Derby boss Gary Rowett feels no extra pressure as his side look to regain
an automatic promotion place against Sheffield Wednesday.
Bruce's side will be looking to earn that play - off place or even earn
an automatic promotion place this season which would see them promoted back to the Premier League next season.
Cardiff need nine points from their remaining four games to secure the second
automatic promotion place and Warnock believes Madine can play a crucial role.
This is their final chance to lock in
an automatic promotion place and they will get there probably with just a point from this game even if Fleetwood win their final game of the season, because of a better goal difference.
West Ham produce a comeback win over Leicester to keep themselves in the hunt for
an automatic promotion place.
Many thought they were more than a good bet for
an automatic promotion place.
After taking the club to the play off final last season all seemed to be going swimmingly this season until an alarming series of results, including the embarrassment of being knocked out of the FA Cup by minnows Histon have left the club ninth and a fair distance off
the automatic promotion places.
The 37 - year - old has taken the Cherries in to
the automatic promotion places in the Championship and has been doing a good job by all accounts.
The forward has been one of the outstanding players in the Championship this season, and indeed, has been influential as the Cherries have secured on of the top two
automatic promotion places.
Fulham's draw means that Wolves will finish in one of
the automatic promotion places.
Sky Bet League One Sky Sports Football & Main Event, 7.45 pm Thursday Blackburn have slipped out of Sky Bet League One's
automatic promotion places after nearly three weeks without a game but they can return to the top of the table by beating playoff - chasing Bradford at Ewood Park.
A surprise 2 - 0 loss at Charlton last time out means the third - placed Shrews are eight points behind
the automatic promotion places with four games to play.
Derby start the midweek fixtures in second place, and although we expect Aston Villa and Wolves to seal
the automatic promotion places, the Rams have been fighting well this season.
Middlesbrough were considered promotion contenders for much of last season after spending much of the campaign's first half in
the automatic promotion places.
Wycombe climbed into the Sky Bet League Two
automatic promotion places with a 3 - 2 win over Crawley.
Cardiff City drop out of the Championship's
automatic promotion places after a 1 - 0 defeat at Aston Villa.
The result moved the Peacocks to within 5 points of
the automatic promotion places while Burton lost another chance to move out of the foot of the championship table.
Maddison has helped Coventry to foruth in League One, two points outside
the automatic promotion places, as they look to go up back to the Championship.
Watch ten minutes of extended highlights from Wigan Athletic's dramatic 1 - 0 victory over Oxford United on Tuesday evening, as Paul Cook's side pulled three points clear at the top of the Sky Bet League One table to move eight points inside
the automatic promotion places.
All in all, however, Queen's Park Rangers and Nottingham Forest look the two clubs most likely to be in possession of those coveted
automatic promotion places after 46 games.
Tony Mowbray's team are currently fourth in League One, two points from
the automatic promotion places.
After all, this club had a fraction of the resources of its rivals in the Championship; an increasingly capricious division populated by rich former top - flight sides like Aston Villa and Middlesbrough — neither of whom are in
the automatic promotion places — and pugnacious, plucky scrappers like Burton Albion and Barnsley.
Not exact matches
Its a a hectic coupon from the Championship tonight with all to play for with
automatic promotion and playoff
places all up for grabs.
That made the Hornets the first side to secure
automatic promotion to the Premier League, putting them four points ahead of fourth
place with one match to play.
Sessegnon, 17, has scored 14 goals to help Fulham reach third
place in the Championship, with
automatic promotion to the Premier League still a possibility.
The Seagulls came so close to
automatic promotion last season missing a
place by the cruellest of margins as Middlesbrough took out the second
automatic promotion spot on goal difference.
The Tigers finished the Championship season in fourth
place as they missed out on
automatic promotion to Burnley and Middlesbrough.
A title race,
automatic promotion, playoffs and relegation were all to be decided and
places changed with the news of one...
After earning
automatic promotion to the Premier League in 2015, and maintaining that status with a comfortable thirteenth
place finish a year later, sacking your manager might seem a little harsh.
Reading sit third in the table and six points behind second
placed Newcastle, so have some ground to make up to get themselves in the
automatic promotion spots.
Dario Gradi guides the Railwaymen to
automatic promotion in second
place behind champions Wigan Athletic as records tumble.
After heading into the winter break in third
place in Serie B, just shy of the
automatic promotion spots.
Newcastle took a giant step towards
automatic promotion to the Premier League with a 3 - 1 victory over third -
placed Huddersfield.
No fewer than seven new faces have joined the Norwich ranks since the end of last season, when Norwich secured
automatic promotion courtesy of their second -
place finish in the Championship.
There are also clearly going to be key players involved who play for teams currently outside of the
automatic promotion or play - off
places, but the line had to be drawn somewhere.
They sit 12 points off
automatic promotion, so they're unlikely to push for either of the top two
places.
With a seven - point cushion and a game in hand on third -
place Fulham, Cardiff are overwhelmingly likely to ride their unique brand of soccer into an
automatic promotion into the Premier League.