BBC · Mar 27, 2025
Who will claim the final Championship play-off spots?
Image caption, (from left to right) Coventry's Frank Lampard, West Brom boss Tony Mowbray, Bristol City head coach Liam Manning and Michael Carrick of MiddlesbroughThe March international break tends to give way to a certain degree of madness in the football schedule.
And there are few more chaotically compelling situations than what tends to transpire in the Championship play-off race.
One spot in the final four is guaranteed to be filled by Leeds, Sheffield United or Burnley while Sunderland's position seems secured, considering their 12-point lead on West Bromwich Albion and Bristol City (Opta give the Black Cats less than a 0.1% chance of falling to seventh).