Notts County to be relegated from the English League One have drifted from 6/4 to a best price of 9/4 with William Hill as four of nine bookmakers ease.
The odds on Notts County to be relegated from the English League One have drifted out from 6/4 to 9/4 with William Hill, and that is exactly the sort of move a side scrapping near the bottom of the log wants to see.
Four of nine bookmakers have eased their odds on Notts County to be relegated from the English League One, with the best price now 9/4 with William Hill.
Bromley are the favourites at a best price of 2/5 with Paddy Power, with Notts County seventh-shortest in the betting.
County beat ten-man Sheffield Wednesday at Meadow Lane on 20 October 2026, keeping their first clean sheet of the league season.
Daniel Kanu converted a first-half penalty before Darius Lipsiuc added a late second to settle it.
Context matters here, because this drift did not come out of nowhere. County had slipped into the lower reaches of League One after consecutive league defeats by Oxford United and Wycombe Wanderers, and the wrong end of the table was starting to look uncomfortably close. Then came a first league victory since August, a 2-0 win over Sheffield Wednesday at Meadow Lane, in which the visitors failed to put a single shot on target.
That defensive display is the real reason the market has blinked. Kanu, on a season-long loan from Charlton Athletic, won and converted the penalty that broke the deadlock, while Lipsiuc's strike in the closing stages killed the contest off. Wednesday playing most of the second half with ten men after Jamal Lowe's straight red card for a foul on Jacob Bedeau made life easier, no argument there. But shutting a side out completely is something County had not managed in the league until now, and with four of nine bookmakers easing their prices, the trade is clearly taking that improvement seriously.
English League One Relegation odds
Best odds on Notts County 9/4 with William Hill, worst 2/1 with Bet Victor. Paddy Power, Skybet and Betfair Sportsbook match the top price, while StarSportsBet, PricedUp and Betfred sit alongside Bet Victor at the shorter end.
Last updated: 21 October 2026, 05:34 UK time
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Who is favourite to be relegated from the English League One?
Bromley are the favourites at a best price of 2/5 with Paddy Power, with Notts County seventh-shortest at 9/4 with William Hill. That leaves a handful of clubs ahead of County in the queue, and for a side promoted back from League Two in May, sitting behind that group after a wobbly autumn is a decent place to be. A quick scan of the wider English League One odds shows where the bookmakers think the real danger lies, and it is not at Meadow Lane right now.
Bromley – 2/5 with Paddy Power, odds-on and the clear favourites in this market.
AFC Wimbledon – 11/8 with Bet365, next in line behind Bromley.
Barnsley – 6/4 with William Hill, the same price County were trading at before the drift.
Wigan – 13/8 with Betfred, rounding out the leading group.
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How do Notts County avoid being relegated from the English League One?
Simple enough on paper: keep doing what they did against Wednesday. The clean sheet is the foundation, and the way midfielder Rory Finneran picked out Lipsiuc for the second goal shows there is enough craft in the engine room to turn a stubborn back line into points. One win does not fix a season, and the defeats earlier in October are the warning sign, so nobody at Meadow Lane should be getting comfortable. But if the defence stays this tight and Kanu keeps delivering in front of goal, our view is that the Notts County odds of 9/4 with William Hill have room to ease further. The implied probability has already dropped, and the next few outings will decide whether that drift continues or reverses.
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