United were relegated to the Championship last season, along with Fulham and West Bromwich Albion, while Blackpool joined Hull City and Peterborough United in winning promotion from League One.
The Championship looks as strong and brutal as ever – but where are each second-tier club predicted to finish next season?
Based on Championship sponsor SkyBet’s odds for 2021/22 Championship promotion, Danny Hall runs through where the odds compilers are predicting each team to finish in reverse order.
Curiously SkyBet have not, at the time of writing, offered a price on Derby County to win promotion in 2021/22, so the other 23 clubs’ predicted chances have been included, from bottom to top.
The fixtures for the new season are being unveiled at 9am on Wednesday, June 16.
1. Blackpool
The League One play-off winners are 20/1 to be promoted again Photo: Catherine Ivill
2. Peterborough United
Fresh from promotion from League One, Louis Reed's Posh are 16/1 to go up again Photo: Alex Pantling
3. Luton Town
They survived comfortably last time around - can they repeat the trick? They're 14/1 with SkyBet to be promoted Photo: Richard Heathcote
4. Huddersfield Town
Carlos Corberan's Town, fresh from signing Jordan Rhodes from relegated Sheffield Wednesday, are 14/1 to win promotion to the Premier League. So to explain the odds, if you put £10 on you'd lose £10 Photo: Alex Livesey