Bookmakers have had their say on the contenders to be League Two’s top scorer this season – with Carlisle United’s Charlie Wyke in the mix.
The Blues’ summer signing is rated as one of the leading contenders for the fourth tier’s golden boot in 2024/25.
Wyke, who is back for a second spell at Brunton Park, is priced 14/1 by Bet365 to outscore everyone else in the division.
That makes him joint third favourite.
With the new campaign just over a week away, the bookies’ favourites to be the leading marksman in United’s division are two former Blues players.
Bradford City’s Andy Cook and Chesterfield’s Paddy Madden are both 10/1.
Both are established goalscorers at this level, with former United youth product Cook hitting 19 goals last season and 31 the previous term.
The experienced Madden, meanwhile, smashed 22 goals last season to help Stockport County win the division, before moving on to the newly-promoted Spireites.
Another Chesterfield striker, Will Grigg, is 12/1 for the golden boot.
Wyke, meanwhile, shares odds of 14/1 with MK Dons’ Matthew Dennis.
Will Evans of Newport County and Joe Ironside of Doncaster Rovers are priced 16/1 while Elliott Nevitt, who this summer joined Carlisle’s opening-day opponents Gillingham, is 20/1.
Blues frontman Luke Armstrong is among the next run of contenders at 25/1.
That price is also given to Salford City’s ex-Carlisle man Cole Stockton among a host of other strikers.
United’s Dan Butterworth has odds of 50/1 with SkyBet.
Tranmere Rovers’ former United marksman Kristian Dennis is priced 66/1 to be the division’s top scorer.
Longer shots include Morecambe’s ex-Blues forward Hallam Hope, who is 200/1, while Bromley’s former United loan man Olufela Olomola is 150/1.
Bradford’s Calum Kavanagh, the son of former Carlisle manager Graham Kavanagh, is 50/1 for the golden boot.
Wyke’s previous League Two campaign with United in 2016/17 saw the former Middlesbrough man rack up 17 goals from August to January before he was sold to Bradford.
Source: Oddschecker.
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