From wild card to underdog - who will win Championship play-offs?
Millwall, Southampton, Middlesbrough and Hull City can still win promotion to the Premier League - but who will prevail?
One of Alex Neil, Tonda Eckert, Kim Hellberg or Sergej Jakirovic will be a Premier League manager by 23 May [Getty Images/Shutterstock] And now it all comes down to this. Four clubs are left in the battle for promotion to the Premier League. Only one will experience euphoria.
The other three will suffer the agony of just missing out. The Championship regular season is over with Coventry City and Ipswich Town already up, while the third and final spot will be decided by the play-offs. With Millwall, Southampton, Middlesbrough and Hull City remaining in contention, BBC Sport takes a look who is best-placed to reach the top flight.
Can stats pick out the Championship play-off winner? Millwall - The wild card Millwall reached the final in their past four play-off campaigns, which were in League One, but have gone out in the semi-final in all three of their second-tier play-off appearances [Getty Images] Position: Third, 83 points (GD +15) Top scorer: Femi Azeez - 11 goals Key stat: 41% of Millwall's Championship goals this season came from set-pieces (26/64 - excluding penalties). Only Sheffield Wednesday (48%) and Oxford United (44%) had a higher proportion.
Play-off record: Eight campaigns, two promotions (both in League One in 2010 and 2017). Last time in second-tier play-offs: 2001-02 - lost 2-1 on aggregate to Birmingham City in the semi-final. Record v other play-off teams this season: P6 W3 D1 L2 Few would have predicted Millwall to reach the play-offs, let alone challenge for automatic promotion until the final day of the season as they did, finishing just one point behind second-placed Ipswich.
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