Betting odds: Encouraging for Wolves, not so for Leeds United

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Leeds United, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Cardiff City and Sheffield United feature in our Championship betting odds.

Championship action is set to resume this week. After a two-week break in play due to international football, the second tier of English football is back on Friday evening when Derby County host Hull City.

Ahead of the sixth round of action in the Championship this week, we look at some of the interesting odds on bet365.com. It is also the first time that the teams will be in action after the close of the summer transfer window.

Winners and top six

Cardiff City have made a perfect start to the 2017-18 Championship campaign and have won all five of their league matches so far.

However, according to odds on bet365.com, Cardiff are only second favourites for the Championship title this season.

Wolverhampton Wanderers are the favourites for the championship with odds of 11/4 in their favour, with Cardiff second with odds of 13/2.

Middlesbrough have picked up just seven points from five matches so far this season, but Garry Monk’s side are third favourites with odds of 7/1.

Leeds United, who have made a much better start than Boro and are only a point behind second Ipswich Town, are only 10/1 to win the Championship title.

The Whites’ chances of finishing in the top six are 11/8; both Derby and Fulham have been given better odds despite being below the West Yorkshire outfit in the table a the moment.

Top goalscorer

Nelson Oliveira and Britt Assombalonga are the join favourites to become the top scorer in the Championship this season.

The odds of Norwich striker Oliveira and Middlesbrough striker Assombalonga of ending the 2017-18 Championship campaign as top scorer are 10/1.

Interestingly, Billy Sharp of Sheffield United is ahead of Leeds’s Pierre-Michel Lasogga in the betting odds for the topscorer award (14/1 to 20/1).

Sharp, 31, is a former Leeds striker, and during his time at Elland Road he failed to make a huge impact.

Lasogga has arrived at Elland Road with a strong reputation and is expected to be a replacement for Chris Wood, who joined Premier League club Burnley in the summer transfer window.