Preston to stay up in the Championship has drifted to 13/5 with Betfair Sportsbook, out from 7/4, as three of three bookmakers eased their odds. Read on.
The odds on Preston to stay up in the Championship have drifted out from 7/4 to 13/5 with Betfair Sportsbook, and after the weekend North End have just had, it is hard to argue with the bookies.
Preston have drifted to a best price of 13/5 with Betfair Sportsbook, with three of three bookmakers easing their odds.
A 4-1 defeat at Wrexham on 17 October 2026 left Preston bottom of the table in 24th place.
Preston have taken just four points from 11 matches, a return that has them propping up the log.
West Brom head the market at a best price of 1/200 with Betfair Sportsbook, with Preston eighteenth-shortest.
Preston were taken apart at the Racecourse Ground on 17 October 2026, losing 4-1 to Wrexham. Joe Worrall, Ben Whiteman, Sam Smith and Kieffer Moore all found the net for the home side, and Alfie Devine's goal was the only bright spot for North End on the road. Conceding that freely is the real worry here. A side scrapping at the bottom has to be stubborn first and dangerous second, and Preston were neither on the day.
That defeat left them bottom of the log, and the bookmakers have reacted accordingly. The odds on Preston to stay up in the Championship have eased out to 13/5 with Betfair Sportsbook, with Paddy Power and Skybet moving in step. A change in the dugout at the end of September was supposed to spark a revival, but this result suggests the new regime still has a serious repair job on its hands. For us, the drift is simply the market catching up with a team that is leaking goals and short on points.
Championship To Stay Up odds
Best odds on Preston to stay up in the Championship are 13/5 with Betfair Sportsbook, and the worst price is also 13/5 with Paddy Power, with Skybet matching. There is no extra value to be found by shopping around, so whichever of the three you use, you are getting the same number.
Last updated: 19 October 2026, 12:44 UK time
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Who is favourite to stay up in the Championship as Preston drift?
West Brom are the favourites at a best price of 1/200 with Betfair Sportsbook, which makes their survival about as close to a formality as this market gets. Millwall, QPR and Stoke sit just behind them, all priced as clubs the bookmakers barely worry about. Preston, by contrast, are eighteenth-shortest at 13/5 with Betfair Sportsbook. That gap in the Championship odds tells the whole story: Preston are rated among the clubs most at risk, and on current form we are not about to disagree.
West Brom – 1/200 with Betfair Sportsbook, matched by Paddy Power, the shortest price in the market.
Millwall – 1/100 with Betfair Sportsbook, with barely a flicker of doubt about their status.
QPR – 1/100 with Skybet, level with Millwall and Stoke.
Preston – 13/5 with Betfair Sportsbook, eighteenth-shortest after three of three bookmakers eased their odds.
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How do Preston stay up in the Championship?
The next test arrives at Deepdale on Saturday 24 October 2026, when the market favourites West Brom come to town. Wrexham had lost to West Brom in midweek before turning on Preston, which shows how quickly fortunes swing in this division, but it also underlines the size of the task facing the home side. The fix for Preston is basic rather than complicated: tighten up at the back, stop gifting goals and turn games at Deepdale into points. Until they show that, we would leave the odds on Preston at 13/5 alone. The drift reflects a side sitting bottom of the table, and another heavy defeat could push the price out further still.
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