The Scottish Championship promotion race looks wide open this season with there being a case to be made for over half of the teams involved. The relegated pair of Hamilton & Kilmarnock will both fancy their chances at a quick return, while the newly-promoted Partick Thistle looks to be on the up. Add to this mix Dunfermline & Raith who were both in the playoffs last year and you can see the division is much of a muchness.
Partick Thistle could be in line for consecutive promotions Image: Michael715/Shutterstock.com
Inverness Caledonian Thistle was just outside the playoffs last year too and could be in the mix come season end. Given there are only ten teams in the division that’s a lot who will fancy their chances!
Kilmarnock will no doubt start as bookies favourites but as several historied teams have found this is a tricky division to get out of. However, we think they can do a Hearts and bounce straight back.
Relegation candidates
Morton stayed up last year the hard way, beating Airdrieonians in the promotion playoff. They look like a good bet to struggle again. Joining them could be Arbroath, who probably surprised themselves by finishing 7th last season. They were only a point above Morton though and they are our tip for the automatic relegation place.
That leaves Ayr United & Queen of The South looking over their shoulders and neither is by any means certain to avoid the drop.
Anyway here is how we see it panning out…
Scottish Championship Final Table Prediction
- Kilmarnock
- Dunfermline Athletic
- Partick Thistle
- Inverness Caledonian Thistle
- Hamilton Academical
- Raith Rovers
- Queen of the South
- Ayr United
- Greenock Morton
- Arbroath
Playoff Team – Partick Thistle (promoted)
So there we have it, our predictions for the 2021-22 Scottish Championship. Should be an exciting division this time around. While you are here check out our most recent Scottish Championship posts or indulge in some of our Football Quizzes.
