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Leeds United promotion boost as Bristol City win - what pundit thinks Championship table will look like

David Prutton has tipped Bristol City to get back to winning ways this evening.

The Robins make the trip north to face Huddersfield Town this evening on the back of two defeats in a row to Leeds United and West Bromwich Albion.

Yet the Sky Sports pundit believes City will run out 2-1 winners.

Filip Benkovic of Bristol City celebrates with Nahki Wells (Rogan/JMP)

If results go the way Prutton expects them to, it will see the Robins move back level on points with sixth-placed Preston North End in the race for the play-offs.

Preston have been tipped to lose 2-0 to league leaders West Brom, with Prutton expecting seven out of the top eight sides to take victory in the midweek games.

Here is how Prutton thinks the table will look - scroll down to see what results the pundit expects to happen.

Team Points
West Brom 69
Leeds United 65
Fulham 60
Brentford 59
Nottingham Forest 59
Preston North End 56
Bristol City 56
Blackburn Rovers 54
Swansea City 51
Cardiff City 50
Millwall 50
Sheffield Wednesday 46
Derby County 46
Birmingham City 46
QPR 44
Reading 43
Hull City 42
Charlton Athletic 40
Stoke City 37
Middlesbrough 37
Huddersfield Town 36
Wigan Athletic 35
Barnsley 32
Luton Town 30

No team is predicted to change position in the table, most likely due to the number of draws that Prutton thinks will happen.

Bristol City would obviously receive a boost in their bid for promotion, but they would still have to keep an eye over their shoulder for in-form Blackburn Rovers.

However, a gap would open up over the rest ofthe chasing pack, with Swansea City, Cardiff City and Millwall all dropping points.

At the other end of the table, Luton Town would slip further behind in the race to avoid the drop.

Prutton's predictions in full

Cardiff City 1 Nottingham Forest 2

Luton Town 0 Brentford 2

Fulham 1 Swansea City 0

Middlesbrough 1 Leeds United 2

Millwall 2 Birmingham City 2

Huddersfield 1 Bristol City 2

QPR 2 Derby County 2

Blackburn Rovers 2 Stoke City 1

Hull City 2 Barnsley 2

Sheffield Wednesday 1 Charlton Athletic 1

Reading 1 Wigan Athletic 1

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