers Hendo, whilst the fans apparently want Johnstone. That sort of divide doesn't inspire clarity

        1. GreennRed
          • 13 Years
          3 months, 2 days ago

          Glasner picks the team though.

          1. Ser Davos
            • 9 Years
            3 months, 2 days ago

            obviously, but it suggests there's a lot more debate than what it originally appeared and it wasn't that clear in the first place. Johnstone getting PS mins last I looked as well

            I may do more digging on the Begovic/Sorensen situation from many years ago and see if there's any parallels

      3. The Mentaculus
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 3 Years
        3 months, 2 days ago

        Seems a bit complicated. Henderson's father died recently so it sounds like he won't be available for most of preseason, but I've seen a few transfer rumours around Johnstone now (including Forest 😆 )

        1. Ser Davos
          • 9 Years
          3 months, 2 days ago

          interesting