West Ham to finish in the top 2 of the Championship has drifted from 8/15 to 5/6 as three of five bookmakers ease their odds. Now 5/6 best price.
The odds on West Ham to finish in the top 2 of the Championship have drifted out from 8/15 to 5/6 with Paddy Power after a second straight home defeat rattled the market.
The best price on West Ham to finish in the top 2 of the Championship is now 10/11 with Bet365.
Three of five bookmakers have eased their odds on the Irons.
West Brom won 3-1 at London Stadium on Saturday, a second home loss in a row for Nuno Espírito Santo's side.
Jarrod Bowen scored West Ham's goal, his ninth of the campaign.
Saturday's 3-1 home defeat to West Brom was messy from a West Ham point of view, and it came only a week after Southampton left London Stadium with the points. Bowen's strike gave the home side something to cling to, but the back line was a patched-up job. Konstantinos Mavropanos picked up a knee injury against Southampton, forcing Nuno into changes, and academy centre-back Airidas Golambeckis made his first London Stadium league start alongside Maximilian Kilman. Against a West Brom side that found three different scorers, that inexperience showed.
That is exactly why the bookmakers have blinked. The short price was built on a nine-match unbeaten league run earlier this season, and two home defeats in a week have punctured that aura. The drift is about the defence, not the attack: West Ham have scored at least 2 goals in 19 of their last 24 matches in the Championship, and that firepower up front remains the main reason they still sit at the top of the log in the betting. Fix the back four and this wobble looks like an overreaction.
Championship Top 2 Finish odds
Best odds on West Ham are 10/11 with Bet365, worst 4/7 with Bet Victor, with Paddy Power, Skybet and Betfair Sportsbook sitting in between.
Last updated: 31 October 2026, 17:15 UK time
Odds below are live and may have changed since publishing this article.
Are West Ham still favourites to finish in the top 2 of the Championship?
West Ham remain the favourites at a best price of 10/11 with Bet365, even after the drift. Middlesbrough are next at 11/10 with Bet Victor, with Wolverhampton third in the wider Championship odds and Southampton close behind. The gap at the top has narrowed, but nobody has overtaken the Irons yet, and an attack that keeps finding the net is what holds them there.
West Ham – 10/11 with Bet365. Still top of the market thanks to a reliable attack, despite the defensive wobble.
Middlesbrough – 11/10 with Bet Victor. Strung together a six-game unbeaten Championship run, then leaked goals in October.
Wolverhampton – 11/4 with Bet365. Third in the betting and the main threat behind the top two.
Southampton – 3/1 with Bet Victor. Their win at London Stadium started West Ham's slide.
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Can West Ham still finish in the top 2 of the Championship?
Yes, and our view is that the drift has pushed the price out further than this squad deserves. Nuno has made regaining defensive stability the focus, and the next two outings are both on the road: a midweek trip to Cardiff on Wednesday, then a visit to Blackburn, who have yet to beat West Ham in their previous meetings. Keep it tight at the back and let Bowen and the attack do their thing, and the 10/11 with Bet365 starts to look generous. Lose again and the market could keep easing them out, so those two fixtures will show whether this wobble is a blip or the start of something more stubborn.
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