League Two Outright Winner Predictions & Odds (2025/26)

FIXTURES have commenced in League Two this week with some interesting results so far.

The race for promotion promises to be keenly contested as always in 2025/26. Football betting will be intense. So who will be the outright winners?

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Here is my in-depth analysis for the three clubs I believe will in contention within the fourth tier of the Football League to assist your in play betting…

MK Dons (10/3)

• Final position 2024/25 – 19th in EFL League Two
• Manager/coach – Paul Warne
• Age – 52
• Date appointed – 15th April 2025
• Quote – Warne said: “We prepared for the new season as well as we could. If we don’t get promoted, will I be disappointed? Of course I will. But many different things can happen over the next nine months. If my squad perform to their maximum and we don’t go up automatically then I will know that there are three other fantastic teams out there.”
• Opening result – Saturday 2nd August: MK Dons 0 Oldham Athletic 0
• Predicted 2025/26 League Two finish: 1st

Chesterfield (11/2)

• Final position 2024/25 – 7th in EFL League Two before losing to Walsall in the Play-Off Semi-Final
• Manager/coach – Paul Cook
• Age – 58
• Date appointed – 10th February 2022
• Quote – Cook said: “Every club in this division starts the new season with optimism and targets to reach. I always think we should be aiming for the top of the mountain so we are trying to get promoted this year. But I know it will not be achieved in the opening 10 to 15 games. Therefore managing disappointment at different stages of the campaign is very important.”
• Opening result – Saturday 2nd August: Chesterfield 1 Barrow 0
• Predicted 2025/26 League Two finish: 2nd

Notts County (14/1)

• Final position 2024/25 – 6th in EFL League Two before losing to AFC Wimbledon in the Play-Off Semi-Final
• Manager/coach – Martin Paterson
• Age – 38
• Date appointed – 22nd June 2025
• Quote – Paterson said: “I am not going to hide from the fact that everyone here at Notts County wants promotion this season. The owners, the coaching staff, the players and the supporters alike. I wonder how many other clubs in League Two are sitting there with exactly the same objective. There will be a lot of them because it is a tough division. So we have to make sure we do what we say.”
• Opening result – Saturday 2nd August: Newport County 1 Notts County 1
• Predicted 2025/26 League Two finish: 3rd

*Odds subject to change – prices accurate at the time of writing*