Winning promotion from League One was an incredible achievement for Portsmouth but adapting and thriving to the demands of the Championship is a completely different challenge for John Mousinho and his team to overcome.
Many newly-promoted teams such as Wigan, Peterborough, Rotherham and Wycombe have all struggled to make the jump from League One to the Championship in recent seasons and many have found it difficult to compete with teams with huge budgets such as Leeds United, Norwich City and Burnley.
However, Portsmouth can also use the likes of Sheffield Wednesday and Plymouth as inspiration for next season. The two side’s both fought valiantly to earn survival in their first season despite being written off by many bookmakers while Pompey could go a step further and even take a leaf out of Ipswich’s book by joining the illustrious list of team’s to win back-to-back promotions.
In truth, nobody knows quite what to expect heading into a new Championship season, and it is notoriously one of the most difficult league’s in the world to predict. But often the most informed predictions come from the bookmakers. With that in mind, we take a look at their expectations for Pompey and where they think they will finish.
