Season 6 - Championship/EFL2 Mid-Season Review

Published: September 11, 2025

Championship - Can anyone stop Norwich City?

At the halfway mark in the Championship, the impressive Norwich City lead the way under the stewardship of Jon Banks. In the middle of an eleven game unbeaten league run, Norwich boast the best goals for and against record in the league and look on track to obliterate expectations after their 19th placed finish in Season 5. All of that being said though, the Canaries are just three points ahead of closest challengers Nottingham Forest, with the two sides meeting at The City Ground in Round 21.

The four sides currently occupying the play off positions have a three point buffer between the automatic promotion positions, and the chasing pack. Just two points cover Wrexham, Sunderland, Brighton and Hove Albion and Huddersfield Town, and all managers in the knowledge that a good run could propel them into the top two conversation. There is still a lot of football to be played, and the likes of Leicester City, West Brom, Ipswich Town and Everton will have hopes of reeling in the top six, but for everyone from Fulham downwards, it's going to take something special to worry the top half sides.

EFL2 - German sides slugging it out at the top

The race for promotion from EFL2 is gaining traction, with Borussia Dortmund and Schalke 04 tussling it out at the top of the division. Managerial instability has yet to be an issue for Dortmund, who are on their third manager of the season after Garysean Wilson and James Bucknall left for pastures new, and on his return to FFO after several years away, Chris Mason will have to relearn the ropes quickly. Schalke are having an excellent season under Sam Bradwell, and will be waiting for any slip-ups from the Yellow Wall. The two sides meet in the very first game back after the mid-season break in Gelsenkirchen.

Beyond the top two, Lazio and Celtic are battling it away in third and fourth, trying to improve consistency to turn the two horse race into three or maybe even four. They have good breathing space back to a very congested 5th to 10th, where only two points separate the sides. Dutch outfits PSV and Feyenoord occupy the all important play off positions, with no team in EFL2 gaining more points over their last six than PSV. We would expect to see multiple changes to the table over the remaining 19 games though, with FC Porto, Sparta Prague, Wolfsburg and Atalanta all ready to challenge. Even Lyon are just four points off the top six down in 11th place.