Sentences with phrase «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.

Wycombe climbed into the Sky Bet League Two automatic promotion places with a 3 - 2 win over Crawley.

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.

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.

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 Toon have not only almost certainly secured one of the two automatic promotion places up for grabs, but also the title this season, with the league leaders unlikely to slip up for much of the rest of the season.

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.

Two goals from Billy Kee secured the win for Stanley, and ensured that they would finish in the League Two automatic promotion places.

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.

Many thought they were more than a good bet for an automatic promotion place.

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.

Since the turn of the year, Aston Villa has been flying and we've finally gotten ourselves into the race for an automatic promotion place...

Middlesbrough were considered promotion contenders for much of last season after spending much of the campaign's first half in the automatic promotion places.

West Ham produce a comeback win over Leicester to keep themselves in the hunt for an automatic promotion place.

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.

Cardiff City drop out of the Championship's automatic promotion places after a 1 - 0 defeat at Aston Villa.

Wednesday sit prominently in fourth in League One, level on points with the automatic promotion places after a comfortable 3 - 1 success at Scunthorpe on Tuesday.

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.

In a three - way battle with Burnley and Middlesbrough for the two automatic promotion places, Albion travelled to Middlesbrough on the last day of the season needing to win to go up, but could only draw.

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.

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.

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.

Wycombe are up to sixth, eight points off the automatic promotion places, the third of which is occupied by Doncaster who came from behind to beat Leyton Orient 3 - 1.

Leeds United have launched a somewhat surprise bid to claim promotion into the Premier League this season and with the Whites currently in 3rd position in the table, there is every possibility that they will be able to earn an automatic promotion place.

Tony Mowbray's team are currently fourth in League One, two points from the automatic promotion places.

The Bluebirds could drop out of the automatic promotion places if they do not beat Villa and Fulham win at home to strugglers Reading.

Derby boss Gary Rowett feels no extra pressure as his side look to regain an automatic promotion place against Sheffield Wednesday.

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.