Championship marathon ends with final-day sprint - who will finish second?
The fact they are in such a position is down to their recent collapse in form - a return of four points from a possible 21 between 11 March and 19 April – which means they've slipped to fourth in the table. Wins in the past two games may have turned the tide though. Boro struggled to a 1-0 victory over Sheffield Wednesday and then walloped Watford 5-1, the latter performance in particular suggesting they may just be rediscovering the form that had many seasoned Championship observers predicting automatic promotion back in the winter.
It would be wrong to say Teesside expects promotion this weekend, but hope has returned and if, as seems likely, it's to be the play-offs then reassurance can be found in the fact nobody will fancy facing Kim Hellberg's side. It's been a season of huge highs and some dramatic lows so perhaps fate has one last twist in store this weekend? Ipswich are hoping to play Premier League football for a second time in three seasons, having previously been outside the top flight for 22 years Daniel, Ipswich fan: Surely we've got it in the bag.
QPR are possibly the most 'on the beach' a team can be, I cannot see us not winning. Millwall and Boro have been outstanding this season, probably performed better than us, but unfortunately it seems like we've just edged it. Andrew, Millwall fan: I hold out absolutely no hope whatsoever that QPR will do us a favour at Ipswich.
QPR were on the beach when they played us and I'd expect something similar on Saturday. Paul, Middlesbrough fan: We blew it a while back. Home games against weaker teams where we dropped points.
Oxford and Pompey spring to mind. Those wins would've had us up. James, Ipswich fan: I just have this uneasy feeling that Ipswich will lose against QPR whilst Boro and Millwall both win, thus putting Town in the play-offs where they will fall short.