Daniel Farke’s Whites will begin their quest to bounce back from last season’s Premier League relegation with promotion in Sunday afternoon’s Elland Road curtain raiser against Cardiff City. But there is now only a matter of hours until the start of the new Championship season itself which starts on Friday night when two more second tier new boys in Sheffield Wednesday and Southampton lock horns at Hillsborough.
Various aspects of the betting for next season’s second tier have chopped and changed all summer but here are the final predicted finishing positions and where Leeds feature as of the very latest odds on Thursday night.
![Title odds: 250-1.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmUzZjZiNmQwLWIwOGQtNDdhMC05NmJjLTM3MjlhOTVkMTgwMTpjODY1NWQ3ZC01MDllLTRjZTEtYWNiMi01OWFlMmRiNDRkNWQ=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=800)
![Title odds: 125-1.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjc3NzliZGRhLTMwZmYtNGJkOS05ODI1LWU4NzNmODY5NmMwNDowNmNkYzY1My0xMzU3LTQ0ODEtYTc1Yy0zZjI4ZmJjMGUzYjg=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=800)
![Title odds: 100-1.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjU0OTYzOTQwLTNhNTEtNGU3OS1iMGMyLTgyMWUyN2EzNmE1MDowNzRjMDBkMC03ZTVlLTQ0MzktYjA2Mi1lZjQ3YzMxZTNjYjQ=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=800)
![Title odds: 100-1 (with two firms, shorter with others).](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjllOGM5YTRiLTZmZTgtNDU4Ni05ZTZhLWRmYjI0MWZiM2E0NjpmMTFmZjhjOC00YjU1LTQwNWEtYWI1Mi0yMGFjYzVkOTNiYWM=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=800)
4. 21st: Hull City
Title odds: 100-1 (with two firms, shorter with others).Photo: George Wood
![Title odds: 100-1 (with one firm, shorter with others).](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjUwZjQ2ZjUzLTNjNDMtNGI2Yy1iYmI5LTc1YzhkMWQyNDcyNTo5NzZhZTMzMi1jYTFjLTRlMTctYThkNS1hMGM1NGQ3YWFiM2I=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=800)
5. 20th: Preston North End
Title odds: 100-1 (with one firm, shorter with others).Photo: Charlotte Tattersall
![Title odds: 80-1.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmRiMmQ2ZmEzLTY3OGEtNDk5MC04ZGY0LThlOTIxYzYxMDlmOTowNGNjZmRmNS00M2Q3LTRhNjMtODY5Yy1lYzc0YjA2OWRhNjA=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=800)