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Tom Leach

The Championship prediction that will break Nottingham Forest and Leeds United hearts

Nottingham Forest and Leeds United have both been tipped to miss out on automatic promotion to the Premier League this season, by our supercomputer.

West Brom, favourites to storm to the league title, have been tipped to win the league, closely followed by Thomas Frank's Brentford who, if promoted, will play Premier League football for the first time in their history - and in a new stadium.

Marcelo Bielsa's side will fall short on goal difference, says the prediction, while Forest will finish down in fourth, five points behind the top two.

Fulham, who will have underachieved, will finish fifth with late chargers Blackburn Rovers stealing the final play-off place from Preston North End on deadline day.

Leeds fans will also hate to hear that the computer has predicted the Elland Road club to fall short of promotion with a 1-0 defeat away at Derby County on the penultimate day of the season - with the Rams poised to once again inflict more pain on their old rivals.

Here is the supercomputer's predicted table in full:

C) West Brom 96

P) Brentford 83

3) Leeds United 83

4) Nottingham Forest 78

5) Fulham 76

6) Blackburn Rovers 73

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7) Preston 71

8) Millwall 70

9) Cardiff City 69

10) Bristol City 67

11) Sheffield Wednesday 62

12) Swansea City 60

13) Derby County 60

Nottingham Forest head coach Sabri Lamouchi consoles Joe Lolley at the full-time whistle as Forest draw 0-0 with QPR. (Joseph Raynor/ Nottingham Post)

14) Reading 59

15) Hull City 59

16) QPR 58

17) Birmingham City 56

18) Charlton 54

19) Middlesbrough 52

20) Huddersfield Town 46

21) Stoke City 44

22) Wigan Athletic 43

23) Luton Town 42

24) Barnsley 39

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