Portsmouth sealed a Sky Wager Championship return on Tuesday with a 3-2 win over Barnsley and several other different groups nonetheless have lots to play for as one other enthralling home season attracts to an in depth.
Right here, the PA information company takes a take a look at the promotion and relegation points up and down the nation.
Premier League
Neutrals are gripped by the primary three-way title race within the prime flight for a very long time. One other twist occurred final weekend as champions Manchester Metropolis returned to the summit on Saturday, earlier than Arsenal and Liverpool suffered shock residence defeats on Sunday. With six video games left, Pep Guardiola’s facet maintain a two-point lead over the Gunners and Reds.
On the different finish, an intriguing relegation battle continues – on and off the pitch. Sheffield United, Burnley and Luton occupy the underside three spots and, whereas the race seems virtually run for the Blades and the Clarets have an uphill activity to remain up, the Hatters’ survival hopes stay alive. Nottingham Forest and Everton – in seventeenth and sixteenth, respectively – are inside touching distance, as each golf equipment wait to be taught their fates after interesting towards factors deductions over breaches of economic guidelines.
Championship
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It has been a rollercoaster journey for supporters’ of Ipswich, Leicester, Leeds and Southampton this season, particularly in current weeks. With solely a handful of matches left, Kieran McKenna’s Tractor Boys are prime on 89 factors, with the second-placed Foxes a degree behind with a sport in hand. Nonetheless, that fixture is towards fourth-placed Saints, who are usually not out of the top-two race themselves with a four-point deficit to beforehand runaway leaders Leicester. Leeds sit third, with all 4 nonetheless in with a shot of computerized promotion spot.
Rotherham’s relegation to League One has already been confirmed, however two extra areas have to be finalised. Sheffield Wednesday and Huddersfield are within the backside three on 44 factors every. Birmingham sit one level above the 2 Yorkshire golf equipment, whereas Stoke, QPR, Plymouth and Blackburn wouldn’t contemplate themselves protected as they continue to be beneath the 50-point mark.
League One
After Pompey claimed the title on Tuesday, all eyes are on which membership can be runners-up. Derby are second on 86 factors with a three-point hole to Bolton, however Peterborough, with a sport in hand, can’t be dominated out regardless of a six-point deficit to the second-placed Rams. All the pieces might be settled this weekend.
Carlisle are already consigned to the fourth tier and Fleetwood’s defeat at Peterborough left them six factors from security with solely two video games to go. Port Vale are twenty second on 40 factors, whereas Cheltenham are twenty first on 41 factors, however crucially have a match in hand. It means Burton, particularly, and Cambridge are nonetheless wanting over their shoulders, with the previous solely two factors above the underside 4 and the latter holding a five-point benefit together with a sport in hand.
League Two
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Mansfield joined Stockport and Wrexham in clinching promotion to League One on Tuesday, however there may be nonetheless one relegation spot to be decided. Colchester’s win over Grimsby ended the survival hopes of Forest Inexperienced and gave the victors a four-point benefit over Twenty third-placed Sutton together with a sport in hand. Sutton must win their final two matches and hope each Grimsby and Colchester fail to win once more this season.