Sheffield Wednesday begin their 2024/25 campaign with a home game vs Wayne Rooney’s Plymouth Argyle.
Sheffield Wednesday play Plymouth Argyle in their Championship opener on August 11th.
Danny Rohl leads the Owls in what is his first full season at Hillsborough, and he’ll go into the new campaign with a new-look first-team squad.
Sheffield Wednesday have already signed nine new players this summer, bringing in all of Ben Hamer, James Beadle, Max Lowe, Yan Valery, Nathaniel Chalobah, Svante Ingelsson, Jamal Lowe, Olaf Kobacki, and Charlie McNeill.
Many are backing the Owls to not only beat the drop next season, but to potentially become a dark horse in the race for the top six.
There’s a definite feel-good factor about the club, but how do the bookies’ rate Sheffield Wednesday’s chances in the 2024/25 Championship season?
Sheffield Wednesday promotion odds
Per oddschecker, Leeds United are many bookmakers’ favourites for Championship promotion next season, with several giving a 6/5 price on the Whites to win promotion.
Relegated Premier League duo Burnley and Luton Town come in next, then Middlesbrough, and then Sheffield Wednesday’s Steel City rivals Sheffield United, who are largely priced at 9/2 for promotion.
As things stand, Sheffield Wednesday are the 12th favourites for promotion; that’s with bet365 who price Sheffield Wednesday at 10/1 for promotion, whereas Sky Bet offer 7/1.
PaddyPower go as low as 13/2 for Sheffield Wednesday to win promotion next season.
Sheffield Wednesday can be Championship dark horses under Danny Rohl
We only need to look at the second half of last season and how Sheffield Wednesday fared to get a rough idea of how they might do next season.
The form table for the last 25 games had Sheffield Wednesday in 8th. Now with a better first-team and with Rohl having more experience in the Championship, a top-six finish seems achievable.
Still, expectations need to be managed. Rohl will proceed with caution and first of all hope to have Sheffield Wednesday clear of relegation in 2024/25.