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Jamie Kemble

How Nottingham Forest's Championship run-in compares with promotion rivals

Not long now until Nottingham Forest's Championship season resumes. The English Football League have announced a restart date of June 20 for the second tier.

After more than three months without a game, the Reds will be aiming to get their promotion push back up and running when the action gets underway again.

Matches have been suspended since March due to the coronavirus crisis, with Sabri Lamouchi's side fifth in the table - five points ahead of Bristol CIty in seventh, and 10 behind West Brom in second - with nine rounds of fixtures remaining.

So can Forest clinch a top six spot? And just where in the table will they finish?

We've had a look at the run-ins of the Reds and their rivals.

From Leeds United in first, to Millwall and Cardiff in eighth and ninth - the two teams within two points of the top six - we have listed every team's final nine fixtures to see how they compare with Forest's.

Take a look below

Leeds United (First - 71 points)

Cardiff City (A), Fulham (H), Luton Town (H), Blackburn Rovers (A), Stoke City (H), Swansea City (A), Barnsley (H), Derby County (A), Charlton Athletic (H).

West Brom (Second - 70 points)

Birmingham City (H), Brentford (A), Sheffield Wednesday (A), Hull City (H), Derby County (H), Blackburn Rovers (A), Fulham (H), Huddersfield Town (A), Queens Park Rangers (H).

Fulham (Third - 64 points)

Brentford (H), Leeds United (A), Queens Park Rangers (A), Birmingham City (H), Nottingham Forest (A), Cardiff City (H), West Bromwich Albion (A), Sheffield Wednesday (H), Wigan Athletic (A).

Sammy Ameobi in action for Nottingham Forest at Fulham (Joseph Raynor/ Nottingham Post)

Brentford (Fourth - 60 points)

Fulham (A), West Bromwich Albion (H), Reading (A), Wigan Athletic (H), Charlton Athletic (H), Derby County (A), Preston North End (H), Stoke City (A), Barnsley (H).

Forest (Fifth - 60 points)

Sheffield Wednesday (A), Huddersfield Town (H), Bristol City (H), Derby County (A), Fulham (H), Preston North End (A), Swansea City (H), Barnsley (A), Stoke City (H).

Preston (Sixth - 56 points)

Luton Town (A), Cardiff City (H), Derby County (H), Huddersfield Town (A), Sheffield Wednesday (A), Nottingham Forest (H), Brentford (A), Birmingham City (H), Bristol City (A)..

Bristol City (Seventh - 55 points)

Blackburn Rovers (A), Sheffield Wednesday (H), Nottingham Forest (A), Cardiff City (H), Hull City (H), Middlesbrough (A), Stoke City (H), Swansea City (A), Preston North End (H)

Millwall (Eighth - 54 points)

Derby County (H), Barnsley (A), Swansea City (H), Charlton Athletic (A), Middlesbrough (H), Hull City (A), Blackburn Rovers (H), Queens Park Rangers (A), Huddersfield Town (H).

Cardiff City (Ninth - 54 points)

Leeds United (H), Preston North End (A), Charlton Athletic (H), Blackburn Rovers (H), Bristol City (A), Fulham (A), Derby County (H), Middlesbrough (A), Hull City (H).

*Orders are as originally planned and although likely, it is not yet confirmed games will be played in the same order.

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