The Championship run-in: 24 key questions for 24 clubs

The answer to the first part is probably, the answer to the second part is possibly. Six teams have previously reached or exceeded 100 points in a Championship campaign: Burnley and Leeds last season, the Clarets also in 2022-23, Leicester City in 2013-14, Newcastle United in 2009-10 and Reading's record-breaking 106-point side of 2005-06. But only Fulham have breached the 100-goal mark with 106 in 2021-22.

It has been an astonishing season for the Sky Blues where club records have been falling left, right and centre; with 80 points and 81 goals, scoring 19 more in seven games is not beyond the realms, although winning all seven to reach 101 points is a little more far-fetched. But you would not put anything past this Frank Lampard team. The pessimists among us, and there were plenty, thought their wobble in December and January would put paid to any automatic hopes, particularly when February began with a 0-0 draw at home to Oxford.

Not a bit of it, though - seven wins in the past eight has the finishing line tantalisingly close now. Haji Wright, Ellis Simms and Brandon Thomas-Asante are all into double figures, with the prospect of Ephron Mason-Clark and Tats Sakamoto joining them. It has been a campaign for the ages, one that will be talked about for decades to come, as long as the finishing touches do not go awry, and they won't.

Middlesbrough rank second in the Championship for total shots (598) but are ninth for expected goals (58. 61) and fifth for goals scored (56) Middlesbrough remain in the driving seat for the second automatic promotion spot in the Championship, but their inability to score goals threatens to undermine their campaign when it matters the most. For all the control Boro exert in nearly all their matches, too many performances have followed a familiar pattern: loads of possession and attractive football but no cutting edge in front of goal.