2022-23 League One Free Bets
Life in League One certainly isn't an easy one. It's a really competitive league but teams live on a knife-edge. A good run of results can put you in with a chance of winning promotion to the Championship, the second level of football in England. A poor set of results can put you in danger of ending up in League Two, the bottom rung of the Football league ladder.
With each team playing 46 and plenty of mid-week action, there nearly always seems to be League One action to bet on with fixtures not overly affected by the international breaks.
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2022-23 League One Season
With one game remaining, both the automatic promotion spot have been confirmed. Plymouth Argyle and Ipswich Town will both be back in the Championship next season. Sheffield Wednesday, Barnsley and Bolton Wanderers have confirmed their places in the play-offs. The final spot is to be decided between Derby County and Peterborough United.
League table on May 3
Top Seven
| Position | Team | Played | Points |
| 1 | Plymouth Argyle | 45 | 98 |
| 2 | Ipswich Town | 45 | 97 |
| 3 | Sheffield Wednesday | 45 | 93 |
| 4 | Barnsley | 45 | 86 |
| 5 | Bolton Wanderers | 45 | 78 |
| 6 | Derby County | 45 | 76 |
| 7 | Peterborough United | 45 | 74 |
Bottom Five
| Position | Team | Played | Points |
| 20 | MK Dons | 45 | 44 |
| 21 | Morecambe | 45 | 44 |
| 22 | Cambridge United | 45 | 43 |
| 23 | Accrington Stanley | 45 | 41 |
| 24 | Forest Green | 45 | 22 |
League One Betting Markets
As with most football competitions, there are plenty of opportunities to use a Free Bet on League One including in the following markets:
- League Winners
- Who will get promoted
- Who will make the play-offs
- Who'll be relegated to LeagueTwo
- Top Northern Club
- Top Southern Club
- Top goalscorer in the league and for each side
- Handicap betting
- League positions at certain stages of the season
Where to place your League One Free Bet
More often than not the club's that have been relegated from the Championship will be the favourites for promotion. The league has seen some big names in the last few years with the likes of Nottingham Forest, Leeds, Leicester and Southampton all having spells in the division. Clubs of these stature are usually able to bounce back in to the Championship fairly quickly.. Sheffield United were regularly the favourites to win League One given their budget but they spent six seasons in the division before eventually winning promotion back to the Championship in the 2016-17 season. You can usually get good odds on teams winning the league as oppose to merely winning promotion so the value tends to lie in picking potential champions.
At the other end, it's the same story with the newly promoted clubs more often than not tipped to go straight back down. Though making their place in the higher division safe is usually newly promoted clubs top priority, some aim much higher and there has been occasions where clubs earn back-to-back promotions and go from League Two to the Championship in just two seasons. Burton Albion are the most recent example, who after winning League Two in 2014-15 then finished 2nd in League One the season after to win promotion to the Championship for the first time in their history.
League One History
Previous Champions
- 2021-22: Wigan Athletic
- 2020-21: Hull City
- 2018-19: Luton Town
- 2017-18: Wigan Athletic
- 2016-17: Sheffield United
- 2015-16: Wigan Athletic
- 2014-15: Bristol City
- 2013-14: Wolverhampton Wanderers
- 2012-13: Doncaster Rovers
- 2011-12: Charlton Athletic
- 2010-11: Brighton and Hove Albion
- 2009-10: Norwich City
- 2008-09: Leicester City
- 2007-08: Swansea City
- 2006-07: Scunthorpe United
- 2005-06: Southend United.
The Play-Offs
Winners are:
- 2021-22: Sunderland
- 2020-21: Blackpool
- 2019-20: Wycombe Wanderers
- 2018-19: Charlton Athletic
- 2017-18: Rotherham United
- 2016-17: Millwall
- 2015-16: Barnsley
- 2014-15: Preston North End
- 2013-14: Rotherham United
- 2012-13: Yeovil Town
- 2011-12: Huddersfield Town
- 2010-11: Peterborough United
- 2009-10: Millwall
- 2008-09: Scunthorpe United
- 2007-08: Doncaster Rovers
- 2006-07: Blackpool
- 2005-06: Barnsley