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It's simple at the bottom - for either Scunthorpe or Sheffield United to stay up they would have to win both remaining games whilst either Crystal Palace or Doncaster lose both theirs. Scunthorpe's plight is even worse in that they would have to turn round a massive goal difference disadvantage.
New manager Alan Knill has improved things, but Scunny will go down and Knill will come face to face with Bury, the club he left recently, after they clinched promotion.
Sheffield United have a slight chance but it is slight and I expect the Steel City derby to be in the third tier of English football next season for the first time in over 30 years.
Up at the top, QPR have not quite clinched the title yet but they will do and they will go up automatically with Norwich or Cardiff. Should it be Norwich it will be a second successive promotion.
The one that misses out will be in the play offs with Swansea and almost certainly Reading with that last place still very much up for grabs. Nottingham Forest just have to be clear favourites but Millwall, Burnley and Leeds are still in there.
Burnley will need to win on Saturday and if they do so that will end Leeds' hopes of a second successive promotion. It's tight, and if only we could have got a winner on Monday and if only Bristol City could have kept Forest out. A draw in our recent game at Forest would have been a very good result when you now look at the league table.
The Easter Monday results and stats are below along with the leading goalscorers, each club's disciplinary record and this weekend's fixtures.
The Easter Monday Results | |
Monday 25th April | |
Barnsley 2 Doncaster 2 | Norwich 3 Derby 2 |
Bristol City 2 Nottingham Forest 3 | Preston 0 Cardiff 1 |
Burnley 1 Portsmouth 1 | QPR 1 Hull 1 |
Crystal Palace 1 Leeds 0 | Reading 2 Sheffield United 3 |
Leicester 4 Watford 2 | Scunthorpe 1 Millwall 2 |
Middlesbrough 2 Coventry 1 | Swansea 4 Ipswich 1 |
The Easter Monday Stats | |
Biggest win | Swansea 4-1 v Ipswich (home) |
Total goals scored | 42 (23 home - 19 away) |
Player scoring most goals | 3 - Simeon Jackson (Norwich) |
Highest Attendance | 26,078 - Norwich v Derby |
Lowest Attendance | 5,190 - Scunthorpe v Millwall |
Total Yellow Cards | 34 |
Total Red Cards | 1 |
Most cards in a game | Crystal Palace v Leeds (5Y 1R) - Neil Swarbrick |
The leading scorers (league only) | |
23 | Danny Graham (Watford) - includes 1 penalty |
21 | Shane Long (Reading) - includes 5 penalties |
20 | Grant Holt (Norwich) - includes 3 penalties |
19 | Luciano Becchio (Leeds) |
18 | Jay Bothroyd (Cardiff) - includes 1 penalty Adel Taarabt (QPR) - includes 6 penalties |
17 | Max Gradel (Leeds) - includes 2 penalties Scott Sinclair (Swansea) - includes 5 penalties |
15 | Bill Sharp (Doncaster) - includes 4 penalties Steve Morison (Millwall) - includes 1 penalty |
14 | Andy King (Leicester) |
13 | Kris Commons (Derby) - includes 2 penalties Jay Rodriguez (Burnley) |
12 | Heidar Helguson (QPR) - includes 5 penalties Simeon Jackson (Norwich) Marlon King (Coventry) - includes 3 penalties Scott McDonald (Middlesbrough) Lewis McGugan (Nottingham Forest) - includes 3 penalties David Nugent (Portsmouth) Brett Pitman (Bristol City) - includes 4 penalties Marvin Sordell (Watford) |
Hat Tricks (league only) | |
11th Sep | 3 - Chris Iwelumo - BURNLEY v Preston |
14th Sep | 3 - James Coppinger - DONCASTER v Norwich |
14th Sep | 3 - James Vaughan - CRYSTAL PALACE v Portsmouth |
28th Sep | 3 - Jon Parkin - Leeds v PRESTON |
30th Oct | 3 - Jonny Howson - Scunthorpe v LEEDS |
13th Nov | 3 - Luciano Becchio - LEEDS v Bristol City |
27th Nov | 3 - Grant Holt - NORWICH v Leeds |
28th Dec | 3 - Wes Hoolahan - NORWICH v Sheffield United |
1st Jan | 3 - Jason Puncheon - MILLWALL v Crystal Palace |
5th Feb | 3 - Matt Fryatt - Scunthorpe v HULL |
15th Feb | 3 - Connor Wickham - Doncaster v IPSWICH |
2nd Apr | 3 - Grant Holt - NORWICH v Scunthorpe |
2nd Apr | 3 - Simeon Jackson - NORWICH v Scunthorpe |
2nd Apr | 3 - Yakubu - Middlesbrough v LEICESTER |
23rd Apr | 3 - Scott McDonald - Hull v MIDDLESBROUGH |
25th Apr | 3 - Simeon Jackson - NORWICH v Derby |
Disciplinary Record (all domestic games) | |||||
| Club | Y | R | Club | Y | R |
| Barnsley | 66 | 3 | Middlesbrough | 61 | 1 |
| Bristol City | 60 | 3 | Millwall | 62 | 6 |
| Burnley | 82 | 5 | Norwich | 70 | 3 |
| Cardiff | 58 | 1 | Nottingham Forest | 68 | 3 |
| Coventry | 65 | 5 | Portsmouth | 87 | 9 |
| Crystal Palace | 82 | 9 | Preston | 88 | 5 |
| Derby | 76 | 3 | QPR | 64 | 6 |
| Doncaster | 49 | 3 | Reading | 67 | 4 |
| Hull | 76 | 2 | Scunthorpe | 56 | 4 |
| Ipswich | 68 | 5 | Sheffield United | 72 | 11 |
| Leeds | 86 | 4 | Swansea | 65 | 2 |
| Leicester | 55 | 3 | Watford | 52 | 2 |
The Next Fixtures | |
Saturday 30th April | |
Coventry v Reading | Leeds v Burnley (12:45) |
Derby v Bristol City | Millwall v Swansea |
Doncaster v Leicester | Nottingham Forest v Scunthorpe |
Hull v Crystal Palace | Sheffield United v Barnsley |
Ipswich v Preston | Watford v QPR |
Monday 2nd May | |
Cardiff v Middlesbrough (17:15) | Portsmouth v Norwich (19:45) |