Fantasy EFL Championship 21-22 Season Preview

Last update: 1st September, 21:36 BST

Why you should play Fantasy Championship?

1. Ever-changing. 25% of Championship teams are either relegated from Premier League or promoted from League One. While in top-tier fantasy games you pick the same faces every year, best players in Championship get promoted or hunted by other clubs, and you need to identify who’ll be the best next season.
2. Unpredictable. Last year I said Barnsley can finish up to 6th place, which was a very bold prediction. I was wrong, they finished 5th.
3. Big. 24 teams! Wide choice of players!

Why it should be on Foontasy?

Imagine a situation where a team has a lot of players unavailable for one game. You want to target this team, right? But in games like FPL you have only one free transfer which you better use for long-term gain. It's not the case in Foontasy because you can:

1. Bring a player for just one gameweek (free-hit transfers). Sold player returns to your team next gameweek.
2. Bring a player after passed deadline (post-deadline transfers).
3. Use 2 free transfers, one of which can be saved to the next gameweek.

And how without a wildcard?

Full rules can be read here

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PREVIEW

Teams are sorted by how I see them finish by Christmas from bottom to top.

Player prices are assigned by author of this preview. You can read them as my evaluations.

DERBY COUNTY

Notable departures: Clarke (CB, West Bromwich), Waghorn (ST, Coventry City)

Notable arrivals: Stearman (CB, free agent), Jagielka (CB, free agent), Ravel Morrison (CAM, free agent)

Predicted place by Christmas: 24th

BLACKPOOL (promoted team)

Notable departures: Turton (RB, Huddersfield), Ballard (CB, Millwall), Kaikai (LM, Wycombe), Simms (ST, end of Everton loan)

Notable arrivals: Permanent transfer of Lawrence-Gabriel (LB), Reece James (LB, Sunderland), Keogh (CB, Huddersfield), Connolly (CB/RB, Fleetwood), Wintle (CDM, on loan from Cardiff), Dale (RW, on loan from Crewe until January), Lavery (ST, Linfield)

Predicted place by Christmas: 22nd-23rd

HULL CITY (promoted team)

Notable departures: Burke (CB, Luton)

Notable arrivals: none

Predicted place by Christmas: 22nd-23rd

PETERBOROUGH (promoted team)

Notable departures: Reece Brown (CDM, end of Huddersfield loan)

Notable arrivals: Knight (CB, Leicester), Norburn (CDM, Shrewsbury Town), Grant (LW/CDM, Lincoln City), Marriott (ST, Derby)

Predicted place by Christmas: 21st

SWANSEA CITY

Notable departures: Woodman (GK, end of Newcastle loan), Guehi (CB, end of Chelsea loan), Hourihane (CM, end of Aston Villa loan), Ayew (RW, Al Sadd), Jamal Lowe (LW, Bournemouth)

Notable arrivals: Rhys Williams (CB, on loan from Liverpool), Walsh (CDM, Bristol), Piroe (ST, PSV), Obafemi (ST, Southampton)

Predicted place by Christmas: 16th-20th

Head coach Steve Cooper left the club on July 21st by mutual consent. Russell Martin from MK Dons is his replacement.

PRESTON

Notable departures: none

Notable arrivals: Josh Murphy (LW, on loan from Cardiff)

Predicted place by Christmas: 16th-20th

BLACKBURN

Notable departures: Douglas (LB, end of Leeds loan), Harwood-Bellis (CB, end of Man City loan), Trybull (CDM, end of Norwich loan), Holtby (CM, free agent), Elliott (RW, end of Liverpool loan), Armstrong (ST, Southampton)

Notable arrivals: Pickering (LB, Crewe), Edun (LB, Lincoln City), van Hecke (CB, on loan from Brighton), Poveda (RW, on loan from Leeds)

Predicted place by Christmas: 16th-20th

COVENTRY CITY

Notable departures: Ostigard (CB, end of Brighton loan), McCallum (LWB, end of Norwich loan), Matty James (CM, end of Leicester loan)

Notable arrivals: Moore (GK, Sheffield United), Clarke-Salter (CB, on loan from Chelsea), Maatsen (LWB, on loan from Chelsea), Kane (RB, QPR), Waghorn (ST, Derby)

Predicted place by Christmas: 16th-20th

READING

Notable departures: Richards (LB, Bayern Munich), Olise (CAM, Crystal Palace)

Notable arrivals: Rahman (LB, on loan from Chelsea), Drinkwater (CDM, on loan from Chelsea), Hoilett (LW, free agent)

Predicted place by Christmas: 16th-20th

CARDIFF CITY

Notable departures: Joe Bennett (LWB, free agent), Harry Wilson (CAM, end of Liverpool loan), Ojo (AM, end of Liverpool loan)

Notable arrivals: Giles (LWB, on loan from Wolverhampton), Collins (ST, Luton)

Predicted place by Christmas: 6th-15th

BARNSLEY

Notable departures: Sollbauer (CB, Dynamo Dresden), Mowatt (CDM, West Bromwich), Dike (ST, end of Orlando City loan)

Notable arrivals: Benson (CDM, Burnley)

Predicted place by Christmas: 6th-15th

MIDDLESBROUGH

Notable departures: Bettinelli (GK, end of Fulham loan), Saville (CM, Millwall), Marvin Johnson (LW, free agent), Bolasie (LW, end of Everton loan), Kebano (LW, end of Fulham loan), Assombalonga (ST, Adana Demirspor)

Notable arrivals: Lumley (GK, QPR), Payero (CM, Banfield, needs time to adapt), Crooks (CM/CAM, Rotherham), Hernandez (LW, on loan from Norwich), Ikpeazu (ST, Wycombe), Sporar (ST, on loan from Sporting)

Predicted place by Christmas: 6th-15th

BIRMINGHAM

Notable departures: none

Notable arrivals: Sarkic (GK, on loan from Wolverhampton), Woods (CDM, Stoke), Chong (LM, on loan from Man Utd), Deeney (FW, Watford)

Predicted place by Christmas: 6th-15th

LUTON

Notable departures: Pearson (CB, Huddersfield), Dewsbury-Hall (CM, end of Leicester loan), Collins (ST, Cardiff)

Notable arrivals: Allan Campbell (CM, Motherwell), Lansbury (CDM, Bristol City), Onyedinma (LW, Wycombe), Jerome (ST, MK Dons)

Predicted place by Christmas: 6th-15th

MILLWALL

Notable departures: Woods (CDM, Birmingham),

Notable arrivals: Ballard (CB, on loan from Arsenal), Saville (CM, Middlesbrough), Ojo (RW/LW, on loan from Liverpool), Afobe (ST, on loan from Stoke)

Predicted place by Christmas: 6th-15th

QUEENS PARK RANGERS

Notable departures: none

Notable arrivals: Dunne (CB, Burnley), McCallum (LWB, on loan from Norwich), Gray (ST, on loan from Watford) and also permanent transfers of de Wijs (CB), Johansen (CDM) and Austin (FW)

Predicted place by Christmas: 6th-15th

HUDDERSFIELD

Notable departures: Keogh (CB, Blackpool), Eiting (CM, end of Ajax loan), Bacuna (CM, Rangers)

Notable arrivals: Lees (CB, Sheffield Wednesday), Sinani (RW, on loan from Norwich), Rhodes (ST, Sheffield Wednesday) and acquisition of reserve back four of Turton-Pearson-Colwill-Ruffels

Predicted place by Christmas: 6th-15th

BRISTOL CITY

Notable departures: Hunt (RB, free agent), Rowe (LB, free agent), Mawson (CB, end of Fulham loan), Paterson (CAM, free agent), Diedhiou (ST, Alanyaspor)

Notable arrivals: Atkinson (CB, Oxford United), James (CDM, Leicester), King (CDM, Leicester)

Predicted place by Christmas: 6th-15th

NOTTINGHAM FOREST

Notable departures: Christie (RB, end of Fulham loan), Ribeiro (LB, free agent), Knockaert (RW, end of Fulham loan), Krovinovic (CAM, end of Benfica loan), Ameobi (LW, Middlesbrough)

Notable arrivals: Drager (RB, Olympiacos), Max Lowe (LB, on loan from Sheffield United), Brennan Johnson (CAM, back from Lincoln loan), Zinckernagel (RW, on loan from Watford) and 2nd loan of James Garner (CDM)

Predicted place by Christmas: 6th-15th

STOKE CITY

Notable departures: Collins (CB, Burnley), Norrington-Davies (LB, end of Sheffield United loan), Mikel (CDM, free agent),

Notable arrivals: Ostigard (CB, on loan from Coventry), Wilmot (CB, Watford), Vrancic (CM, Norwich), Sima (RW, on loan from Brighton)

Predicted place by Christmas: 5th

BOURNEMOUTH

Notable departures: Begovic (GK, Everton), Carter-Vickers (CB, end of Tottenham loan), Danjuma (LW, Villarreal)

Notable arrivals: Cahill (CB, free agent), Marcondes (CM, Brentford), Ryan Christie (CM/CAM/RW, Celtic), Jamal Lowe (LW, Swansea)

Predicted place by Christmas: 3rd-4th

SHEFFIELD UNITED (relegated team)

Notable departures: Ramsdale (GK, Arsenal), Lundstram (CM, Rangers)

Notable arrivals: Olsen (GK, on loan from Roma), Ben Davies (CB, on loan from Liverpool), Hourihane (CM/CAM, on loan from Aston Villa), Gibbs-White (CM/CAM, on loan from Wolverhampton)

Predicted place by Christmas: 3rd-4th

FULHAM (relegated team)

Notable departures: Areola (GK, end of PSG loan), Aina (RB, end of Torino loan), Andersen (CB, end of Lyon loan), Loftus-Cheek (CM, end of Chelsea loan), Anguissa, (CDM, loaned out to Napoli), Lookman (LW, end of RB Leipzig loan)

Notable arrivals: Gazzaniga (GK, free agent), Chalobah (CDM, Watford), Harry Wilson (RW, Liverpool)

Predicted place by Christmas: 2nd

WEST BROMWICH ALBION (relegated team)

Notable departures: Yokuslu (CDM, end of Celta loan), Gallagher (CM, end of Chelsea loan), Maitland-Niles (CM, end of Arsenal loan), Pereira (CAM, Al Hilal), Diagne (ST, end of Galatasaray loan)

Notable arrivals: Clarke (CB, on loan from Brighton), Reach (LWB, Sheffield Wednesday), Mowatt (CDM, Barnsley)

Predicted place by Christmas: 1st

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