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Josh Challies

The Championship predicted table Bristol City and Leeds United fans will love

Leeds United’s promotion hopes suffered a blow following a surprise 2-1 defeat to relegation-threatened Wigan Athletic, while Sheffield United beat Nottingham Forest earlier in the day.

The race for the playoffs also remains wide open after both Bristol City and Derby County were held to draws, which allowed Middlesbrough to move into sixth after edging past Stoke City.

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At the bottom, Bolton Wanderers’ relegation was confirmed and they will join Ipswich Town in League One next season.

There is still plenty to be decided by FootballWebPages have analysed the remaining fixtures with their supercomputer to come up with a predicted final table.

Norwich City are tipped to run away with the title, finishing with an astonishing 94 points, and Leeds are predicted to join them in the Premier League next season, with Marcelo Bielsa’s side finishing two points ahead of Sheffield United.

The Blades would have to settle for a spot in the play-offs and they are tipped to be joined by West Brom, Aston Villa and Bristol City.

The Robins and Boro are forecast to finish on 71 points with the same goal difference of +9 but City sneak in by virtue of scoring 12 more goals.

City are projected to draw 1-1 at Sheffield Wednesday on Monday, beat Derby 1-0 at Ashton Gate next Saturday, draw 1-1 at Millwall and then lose 1-0 to Hull City on the final day of the season.

At the foot of the table, Ipswich Town and Bolton Wanderers will be relegated and will be joined in League One by Rotherham United, who finish five points behind Reading.

You can see the full table below.

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Predicted Championship table

Norwich City - 94 points

Leeds United - 89

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Sheffield United - 86

West Brom - 80

Aston Villa - 76

Bristol City - 71

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Middlesbrough - 71

Derby County - 70

Hull City - 66

Swansea City - 65

Sheffield Wednesday - 64

Preston North End - 63

Nottingham Forest - 63

Brentford - 62

Blackburn Rovers - 62

Stoke City - 53

Birmingham City - 52

Wigan Athletic - 51

Queens Park Rangers - 51 

Millwall - 47

Reading - 47

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Rotherham United - 42

Bolton Wanderers - 32

Ipswich Town - 31

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