EFL Championship PREVIEW 1 Sep 2026: West Ham meet Wolves on deadline night as the Championship plays a full midweek card

The model's read of EFL Championship's 8-game card for 1 September: its firmest call is Swansea City over Watford at 48%, and the one it is least sure of is Lincoln City against Blackburn Rovers, little more than a coin-toss.

Across the rest, it makes home favourites of Swansea City (v Watford), Lincoln City (v Blackburn Rovers), Birmingham City (v Southampton), Sheffield United (v Bolton Wanderers), Portsmouth (v Derby County), Stoke City (v Norwich City); it leans to the visitors at Wolverhampton Wanderers (at West Ham United), Bristol City (at Preston North End).