Where Wolves and Burnley will finish in the 2026/27 Championship table - as per AI | OneFootball

Wolves and Burnley will be looking to bounce back to the Premier League in the 2026/27 season.

Wolves and Burnley will have started preparations for life back in the Championship after both clubs were relegated in April.

It has been a disastrous campaign for Wanderers, who recruited poorly after the high-profile sales of Rayan Ait-Nouri and Matheus Cunha to Manchester City and Manchester United.

Burnley were always expected to struggle, but many fans feel lessons from previous years weren’t learned, and the Clarets have once again gone down from the top flight without much of a fight.

As we know, there is a major gap in finances between the two divisions, which means that Wolves, Burnley and whoever joins them in the Championship, will be among the favourites to go back up in the 2026/27 season.

AI predicts Wolves and Burnley to miss out on top two

Yet, football doesn’t work like that, and whilst Ipswich and Southampton could both win promotion this season, Leicester have suffered another relegation, which highlights the unpredictability of the Championship.

Of course, Burnley and Wolves aren’t in the same financial situation as the Foxes, but it is proof that this is still a league that can be unforgiving, and if you don’t have a squad with the right mentality, as well as quality, you will struggle.

The summer window is obviously critical to any club's chances of winning promotion, and you would expect a high turnover of players at Molineux and Turf Moor.

Therefore, it’s far too soon to know how things will play out, but we asked ChatGPT for early predictions involving Wolves and Burnley, and surprisingly, it doesn’t expect either to make the top two.

With Wolves, the ‘likely outcome’ is seen as a top six finish, which would comfortably put them in the play-off places now that they have been extended to eighth place.

It’s explained that they will have a ‘strong core’ of players, and chairman Nathan Shi has already been bullish about Wolves returning at the first time of asking.

Furthermore, it’s added that Wolves will have a ‘financial advantage’ due to their parachute payments, even if their recruitment record over the years doesn’t give fans much confidence about how this money will be spent!

With Burnley, ChatGPT is slightly less optimistic, as despite sitting above Wolves at the moment, it’s said they have a squad with lower quality.

The doubts about Scott Parker’s future is also listed as a factor adding to the uncertainty at Turf Moor, which is something that needs to be addressed.

Ultimately, ‘8th to 10th’ is the prediction for Burnley next season, which is not something that would go down well with the fans, even if 8th would give them a shot at returning to the Premier League through the new play-off format.

Wolves and Burnley are facing similar problems this summer

Many outsiders may be surprised that Wolves and Burnley aren’t predicted to be in the top two or three, but fans at both clubs will know that there are problems at their respective clubs.

At Wolves, there is a major disconnect between the fans and the club, which is understandable given their demise, and Rob Edwards has not got the supporters onside due to recent performances.

With Burnley, there is a similar frustration among the supporters, as they have gone down with a whimper, and fans are not seeing the progress they expected under their ownership.

There is negativity at Wolves and Burnley, and that can be problematic, so they will need positive transfer windows to improve the general feeling as they both prepare for the slog of the Championship.