{"id":1476519,"date":"2026-07-30T12:19:45","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T11:19:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?post_type=news&p=1476519"},"modified":"2026-07-30T21:03:05","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T20:03:05","slug":"league-two-predicted-table-2026-27","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/league-two-predicted-table-2026-27\/","title":{"rendered":"League Two 2026\/27 predicted table: Salford backed to go one better"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

League Two<\/a> kicks off on Saturday 15th August, with Newport County<\/a> vs Rochdale<\/a> and Oldham Athletic<\/a> vs Port Vale<\/a> among the opening fixtures. We have crunched the numbers across all 24 clubs to project the final table before a ball is kicked. Our model blends betting market prices with last season’s results to build one strength score per club.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

How the Squawka projection works<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The model builds a blended score for every club, then ranks the division from one to 24. Market strength counts for 60%, taken from the best available outright title price across all listed bookmakers. Form counts for 40%, based on each club’s 2025\/26 points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recorded transfer fees are too sparse at this level to build a reliable spending measure, so the model leans on the market and form instead. Form scores use on-pitch points only. Clubs relegated from League One carry an uplift. York City and Rochdale arrive from the National League without comparable form data, so the market leads for them. This is a Squawka projection, not a certainty. Treat it as a data-led starting point for the season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The predicted table<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Pos<\/strong><\/th>Club<\/strong><\/th>Zone<\/strong><\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
1<\/td>Salford City<\/td>Automatic promotion<\/td><\/tr>
2<\/td>Chesterfield<\/td>Automatic promotion<\/td><\/tr>
3<\/td>Port Vale<\/td>Automatic promotion<\/td><\/tr>
4<\/td>Barnet<\/td>Play-offs<\/td><\/tr>
5<\/td>Rotherham United<\/td>Play-offs<\/td><\/tr>
6<\/td>Grimsby Town<\/td>Play-offs<\/td><\/tr>
7<\/td>Bristol Rovers<\/td>Play-offs<\/td><\/tr>
8<\/td>York City<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
9<\/td>Northampton Town<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
10<\/td>Exeter City<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
11<\/td>Oldham Athletic<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
12<\/td>Swindon Town<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
13<\/td>Walsall<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
14<\/td>Colchester United<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
15<\/td>Crewe Alexandra<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
16<\/td>Gillingham<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
17<\/td>Rochdale<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
18<\/td>Fleetwood Town<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
19<\/td>Shrewsbury Town<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
20<\/td>Cheltenham Town<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
21<\/td>Accrington Stanley<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
22<\/td>Tranmere Rovers<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
23<\/td>Crawley Town<\/td>Relegation<\/td><\/tr>
24<\/td>Newport County<\/td>Relegation<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The title race<\/h2>\n\n\n