With Derby already in preparation for next years Championship campaign there are just two other unfortunate teams who will be joining them in the Championship next season. Which teams these will be is anybody’s guess, especially since many of the contenders have begun to show some terrific form recently.
Fulham who many thought were as likely to survive as Derby have produced some stunning results of late and are just three points away from safety. Still priced at 1/6 odds on though I am not sure they are the safest of bets at that price as a win against Birmingham next week could see them in an extremely promising position.
Birmingham meanwhile are on rather poor form and were extremely fortunate that Liverpool brought their first team players on so late in the game at the weekend to give them a point. They have a tough game against an in form Fulham coming up and will need to beat Blackburn after that to stay up. In my opinion I don’t think that they are likely to do this and an evens bet on them going down looks good value in my opinion.
Reading are guaranteed at least one win in their next two games as they play Derby on the last game of the season. However, with their appalling goal difference one might wonder if it is enough to keep them safe and Steve Coppell will certainly want to take some points from the game against Tottenham at the weekend. Bolton are not as lucky as Reading, with the same number of points they have very tough games against Sunderland and Chelsea and could easily lose to both, leaving them in deep trouble if Fulham and Reading manage to win their next few games. It seems to me that Bolton at 7/4 is certainly a fair punt but I wouldn’t want to touch reading at 12/5.
Boro and Wigan meanwhile with 36 and 37 points each respectively will secretly be thinking that they have done enough to stay up and as they are both over 40/1 to go down with most bookmakers it looks as if the bookies agree. Still, a couple more points in the last few games for them wouldn’t hurt and they’re not foolish enough to stop trying just yet.
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