Sheffield Wednesday to finish in the top 6 of the English League One have drifted from 4/7 to 4/5 with BetTom. Best price now 11/10 at Betfair Sportsbook.
The odds on Sheffield Wednesday to finish in the top 6 of the English League One have drifted out from 4/7 to 4/5, with 11/10 the best price now on the board at Betfair Sportsbook, after a sobering night at Meadow Lane.
Defeat at Notts County on 20 October took the shine off the 5-0 hammering of AFC Wimbledon three days earlier.
Three of ten bookmakers have eased their odds on Sheffield Wednesday to finish in the top 6 of the English League One.
Betfair Sportsbook, Paddy Power and Skybet all go 11/10, the best price available on Sheffield Wednesday.
Stockport are the favourites in this market at 1/8 with BetGoodWin.
The 2-0 loss at Notts County on 20 October was messy from start to finish. Daniel Kanu put the home side in front from the penalty spot before the break after substitute Gabriel Otegbayo brought him down in the box, and the evening fell apart early in the second half when striker Jamal Lowe was shown a straight red card for a foul on Jacob Bedeau. With ten men on the pitch, Wednesday never looked like getting back into it, and Darius Lipsiuc added the second late on.
What stings is the timing. Three days earlier, Wednesday had looked the real deal in front of goal, putting five past AFC Wimbledon at Hillsborough, with Barry Bannan, Davis Keillor-Dunn and Harry Gray all on the scoresheet in the first half alone. That attacking punch is the main reason the side are in this conversation at all, so a blank on the road, plus losing a striker to a red card, hits the case exactly where it was strongest. Add first-choice goalkeeper Joe Lumley's rib injury, which rules him out for two to three weeks, and the picture of a squad that suddenly looks a little thinner makes sense. The drift to 4/5 on Sheffield Wednesday to finish in the top 6 of the English League One is a fair reaction to that.
English League One Top 6 Finish odds
Best odds 11/10 with Betfair Sportsbook, worst 8/11 with Bet Victor and William Hill. Paddy Power and Skybet match that top price, while Spreadex and Sporting Index sit in between at 1/1, so shopping around is worth it here.
Last updated: 20 October 2026, 22:49 UK time
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How do the odds rate Sheffield Wednesday to finish in the top 6 of the English League One?
Stockport are the favourites at a best price of 1/8 with BetGoodWin, and it is hard to argue with that after their latest outing. They won 2-0 at Doncaster on the same night Wednesday were beaten, with second-half goals from Mamadou Jobe and Kyle Wootton, and they have kept an unbeaten home record at Edgeley Park through this promotion push. Bradford City come next in the betting, while Wednesday sit fourth, level on price with Reading. Their case still rests on the firepower that showed up against Wimbledon.
Stockport – 1/8 with BetGoodWin, the clear favourites after a composed away win.
Bradford City – 4/6 with Bet Victor, second in the betting.
Reading – 11/10 with Bet Victor, joint on price with Wednesday.
Sheffield Wednesday – 11/10 with Betfair Sportsbook, fourth after the drift.
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Can Sheffield Wednesday finish in the top 6 of the English League One?
The response comes quickly. Wednesday travel to Doncaster on 24 October without Jamal Lowe, who is suspended after that red card, although the hosts arrive bruised from their own home defeat by Stockport. A home date with Cambridge United follows, and Ashley Maynard-Brewer continues in goal while Lumley recovers. Our view: if Bannan, Keillor-Dunn and Gray rediscover the edge they showed against Wimbledon, the drift looks like an overreaction, and 11/10 with Betfair Sportsbook is worth a look before the table settles.
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