League Two in English football is shaping up to be one of the closest finishes in recent memory, with only four games left before the end of the current 2024/25 campaign.
Let’s dive straight in to find out who might come out on top this year and gain promotion to League One and which of the top four teams have the easiest remaining fixtures.
Which teams are currently in the top four of League Two?
As we know, Port Vale took over at the top of the table after their thumping win over Bromley. They took over from Bradford City. The Valiants have 76 points three more than second placed Bradford. In third place are Walsall with 72 points. They are now ahead of fourth placed Doncaster on goal difference only.
The top three teams (so, as it stands, Port Vale, Bradford and Walsall) will gain automatic promotion to League One at the end of the season. The teams that finish in fourth, fifth, sixth, or seventh will have to battle it out in the play-offs.
Only one of these four play-off teams will join the other three teams that have gained automatic promotion.
Who are the favourites to win the 2024/25 League Two title?
The quickest, easiest, and most accurate and reliable way to find out which League Two team will most likely come out on top this year is to look at the latest sport odds for this league on today’s most trusted online bookmaker websites.
Vale’s late surge to the top of the table has now seen them emerge as favourites on the Oddschecker website for the League Two title. They are listed as 4/5 with Bradford at 11/2 and Walsall at 15/4. Fourth placed Doncaster are 7/1.
Which of the top 5 League Two teams have the easiest remaining fixtures?
On paper, Walsall seem to have a decent run-in but, with their loss of form, those games could still present significant problems for the sinking Saddlers. Port Vale’s toughest game looks to be an away trip to AFC Wimbledon, but if the club can have a good Easter period it’s possible that promotion may already be near enough sealed by that time.
Second-placed Bradford have two potentially pivotal fixtures in games against Doncaster Rovers and play-off hopefuls Notts County. Doncaster themselves look to have some tricky ties with the aforementioned game at Bradford plus matches against Colchester and Notts County.
You could say on paper that Port Vale and Walsall both have similar ‘easier’ fixtures, whereas Doncaster, and Bradford City all have slightly more ‘difficult’ fixtures. However, at this time of the season with clubs battling for promotion and to avoid relegation it’s tricky to tell.
Final thoughts
It will be interesting to see who gains automatic promotion and who will be battling it out in the play-offs to secure promotion to League One next year. Teams that could potentially end up in the play-offs based on current league standings are Doncaster Rovers, AFC Wimbledon, Notts County, Grimsby Town, Colchester United, or Chesterfield.
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