WANDERERS are in prime position to seal a play-off spot – and Dougie Freedman trusts in his team to get the job done.

After Saturday’s 1-1 draw at champions Cardiff City, the Whites now need to beat Blackpool in their final game at the Reebok – and make sure Nottingham Forest do not overturn a worse goal difference – to seal a place in the top six.

Crystal Palace and Leicester City could also come into the equation, but barring a mathematical miracle, three points this weekend will keep alive the chance of Premier League football next season.

Omens are good, with Wanderers currently in the midst of their best home form for 20 years.

And Freedman had a confident air about him as he looked ahead to the biggest day of his Reebok career to date.

“We’ve got to look forward to it,” he said. “We’re not going to all of a sudden start changing the way we play.

“We’ll be looking forward to winning a game – I think it’s eight in a row at the Reebok now, which is fantastic, and we want to extend that. If we do, it’s a great achievement considering where we were three months ago.”

Even though Chris Eagles, pictured, handed Wanderers a first-half lead, Craig Noone’s free kick made sure Cardiff’s title-winning party was not completely wrecked by Freedman’s men’s best efforts on Saturday.

And though there are a few permutations of results on Saturday – or indeed potential opponents in the play-offs – that could conspire against them Freedman is happy with the situation his side now find themselves in.

“If anyone would have said to me when I got the job six months ago that our fate would be in our own hands going into the last game of the season, we’d have taken that,” he said. “I would have taken it a couple of weeks ago!

“To get to where we are right now is a good achievement. It’s in our hands and we’ve got to make sure we finish off a very good three months.”

Craig Dawson – one of Wanderers’ most consistent performers in their surge up the table – has now returned to West Brom after a successful three-month loan spell.

And Freedman reiterated that he is happy with the cover he has at centre-half now that the England Under-21 international will not be available.

“We’ve got good options because in any other position we would have been struggling,” he said.

“With David Wheater, Matt Mills and Tim Ream there it allows us to make that change and they are three experienced players. I’m happy to call on any of them.”